> From: Paul Smith <psm...@gnu.org> > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:59:31 -0500 > Cc: "Bug-make@gnu.org" <Bug-make@gnu.org> > > This basically says that if you use "-j" with no arguments, make will > run as many jobs as the _makefile_ allows (defined by your prerequisite > rules). It pays no attention to the limits of your system. > > So in an environment (like the Linux kernel) where there are tons of > source files that need to be compiled and they do not depend on each > other, using "-j" with no limit means make will attempt to fork all of > them at the same time. That could be, in a large codebase, 100's of > compiles all trying to run at the same time.
Does it even make sense to use -j with no arguments? Should we perhaps remove that possibility, or have some internal sane limit, like twice the number of cores, say? _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
