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Re: Problems with the cpp change after 2000-06-18
- To: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Subject: Re: Problems with the cpp change after 2000-06-18
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack at wolery dot cumb dot org>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 10:22:01 -0700
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <20000703100919.A1221@lucon.org>
On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 10:09:19AM -0700, H . J . Lu wrote:
> Hi, Zack,
>
> I am not sure if I like the cpp change after 2000-06-18 when cpp keeps
> so many files open. The problem is on a 4way SMP machie, I can do
>
> # make MAKE="make -j 8"
>
> in the Linux kernel build. My system file descriptor limit is reached
> in minutes. Then other processes on my machine start dying. I know you
> put in a fix so that cpp won't die. But it doesn't help other processes.
> I think you should put a limit on the number of opened files in cpp.
Try using ulimit -n.
zw