Merge pull request #9111 from EOSIO/EPE-81-develop

Update algorithm for determining number of parallel jobs - develop
EOSIO · May 20, 2020 · 1e39b68 · 1e39b68
2 parents 01119bb + 168a47d
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diff --git a/scripts/helpers/general.sh b/scripts/helpers/general.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ function set_system_vars() {
     export DISK_INSTALL=$1
     export DISK_TOTAL=$(($2 / 1024 / 1024))
     export DISK_AVAIL=$(($4 / 1024 / 1024))
-    export JOBS=${JOBS:-$(( MEM_GIG > CPU_CORES ? CPU_CORES : MEM_GIG ))}
+    # For a basic hueristic here, let's require at least 2GB of available RAM per parallel job.
+    # CPU_CORES is the number of logical cores available.
+    export JOBS=${JOBS:-$(( MEM_GIG / 2 >= CPU_CORES ? CPU_CORES : MEM_GIG / 2 ))}
 }
 
 function install-package() {