zig

commit 523cfabcdff65c9547299b3a4f721d2052c163ee (tree)
parent b4e21ccb4994d051ecf086491e42f57ce183d9b9
Author: Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org>
Date:   Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:43:55 -0700

build.zig: hard cap on compiler max_rss at 8G

This number should never be raised. If the value is exceeded, then it is
considered a bug in the Zig project that building the compiler takes
more than 8G of memory.

Partial revert of 1293f080fdfc74966b541b44f0a907561df3d617

Deprioritizes #31510

Diffstat:
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build.zig
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1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
@@ -772,7 +772,10 @@ fn addCompilerMod(b: *std.Build, options: AddCompilerModOptions) *std.Build.Modu
 fn addCompilerStep(b: *std.Build, options: AddCompilerModOptions) *std.Build.Step.Compile {
     const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
         .name = "zig",
-        .max_rss = 8_700_000_000,
+        // This number should never be raised. If the value is exceeded, then
+        // it is considered a bug in the Zig project that building the
+        // compiler takes more than 8G of memory.
+        .max_rss = 8_000_000_000,
         .root_module = addCompilerMod(b, options),
     });
     exe.stack_size = stack_size;