" -d, --decompress (ignored)\n"
" -k, --keep (ignored)\n"
" -f, --force (ignored)\n"
-" -M, --memory=NUM use NUM bytes of memory at maximum (0 means default);\n"
-" the suffixes k, M, G, Ki, Mi, and Gi are supported.\n"
+" -M, --memory=NUM use NUM bytes of memory at maximum (0 means default)\n"
" -q, --quiet specify *twice* to suppress errors\n"
" -Q, --no-warn (ignored)\n"
" -h, --help display this help and exit\n"
}
-/// Finds out the amount of physical memory in the system, and sets
-/// a default memory usage limit.
+/// Find out the amount of physical memory (RAM) in the system, and set
+/// the memory usage limit to the given percentage of RAM.
static void
-set_default_memlimit(void)
+memlimit_set_percentage(uint32_t percentage)
{
- const uint64_t mem = physmem();
+ uint64_t mem = physmem();
+ // If we cannot determine the amount of RAM, assume 32 MiB.
if (mem == 0)
- // Cannot autodetect, use 10 MiB as the default limit.
- memlimit = UINT64_C(10) * 1024 * 1024;
+ mem = UINT64_C(32) * 1024 * 1024;
+
+ memlimit = percentage * mem / 100;
+ return;
+}
+
+
+/// Set the memory usage limit to give number of bytes. Zero is a special
+/// value to indicate the default limit.
+static void
+memlimit_set(uint64_t new_memlimit)
+{
+ if (new_memlimit == 0)
+ memlimit_set_percentage(40);
else
- // Limit is 40 % of RAM.
- memlimit = mem * 2 / 5;
+ memlimit = new_memlimit;
return;
}
-/// \brief Converts a string to uint64_t
+/// \brief Convert a string to uint64_t
///
/// This is rudely copied from src/xz/util.c and modified a little. :-(
///
+/// \param max Return value when the string "max" was specified.
+///
static uint64_t
-str_to_uint64(const char *value)
+str_to_uint64(const char *value, uint64_t max)
{
uint64_t result = 0;
// Accept special value "max".
if (strcmp(value, "max") == 0)
- return UINT64_MAX;
+ return max;
if (*value < '0' || *value > '9') {
- my_errorf("%s: Not a number", value);
+ my_errorf("%s: Value is not a non-negative decimal integer",
+ value);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
case 'Q':
break;
- case 'M':
- memlimit = str_to_uint64(optarg);
- if (memlimit == 0)
- set_default_memlimit();
+ case 'M': {
+ // Support specifying the limit as a percentage of
+ // installed physical RAM.
+ const size_t len = strlen(optarg);
+ if (len > 0 && optarg[len - 1] == '%') {
+ // Memory limit is a percentage of total
+ // installed RAM.
+ optarg[len - 1] = '\0';
+ const uint64_t percentage
+ = str_to_uint64(optarg, 100);
+ if (percentage < 1 || percentage > 100) {
+ my_errorf("Percentage must be in "
+ "the range [1, 100]");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ memlimit_set_percentage(percentage);
+ } else {
+ memlimit_set(str_to_uint64(
+ optarg, UINT64_MAX));
+ }
break;
+ }
case 'q':
if (display_errors > 0)
// error and help messages.
argv0 = argv[0];
- // Detect amount of installed RAM and set the memory usage limit.
- // This is needed before parsing the command line arguments.
- set_default_memlimit();
+ // Set the default memory usage limit. This is needed before parsing
+ // the command line arguments.
+ memlimit_set(0);
// Parse the command line options.
parse_options(argc, argv);