From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:42:29 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: v2writable: nproc: use sysconf() on Linux and FreeBSD
X-Git-Tag: v1.7.0~1281
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=813d87c0ad24e1ea1d28a4b1570e5c57327b3c37;p=public-inbox.git

v2writable: nproc: use sysconf() on Linux and FreeBSD

No need to fork a process on platforms I use daily, at least.
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diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index 7f9342b0..35b7fe30 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use PublicInbox::Search;
 use PublicInbox::SearchIdx qw(log2stack is_ancestor check_size is_bad_blob);
 use IO::Handle; # ->autoflush
 use File::Temp ();
+use POSIX ();
 
 my $OID = qr/[a-f0-9]{40,}/;
 # an estimate of the post-packed size to the raw uncompressed size
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ our $PACKING_FACTOR = 0.4;
 our $NPROC_MAX_DEFAULT = 4;
 
 sub detect_nproc () {
+	# _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN = 84 on both Linux glibc and musl
+	return POSIX::sysconf(84) if $^O eq 'linux';
+	return POSIX::sysconf(58) if $^O eq 'freebsd';
+	# TODO: more OSes
+
 	# getconf(1) is POSIX, but *NPROCESSORS* vars are not
 	for (qw(_NPROCESSORS_ONLN NPROCESSORS_ONLN)) {
 		`getconf $_ 2>/dev/null` =~ /^(\d+)$/ and return $1;