From a800c96f99485341f52c6dacf60a2b63aa1c0b1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jussi Pakkanen Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 14:34:24 +0300 Subject: Add option to limit maximum number of concurrent link processes. --- docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md index 9b2df63..ff0771f 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md @@ -88,3 +88,11 @@ other. This warning will become a hard error in some future release. Vulkan can now be used as native dependency. The dependency module will detect the VULKAN_SDK environment variable or otherwise try to receive the vulkan library and header via pkgconfig or from the system. + +## Limiting the maximum number of linker processes + +With the Ninja backend it is now possible to limit the maximum number of +concurrent linker processes. This is usually only needed for projects +that have many large link steps that cause the system to run out of +memory if they are run in parallel. This limit can be set with the +new `backend_max_links` option. -- cgit v1.1