Re: bin/53285: Build times tripled with make/job.c 1.193

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On May 13, 12:50pm, kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost (Robert Elz) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: bin/53285: Build times tripled with make/job.c 1.193

| Before giving up completely, perhaps it would be worth trying changing the
| "sleep(1)" into a much smaller usleep() or nanosleep() - which would have
| the same effect, of avoiding busy waiting, while not adding nearly as much
| delay (if it happens that the sleep needs to be a second occasionally, then
| that might mean 100 * usleep(10000) rather than 1 sleep(1), but it seems that
| most of the time, the wait does not need to be nearly that long).

Or change this into a better/cheaper form of IPC? Sleeping without someone
to wake you up does not sound right.

christos