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build: limit cpu affinity to 32 cpus on Linux 

Related to #8924

Zig currenly has a bug where it crashes when compiling Ghostty on
systems with more than 32 cpus (See the linked issue for the gory
details). As a temporary hack, use `sched_setaffinity` on Linux systems
to limit the compile to the first 32 cores. Note that this affects the
build only. The resulting Ghostty executable is not limited in any way.

This is a more general fix than wrapping the Zig compiler with
`taskset`. First of all, it requires no action from the user or
packagers. Second, it will be easier for us to remove once the upstream
Zig bug is fixed.
pull/8925/head
Jeffrey C. Ollie 2025-09-26 11:10:58 -05:00 committed by Mitchell Hashimoto
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commit 311f8ec70b
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@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ comptime {
}
pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
// Works around a Zig but still present in 0.15.1. Remove when fixed.
// https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/issues/8924
try limitCoresForZigBug();
// This defines all the available build options (e.g. `-D`). If you
// want to know what options are available, you can run `--help` or
// you can read `src/build/Config.zig`.
@ -298,3 +302,13 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
try translations_step.addError("cannot update translations when i18n is disabled", .{});
}
}
// WARNING: Remove this when https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/issues/8924 is resolved!
// Limit ourselves to 32 cpus on Linux because of an upstream Zig bug.
fn limitCoresForZigBug() !void {
if (comptime builtin.os.tag != .linux) return;
const pid = std.os.linux.getpid();
var set: std.bit_set.ArrayBitSet(usize, std.os.linux.CPU_SETSIZE * 8) = .initEmpty();
for (0..32) |cpu| set.set(cpu);
try std.os.linux.sched_setaffinity(pid, &set.masks);
}