We will use the lazy prerequisite ULIMIT_PROCESSES in a follow-up
commit.
With run_with_limited_processses() we can limit forking subprocesses and
fail reliably in some test cases.
Signed-off-by: Han Xin <hanxin.hx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
t/test-lib.sh | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 8ba5ca1534..655d6d543f 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -1816,6 +1816,22 @@ test_lazy_prereq ULIMIT_FILE_DESCRIPTORS '
run_with_limited_open_files true
'
+run_with_limited_processses () {
+ # bash and ksh use "ulimit -u", dash uses "ulimit -p"
+ if test -n "$BASH_VERSION"
+ then
+ ulimit_max_process="-u"
+ elif test -n "$KSH_VERSION"
+ then
+ ulimit_max_process="-u"
+ fi
+ (ulimit ${ulimit_max_process-"-p"} 512 && "$@")
+}
+
+test_lazy_prereq ULIMIT_PROCESSES '
+ run_with_limited_processses true
+'
+
build_option () {
git version --build-options |
sed -ne "s/^$1: //p"
--
2.36.1
