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| author | Paramat <paramat@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-03-14 12:49:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Loïc Blot <nerzhul@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-03-14 13:49:33 +0100 |
| commit | ee57b63008d018cefe6ec509f2bdab1d960fd390 (patch) | |
| tree | 352f62629e47d42e07819d062afdb85db456e972 | |
| parent | 02a23892f94d3c83a6bdc301defc0e7ade7e1c2b (diff) | |
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num_emerge_threads: Warn of crashes when > 1 (#8357)
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/settingtypes.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | minetest.conf.example | 8 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/settingtypes.txt b/builtin/settingtypes.txt index 3df0376a3..6c5b3f317 100644 --- a/builtin/settingtypes.txt +++ b/builtin/settingtypes.txt @@ -1915,16 +1915,18 @@ emergequeue_limit_diskonly (Limit of emerge queues on disk) int 64 emergequeue_limit_generate (Limit of emerge queues to generate) int 64 # Number of emerge threads to use. +# WARNING: Currently there are multiple bugs that may cause crashes when +# 'num_emerge_threads' is larger than 1. Until this warning is removed it is +# strongly recommended this value is set to the default '1'. # Empty or 0 value: # - Automatic selection. The number of emerge threads will be # - 'number of processors - 2', with a lower limit of 1. # Any other value: # - Specifies the number of emerge threads, with a lower limit of 1. -# Warning: Increasing the number of emerge threads increases engine mapgen +# WARNING: Increasing the number of emerge threads increases engine mapgen # speed, but this may harm game performance by interfering with other # processes, especially in singleplayer and/or when running Lua code in -# 'on_generated'. -# For many users the optimum setting may be '1'. +# 'on_generated'. For many users the optimum setting may be '1'. num_emerge_threads (Number of emerge threads) int 1 [Online Content Repository] diff --git a/minetest.conf.example b/minetest.conf.example index 6e40a4b6b..6e881596f 100644 --- a/minetest.conf.example +++ b/minetest.conf.example @@ -2994,16 +2994,18 @@ # emergequeue_limit_generate = 64 # Number of emerge threads to use. +# WARNING: Currently there are multiple bugs that may cause crashes when +# 'num_emerge_threads' is larger than 1. Until this warning is removed it is +# strongly recommended this value is set to the default '1'. # Empty or 0 value: # - Automatic selection. The number of emerge threads will be # - 'number of processors - 2', with a lower limit of 1. # Any other value: # - Specifies the number of emerge threads, with a lower limit of 1. -# Warning: Increasing the number of emerge threads increases engine mapgen +# WARNING: Increasing the number of emerge threads increases engine mapgen # speed, but this may harm game performance by interfering with other # processes, especially in singleplayer and/or when running Lua code in -# 'on_generated'. -# For many users the optimum setting may be '1'. +# 'on_generated'. For many users the optimum setting may be '1'. # type: int # num_emerge_threads = 1 |