Re: [PATCH] maint: cleanup size determination in sort [was: overly aggressive memory usage by sort.c]

[Jim Meyering]

Jeff Janes wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>>> Here's a patch to move the code regarding physical/available/total
>>> memory down to where it's used (on top of your patch).
>>
>> Thanks.  I've pushed that -- tweaked to move the rlimit declaration down, 
>> too:
>
> The committed version does not include the limit to no more than 75%
> of physical memory.  Was that intentional or an oversight?

Bernhard's patch was quite deliberately (as the commit log says)
intended to induce no semantic change.