37d145c71807801efd9cb02926515c82e84c1c71
braney
  Wed Feb 7 10:12:23 2024 -0800
set up a mechanism to limit memory through an hg.conf variable

diff --git src/hg/hgTracks/mainMain.c src/hg/hgTracks/mainMain.c
index b98da39..cf045cd 100644
--- src/hg/hgTracks/mainMain.c
+++ src/hg/hgTracks/mainMain.c
@@ -23,30 +23,33 @@
 #include "versionInfo.h"
 #include "net.h"
 #include "search.h"
 #include "imageV2.h"
 #include "extTools.h"
 #include "botDelay.h"
 #include "hgConfig.h"
 
 boolean issueBotWarning;
 long enteredMainTime = 0;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 enteredMainTime = clock1000();
 measureTime(NULL);
+
+cfgSetMaxMem(); // read hg.conf and set the maxMem if there
+
 issueBotWarning = earlyBotCheck(enteredMainTime, "hgTracks", delayFraction, 0, 0, "html");
 browserName = hBrowserName();
 organization = "UCSC";
 
 /* Push very early error handling - this is just
  * for the benefit of the cgiVarExists, which
  * somehow can't be moved effectively into doMiddle. */
 htmlPushEarlyHandlers();
 cgiSpoof(&argc, argv);
 char * link = webTimeStampedLinkToResourceOnFirstCall("HGStyle.css",TRUE); // resource file link
 if (link)                                                                  // wrapped in html
     htmlSetStyle(link);
 
 oldVars = hashNew(10);