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/inc/hgConfig.h src/hg/inc/hgConfig.h
index eb41a22..9ede33a 100644
--- src/hg/inc/hgConfig.h
+++ src/hg/inc/hgConfig.h
@@ -1,47 +1,50 @@
 /* Copyright (C) 2012 The Regents of the University of California 
  * See kent/LICENSE or http://genome.ucsc.edu/license/ for licensing information. */
 
 #ifndef HGCONFIG_H
 #define HGCONFIG_H
 
 char* cfgOption(char* name);
 /* return the option with the given name, or null if not found */
 
 char* cfgOptionDefault(char* name, char* def);
 /* return the option with the given name or the given default if it doesn't exist */
 
 boolean cfgOptionBooleanDefault(char* name, boolean def);
 /* return the boolean value for option with the given name or the given
  * default if it doesn't exist. Booleans of yes/no/on/off/true/false are
  * recognized */
 
 char *cfgOptionEnv(char *envName, char* name);
 /* get a configuration optional value, from either the environment or the cfg
  * file, with the env take precedence.  Return NULL if not found */
 
 char *cfgOptionEnvDefault(char *envName, char* name, char *def);
 /* get a configuration optional value, from either the environment or the cfg
  * file, with the env take precedence.  Return default if not found */
 
 char *cfgOption2(char *prefix, char *suffix);
 /* Return the option with the given two-part name, formed from prefix.suffix.
  * Return NULL if it doesn't exist. */
 
 char* cfgOptionDefault2(char *prefix, char *suffix, char* def);
 /* Return the option with the given two-part name, formed from prefix.suffix,
  * or the given default if it doesn't exist. */
 
 char *cfgVal(char *name);
 /* Return option with given name.  Squawk and die if it
  * doesn't exist. */
 
 struct slName *cfgNames();
 /* get list of names in config file. slFreeList when finished */
 
 struct slName *cfgNamesWithPrefix();
 /* get list of names in config file with prefix. slFreeList when finished */
 
 unsigned long cfgModTime();
 /* Return modification time of config file */
 
+void cfgSetMaxMem();
+/* Check hg.conf for maxMem.  If not set, don't limit memory.  Otherwise
+ * limit memory usage to that number. */
 #endif