From efe428946431c6c670151c949884fa8c1fa31794 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 11:58:18 +0200
Subject: Add an option to limit the log output of builders

This is mostly useful for Hydra to deal with builders that get stuck
in an infinite loop writing data to stdout/stderr.
---
 doc/manual/conf-file.xml | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc/manual')

diff --git a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
index c37a2da47413..c832108fed06 100644
--- a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
+
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-timeout"><term><literal>build-timeout</literal></term>
 
     <listitem>
@@ -168,6 +169,20 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-max-log-size"><term><literal>build-max-log-size</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem>
+
+      <para>This option defines the maximum number of bytes that a
+      builder can write to its stdout/stderr.  If the builder exceeds
+      this limit, it’s killed.  A value of <literal>0</literal> (the
+      default) means that there is no limit.</para>
+
+    </listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-users-group"><term><literal>build-users-group</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>This options specifies the Unix group containing
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