commit 47980ab5ea7f1037b8b7cce9b8abfe1c0a75c032
Author: Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Apr 25 17:54:17 2013 -0400

    	* Makefile.in (link-mutex, remove-link-mutex): New targets.
    	(native, mostlyclean): Remove link mutex.
    	* configure.ac: Handle --enable-link-mutex.
    	* */Make-lang.in: Use link mutex.

diff --git a/gcc/Makefile.in b/gcc/Makefile.in
index 903125e..3934e16 100644
--- a/gcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gcc/Makefile.in
@@ -1737,8 +1737,8 @@ start.encap: native xgcc$(exeext) cpp$(exeext) specs \
 rest.encap: lang.rest.encap
 # This is what is made with the host's compiler
 # whether making a cross compiler or not.
-native: config.status auto-host.h build-@POSUB@ $(LANGUAGES) \
-	$(EXTRA_PROGRAMS) $(COLLECT2) lto-wrapper$(exeext) \
+native: remove-link-mutex config.status auto-host.h build-@POSUB@ \
+	$(LANGUAGES) $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS) $(COLLECT2) lto-wrapper$(exeext) \
 	gcc-ar$(exeext) gcc-nm$(exeext) gcc-ranlib$(exeext)
 
 ifeq ($(enable_plugin),yes)
@@ -4529,6 +4529,8 @@ mostlyclean: lang.mostlyclean
 	-rm -f gtype.state
 # Delete genchecksum outputs
 	-rm -f *-checksum.c
+# Delete front-end linking mutex directory
+	-rm -rf link-mutex
 
 # Delete all files made by compilation
 # that don't exist in the distribution.
@@ -5335,3 +5337,14 @@ po/gcc.pot: force
 	$(MAKE) srcextra
 	AWK=$(AWK) $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/po/exgettext \
 		$(XGETTEXT) gcc $(srcdir)
+
+do_link_mutex = @DO_LINK_MUTEX@
+.PHONY: link-mutex
+link-mutex:
+ifeq ($(do_link_mutex),true)
+	while ! mkdir link-mutex 2>/dev/null; do sleep 1; done
+endif
+
+.PHONY: remove-link-mutex
+remove-link-mutex:
+	-rm -rf link-mutex
diff --git a/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/Make-lang.in b/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/Make-lang.in
index ef12b4b..7d88961 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/Make-lang.in
@@ -562,7 +562,10 @@ TARGET_ADA_SRCS =
 # Since the RTL should be built with the latest compiler, remove the
 #  stamp target in the parent directory whenever gnat1 is rebuilt
 gnat1$(exeext): $(TARGET_ADA_SRCS) $(GNAT1_OBJS) $(ADA_BACKEND) libcommon-target.a $(LIBDEPS)
-	+$(GCC_LINK) -o $@ $(GNAT1_OBJS) $(ADA_BACKEND) libcommon-target.a $(LIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS) $(CFLAGS)
+	$(MAKE) link-mutex
+	+$(GCC_LINK) -o $@ $(GNAT1_OBJS) $(ADA_BACKEND) \
+	  libcommon-target.a $(LIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS) $(CFLAGS); \
+	  $(MAKE) remove-link-mutex
 	$(RM) stamp-gnatlib2-rts stamp-tools
 
 gnatbind$(exeext): ada/b_gnatb.o $(CONFIG_H) $(GNATBIND_OBJS) ggc-none.o libcommon-target.a $(LIBDEPS)
diff --git a/gcc/c/Make-lang.in b/gcc/c/Make-lang.in
index 8310e0a..cf61d74 100644
--- a/gcc/c/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/c/Make-lang.in
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ cc1-checksum.c : build/genchecksum$(build_exeext) checksum-options \
 cc1-checksum.o : cc1-checksum.c $(CONFIG_H) $(SYSTEM_H)
 
 cc1$(exeext): $(C_OBJS) cc1-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+	$(MAKE) link-mutex
 	+$(LINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(C_OBJS) \
-	  cc1-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS)
+	  cc1-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS); \
+	  $(MAKE) remove-link-mutex
 #
 # Build hooks:
 
diff --git a/gcc/configure b/gcc/configure
index fd4a0eb..ab56d21 100755
--- a/gcc/configure
+++ b/gcc/configure
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ subdirs
 dollar
 gcc_tooldir
 enable_lto
+DO_LINK_MUTEX
 MAINT
 zlibinc
 zlibdir
@@ -916,6 +917,7 @@ with_long_double_128
 with_gc
 with_system_zlib
 enable_maintainer_mode
+enable_link_mutex
 enable_version_specific_runtime_libs
 enable_plugin
 enable_libquadmath_support
@@ -1627,6 +1629,8 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-maintainer-mode
                           enable make rules and dependencies not useful (and
                           sometimes confusing) to the casual installer
+  --enable-link-mutex     avoid linking multiple front-ends at once to avoid
+                          thrashing on the build machine
   --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs
                           specify that runtime libraries should be installed
                           in a compiler-specific directory
@@ -17830,7 +17834,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 17833 "configure"
+#line 17837 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -17936,7 +17940,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 17939 "configure"
+#line 17943 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -27041,6 +27045,32 @@ else
   MAINT='#'
 fi
 
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether to avoid linking multiple front-ends at once" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether to avoid linking multiple front-ends at once... " >&6; }
+  # Check whether --enable-link-mutex was given.
+if test "${enable_link_mutex+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_link_mutex; do_link_mutex=$enableval
+else
+  # By default avoid simultaneous links on machines with less than 8GB.
+      mem="$(free|sed -n 2p|awk '{print $2}')" 2>/dev/null
+      if test "$mem" -lt 8000000 2>/dev/null; then
+        do_link_mutex=yes
+      else
+        do_link_mutex=no
+      fi
+fi
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $do_link_mutex" >&5
+$as_echo "$do_link_mutex" >&6; }
+
+if test "$do_link_mutex" = "yes"; then
+   DO_LINK_MUTEX=true
+else
+   DO_LINK_MUTEX=false
+fi
+
+
 # --------------
 # Language hooks
 # --------------
diff --git a/gcc/configure.ac b/gcc/configure.ac
index a859d99..71f8e31 100644
--- a/gcc/configure.ac
+++ b/gcc/configure.ac
@@ -4938,6 +4938,30 @@ else
 fi
 AC_SUBST(MAINT)dnl
 
+dnl Whether to prevent multiple front-ends from linking at the same time
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to avoid linking multiple front-ends at once])
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(link-mutex,
+[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-link-mutex],
+		[avoid linking multiple front-ends at once to avoid thrashing
+		 on the build machine])],
+      do_link_mutex=$enableval,
+      # By default avoid simultaneous links on machines with less than 8GB.
+      mem="$(free|sed -n 2p|awk '{print $2}')" 2>/dev/null
+      if test "$mem" -lt 8000000 2>/dev/null; then
+        do_link_mutex=yes
+      else
+        do_link_mutex=no
+      fi)
+AC_MSG_RESULT($do_link_mutex)
+
+if test "$do_link_mutex" = "yes"; then
+   DO_LINK_MUTEX=true
+else
+   DO_LINK_MUTEX=false
+fi
+AC_SUBST(DO_LINK_MUTEX)
+
 # --------------
 # Language hooks
 # --------------
diff --git a/gcc/cp/Make-lang.in b/gcc/cp/Make-lang.in
index cda4897..760d801 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/cp/Make-lang.in
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ cc1plus-checksum.c : build/genchecksum$(build_exeext) checksum-options \
 cc1plus-checksum.o : cc1plus-checksum.c $(CONFIG_H) $(SYSTEM_H)
 
 cc1plus$(exeext): $(CXX_OBJS) cc1plus-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+	$(MAKE) link-mutex
 	+$(LINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
-	      $(CXX_OBJS) cc1plus-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS)
+	      $(CXX_OBJS) cc1plus-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS); \
+	      $(MAKE) remove-link-mutex
 
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_MAINTAINER_RULES), true)
 # Special build rule.  This is a maintainer rule, that is only
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 1265129..89b8260 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -1293,6 +1293,11 @@ opposite effect.  If neither option is specified, the configure script
 will try to guess whether the @code{.init_array} and
 @code{.fini_array} sections are supported and, if they are, use them.
 
+@item --enable-link-mutex
+When building GCC, use a mutex to avoid linking the compilers for
+multiple languages at the same time, to avoid thrashing.  By default,
+this is enabled if the build machine has less than 8GB of memory.
+
 @item --enable-maintainer-mode
 The build rules that regenerate the Autoconf and Automake output files as
 well as the GCC master message catalog @file{gcc.pot} are normally
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/Make-lang.in b/gcc/fortran/Make-lang.in
index c3f826c..2c8bcac 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/fortran/Make-lang.in
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@ gfortran-cross$(exeext): gfortran$(exeext)
 # The compiler itself is called f951.
 f951$(exeext): $(F95_OBJS) \
 		$(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS) attribs.o
+	$(MAKE) link-mutex
 	+$(LINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 		$(F95_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(ZLIB) $(LIBS) attribs.o \
-		$(BACKENDLIBS)
+		$(BACKENDLIBS); $(MAKE) remove-link-mutex
 
 gt-fortran-trans.h    : s-gtype; @true
 #
diff --git a/gcc/go/Make-lang.in b/gcc/go/Make-lang.in
index dd98080..7059672 100644
--- a/gcc/go/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/go/Make-lang.in
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ GO_OBJS = \
 	go/unsafe.o
 
 go1$(exeext): $(GO_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+	$(MAKE) link-mutex
 	+$(CXX) $(ALL_CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
-	      $(GO_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS)
+	      $(GO_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS); \
+	      $(MAKE) remove-link-mutex
 
 # Documentation.
 
diff --git a/gcc/java/Make-lang.in b/gcc/java/Make-lang.in
index 7ed3220..c1d7f5c 100644
--- a/gcc/java/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/java/Make-lang.in
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ jvspec.o-warn = -Wno-error
 
 jc1$(exeext): $(JAVA_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS) attribs.o
 	rm -f $@
+	$(MAKE) link-mutex
 	+$(LINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
-		$(JAVA_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(ZLIB) $(LIBICONV) $(LIBS) attribs.o $(BACKENDLIBS)
+		$(JAVA_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(ZLIB) $(LIBICONV) $(LIBS) attribs.o $(BACKENDLIBS); \
+	        $(MAKE) remove-link-mutex
 
 jcf-dump$(exeext): $(JCFDUMP_OBJS) $(LIBDEPS)
 	rm -f $@
diff --git a/gcc/lto/Make-lang.in b/gcc/lto/Make-lang.in
index a0bdc26..b73b3d4 100644
--- a/gcc/lto/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/lto/Make-lang.in
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ lto.stagefeedback:
 lto-warn = $(STRICT_WARN)
 
 $(LTO_EXE): $(LTO_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+	$(MAKE) link-mutex
 	+$(LINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
-		$(LTO_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(BACKENDLIBS) $(LIBS)
+		$(LTO_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(BACKENDLIBS) $(LIBS); \
+	        $(MAKE) remove-link-mutex
 
 # Dependencies
 lto/lto-lang.o: lto/lto-lang.c $(CONFIG_H) coretypes.h debug.h \
diff --git a/gcc/objc/Make-lang.in b/gcc/objc/Make-lang.in
index 9e005c1..f45d567 100644
--- a/gcc/objc/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/objc/Make-lang.in
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@ cc1obj-checksum.c : build/genchecksum$(build_exeext) checksum-options \
 cc1obj-checksum.o : cc1obj-checksum.c $(CONFIG_H) $(SYSTEM_H)
 
 cc1obj$(exeext): $(OBJC_OBJS) $(C_AND_OBJC_OBJS) cc1obj-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+	$(MAKE) link-mutex
 	+$(LINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 	      $(OBJC_OBJS) $(C_AND_OBJC_OBJS) cc1obj-checksum.o \
-	      $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS)
+	      $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS); \
+	      $(MAKE) remove-link-mutex
 
 # Objective C language specific files.
 
diff --git a/gcc/objcp/Make-lang.in b/gcc/objcp/Make-lang.in
index 731ca9e..bd84b5f 100644
--- a/gcc/objcp/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/objcp/Make-lang.in
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ cc1objplus-checksum.c : build/genchecksum$(build_exeext) checksum-options \
 cc1objplus-checksum.o : cc1objplus-checksum.c $(CONFIG_H) $(SYSTEM_H)
 
 cc1objplus$(exeext): $(OBJCXX_OBJS) cc1objplus-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+	$(MAKE) link-mutex
 	+$(LINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
-		$(OBJCXX_OBJS) cc1objplus-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS)
+		$(OBJCXX_OBJS) cc1objplus-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS); \
+	        $(MAKE) remove-link-mutex
 
 # Objective C++ language specific files.
 
