Tweak sleeps in builder loop.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/build.cc b/src/build.cc
index 081c156..98952e0 100644
--- a/src/build.cc
+++ b/src/build.cc
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ int build(const Settings& settings,
 					           return task->run();
 				           }));
 			started_one = true;
-			std::this_thread::sleep_for(2ms);
+			// Make sure we don't start tasks on top of each other to prevent
+			// straining the disk.
+			std::this_thread::sleep_for(50ms);
 		}
 
 		for(auto process = processes.begin();
@@ -106,13 +108,9 @@ int build(const Settings& settings,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if(started_one)
+		if(!started_one) // prevent polling too fast if no task is yet ready
 		{
-			std::this_thread::sleep_for(2ms);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			std::this_thread::sleep_for(200ms);
+			std::this_thread::sleep_for(10ms);
 		}
 	}