x/build: add a "small" builder with limited resources #28388
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Starting a new issue from #27739.
We tend to see issues building Go and running the tests if someone's machine has limited resources. For example, in #26867 I reported how
go test net
OOM'd with a few gigabytes of available memory.We already have special builders like
linux-amd64-noopt
, so I propose adding alinux-amd64-small
. Alternatively, we could add these qualities to an existing builder likelinux-amd64-noopt
, like @bradfitz suggested.Some ideas to start with:
With time, if the builder is stable, we could lower those numbers and add more restrictions, such as:
/cc @dmitshur @bradfitz @andybons
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