From 5aa2a90724e2f647cf118f0a80bffab46b5a36d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Binlogo <binboy@live.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 21:21:25 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improve diagnose for unconditional panic when resource limit

---
 compiler/rustc_interface/src/util.rs | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/util.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/util.rs
index 5e9cb42365049..1ddde9340916f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/util.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/util.rs
@@ -287,7 +287,15 @@ pub(crate) fn run_in_thread_pool_with_globals<
                         pool.install(|| f(current_gcx.into_inner(), proxy))
                     },
                 )
-                .unwrap()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+                    let mut diag = thread_builder_diag.early_struct_fatal(format!(
+                        "failed to spawn compiler thread pool: could not create {threads} threads ({err})",
+                    ));
+                    diag.help(
+                        "try lowering `-Z threads` or checking the operating system's resource limits",
+                    );
+                    diag.emit();
+                })
         })
     })
 }