* src/alloc.c (Fmemory_info) [HAVE_LINUX_SYSINFO]: Return nil if

sysinfo failed.  Adjust docstring.
* doc/lispref/internals.texi (Garbage Collection): Mention memory-info.
* lisp/files.el (out-of-memory-warning-percentage): New defcustom.
(warn-maybe-out-of-memory): Use it.

6 files changed, 39 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index 17af128ae49..5f7e00a4f10 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-07-11  Dmitry Antipov  <dmantipov@yandex.ru>
+
+        * internals.texi (Garbage Collection): Mention memory-info.
+
 2014-07-11  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 
         * minibuf.texi (Intro to Minibuffers, Reading a Password):
diff --git a/doc/lispref/internals.texi b/doc/lispref/internals.texi
index 3a5bd4aea7e..626ecad7f42 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/internals.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/internals.texi
@@ -513,6 +513,10 @@ created in this Emacs session.  Each of these counters increments for
 a certain kind of object.  See the documentation string for details.
 @end defun
 
+@defun memory-info
+This functions returns an amount of total system memory and how much
+of it is free.  On an unsupported system, the value may be @code{nil}.
+
 @defvar gcs-done
 This variable contains the total number of garbage collections
 done so far in this Emacs session.
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 3965da7287b..faa5a3dffff 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-07-11  Dmitry Antipov  <dmantipov@yandex.ru>
+
+        * files.el (out-of-memory-warning-percentage): New defcustom.
+        (warn-maybe-out-of-memory): Use it.
+
 2014-07-11  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 
         * subr.el (read-passwd): Use `read-hide-char' if non-nil.  Bind it
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 258a37616c1..d3aa063e788 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -1786,6 +1786,14 @@ When nil, never request confirmation."
   :version "22.1"
   :type '(choice integer (const :tag "Never request confirmation" nil)))
 
+(defcustom out-of-memory-warning-percentage 50
+  "Warn if file size exceeds this percentage of available free memory.
+When nil, never issue warning."
+  :group 'files
+  :group 'find-file
+  :version "24.4"
+  :type '(choice integer (const :tag "Never issue warning" nil)))
+
 (defun abort-if-file-too-large (size op-type filename)
   "If file SIZE larger than `large-file-warning-threshold', allow user to abort.
 OP-TYPE specifies the file operation being performed (for message to user)."
@@ -1798,19 +1806,22 @@ OP-TYPE specifies the file operation being performed (for message to user)."
 
 (defun warn-maybe-out-of-memory (size)
   "Warn if an attempt to open file of SIZE bytes may run out of memory."
-  (when (and (numberp size) (not (zerop size)))
+  (when (and (numberp size) (not (zerop size))
+             (integerp out-of-memory-warning-percentage))
     (let ((meminfo (memory-info)))
       (when (consp meminfo)
-        (let ((total-free-memory (+ (nth 1 meminfo) (nth 3 meminfo))))
-          (when (> (/ size 1024) total-free-memory)
+        (let ((total-free-memory (float (+ (nth 1 meminfo) (nth 3 meminfo)))))
+          (when (> (/ size 1024)
+                   (/ (* total-free-memory out-of-memory-warning-percentage)
+                      100.0))
             (warn
              "You are trying to open a file whose size (%s)
-exceeds the amount of currently available free memory (%s).
+exceeds the %S%% of currently available free memory (%s).
 If that fails, try to open it with `find-file-literally'
 \(but note that some characters might be displayed incorrectly)."
              (file-size-human-readable size)
-             (file-size-human-readable
-              (* (float total-free-memory) 1024)))))))))
+             out-of-memory-warning-percentage
+             (file-size-human-readable (* total-free-memory 1024)))))))))
 
 (defun find-file-noselect (filename &optional nowarn rawfile wildcards)
   "Read file FILENAME into a buffer and return the buffer.
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index e469880a4ce..52ba04d2f5f 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-07-11  Dmitry Antipov  <dmantipov@yandex.ru>
+
+        * alloc.c (Fmemory_info) [HAVE_LINUX_SYSINFO]: Return nil if
+        sysinfo failed.  Adjust docstring.
+
 2014-07-11  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         Implement memory-info for MS-DOS.
diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c
index 77be94d73d1..a8ad44491fa 100644
--- a/src/alloc.c
+++ b/src/alloc.c
@@ -6875,8 +6875,9 @@ gc_sweep (void)
 
 DEFUN ("memory-info", Fmemory_info, Smemory_info, 0, 0, 0,
        doc: /* Return a list of (TOTAL-RAM FREE-RAM TOTAL-SWAP FREE-SWAP).
-All values are in Kbytes.  If there is no swap space, last two
-values are zero.  If the system is not supported, return nil.  */)
+All values are in Kbytes.  If there is no swap space,
+last two values are zero.  If the system is not supported
+or memory information can't be obtained, return nil.  */)
   (void)
 {
 #if defined HAVE_LINUX_SYSINFO
@@ -6884,7 +6885,7 @@ values are zero.  If the system is not supported, return nil.  */)
   uintmax_t units;
 
   if (sysinfo (&si))
-    emacs_abort ();
+    return Qnil;
 #ifdef LINUX_SYSINFO_UNIT
   units = si.mem_unit;
 #else