1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
index 214267ee..743fa3f7 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  package PublicInbox::LeiQuery;
  use strict;
  use v5.10.1;
+use POSIX ();
  
  sub prep_ext { # externals_each callback
          my ($lxs, $exclude, $loc) = @_;
@@ -94,7 +95,10 @@ sub lei_q {
                  return $self->fail("`$mj' writer jobs must be >= 1");
          }
          PublicInbox::LeiOverview->new($self) or return;
-        $self->{l2m}->{-wq_nr_workers} = ($mj // $nproc) if $self->{l2m};
+        $self->{l2m} and $self->{l2m}->{-wq_nr_workers} = $mj // do {
+                $mj = POSIX::lround($nproc * 3 / 4); # keep some CPU for git
+                $mj <= 0 ? 1 : $mj;
+        };
  
          my %mset_opt = map { $_ => $opt->{$_} } qw(threads limit offset);
          $mset_opt{asc} = $opt->{'reverse'} ? 1 : 0;