Comment # 18 on bug 1229450 from Jiri Slaby

(In reply to Michal Suchanek from comment #16)
> readelf is provided by GNU binutils. What about LLVM builds?
> 
> Also pahole is specified by PAHOLE variable, and it may include arguments
> because shell and stuff.

Yes, it's broken in many ways. Sent to upstream for discussion as an RFC:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240820085950.200358-1-jirislaby@kernel.org/

(In reply to Shung-Hsi Yu from comment #17)
> Would it be better to have pahole to cap the thread count depending on
> virtual memory available irregardless to architecture?

Maybe set it to 1 when sizeof(long) == 4?