From 8a58cc5742f14db0cedb00dde1ca5c260b1ba933 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muki Kiboigo <muki@kiboigo.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:03:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] change thread count calculation

---
 src/core/server.zig | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/server.zig b/src/core/server.zig
index 9d1a2b8..c01c313 100644
--- a/src/core/server.zig
+++ b/src/core/server.zig
@@ -657,14 +657,15 @@ pub fn Server(
 
                     const thread_count = blk: {
                         switch (count) {
-                            .auto => break :blk @max(try std.Thread.getCpuCount() / 2 - 1, 1),
+                            .auto => break :blk @max((std.Thread.getCpuCount() catch break :blk 2) / 2 - 1, 2),
                             .count => |inner| break :blk inner,
                         }
                     };
 
-                    log.info("spawning {d} thread[s] + 1 root thread", .{thread_count});
+                    log.info("spawning {d} thread[s]", .{thread_count});
 
-                    for (0..thread_count) |i| {
+                    // spawn (count-1) new threads.
+                    for (0..thread_count - 1) |i| {
                         try threads.append(try std.Thread.spawn(.{ .allocator = allocator }, struct {
                             fn handler_fn(
                                 p_config: ProtocolConfig,