only apply check during startup, error log at runtime

aaronb-stacks · aaronb-stacks · commit 7a6c8da5359b · 2026-05-08T11:22:45.000-05:00
diff --git a/stackslib/src/chainstate/nakamoto/miner.rs b/stackslib/src/chainstate/nakamoto/miner.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ pub fn make_mem_abort_callback(limit_bytes: u64) -> AbortCallback {
         return AbortCallback::None;
     }
     if !tracking_allocator_installed() {
-        panic!("Tracking allocator must be installed to set a memory limit");
+        error!(
+            "TrackingAllocator is not installed as the global allocator; any miner or signer configured memory limits will never trigger"
+        );
     }
     AbortCallback::MemAbort {
         baseline: thread_allocated(),

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ pub fn make_mem_abort_callback(limit_bytes: u64) -> AbortCallback {`
`66`	`66`	`return AbortCallback::None;`
`67`	`67`	`}`
`68`	`68`	`if !tracking_allocator_installed() {`
`69`		`- panic!("Tracking allocator must be installed to set a memory limit");`
	`69`	`+ error!(`
	`70`	`+ "TrackingAllocator is not installed as the global allocator; any miner or signer configured memory limits will never trigger"`
	`71`	`+ );`
`70`	`72`	`}`
`71`	`73`	`AbortCallback::MemAbort {`
`72`	`74`	`baseline: thread_allocated(),`