From c3f28518726a1ffe0051282f66666abb88710d18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sina M <1591639+s1na@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:00:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cmd/utils: tune GOGC for large cache values (#34851)

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Co-authored-by: jonny rhea <5555162+jrhea@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 cmd/geth/main.go   |  1 +
 cmd/utils/flags.go | 16 +++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 0108867f5a..b5802f51e7 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ var (
 		utils.CachePreimagesFlag,
 		utils.CacheLogSizeFlag,
 		utils.FDLimitFlag,
+		utils.MemoryLimitFlag,
 		utils.CryptoKZGFlag,
 		utils.ListenPortFlag,
 		utils.DiscoveryPortFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 4082717930..8b06772d87 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -554,6 +554,11 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Raise the open file descriptor resource limit (default = system fd limit)",
 		Category: flags.PerfCategory,
 	}
+	MemoryLimitFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
+		Name:     "memorylimit",
+		Usage:    "Soft memory limit for the Go runtime in megabytes (default = no limit)",
+		Category: flags.PerfCategory,
+	}
 	CryptoKZGFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:     "crypto.kzg",
 		Usage:    "KZG library implementation to use; gokzg (recommended) or ckzg",
@@ -1762,12 +1767,13 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 			ctx.Set(CacheFlag.Name, strconv.Itoa(allowance))
 		}
 	}
-	// Ensure Go's GC ignores the database cache for trigger percentage
-	cache := ctx.Int(CacheFlag.Name)
-	gogc := max(20, min(100, 100/(float64(cache)/1024)))
 
-	log.Debug("Sanitizing Go's GC trigger", "percent", int(gogc))
-	godebug.SetGCPercent(int(gogc))
+	godebug.SetGCPercent(100)
+	if ctx.IsSet(MemoryLimitFlag.Name) {
+		memLimit := int64(ctx.Int(MemoryLimitFlag.Name)) * 1024 * 1024
+		log.Debug("Setting Go memory limit", "MB", memLimit/1024/1024)
+		godebug.SetMemoryLimit(memLimit)
+	}
 
 	if ctx.IsSet(SyncTargetFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.SyncMode = ethconfig.FullSync // dev sync target forces full sync