From 1046144d18aa819b3bb75f0ff7ead24e2f945213 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sunrisepeak <speakshen@163.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 05:16:21 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] validate: the llvm leg has no more shards than selected
 members

Co-authored-by: speak-agent <248744407+speak-agent@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/validate.yml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index d08faddb..26345217 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -1091,6 +1091,14 @@ jobs:
           # planner about toolchains is the larger one, and it needs a timing
           # table per leg that CI does not produce yet.
           lln=$(( ln + 3 ))
+          # A shard holds one member at least: a selective run of one member
+          # gave the llvm leg four shards, three of which set up a runner and
+          # built nothing.
+          if [ "$MEMBERS" != "__ALL__" ]; then
+            count=$(echo $MEMBERS | wc -w)
+            [ "$count" -lt 1 ] && count=1
+            [ "$lln" -gt "$count" ] && lln=$count
+          fi
           {
             printf '{"include":['
             # linux runs TWICE: once on mcpp's default toolchain and once on