Hi, On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Thomas Rast wrote: > Junio C Hamano wrote: > > [Will merge to 'next' soon] > > > > * tr/gcov (Sun Feb 15 23:25:45 2009 +0100) 8 commits > > - Test git-patch-id > > - Test rev-list --parents/--children > > - Test log --decorate > > - Test fsck a bit harder > > - Test log --graph > > - Test diff --dirstat functionality > > - Test that diff can read from stdin > > - Support coverage testing with GCC/gcov > > I noticed two small things that I'd like to fix before this goes > 'next', so here they are: > > * [1/8] Support coverage testing with GCC/gcov > > Changed it so the compilation (but not the testing) uses the same -j > flags as the caller, so that compilation can be done in parallel. > (It's rather minor compared to the slow testing with optimizations > turned off, but still.) I strongly disagree that it is minor. _Especially_ since the tests are slow, -j makes a huge difference. And also without making the tests slower, -j makes a dramatic difference here: $ /usr/bin/time make -j50 test ... 60.41user 213.92system 2:49.34elapsed 162%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 160inputs+401944outputs (0major+37204627minor)pagefaults 0swaps $ /usr/bin/time make test ... 88.08user 314.96system 7:28.28elapsed 89%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+401008outputs (0major+37223584minor)pagefaults 0swaps Ciao, Dscho -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
