On Mon, Jan 02, 2017 at 06:07:56PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > On 01/01/2017 11:34, Peter Xu wrote: > > run_tests.sh is getting slower. Maybe it's time to let it run faster. > > An obvious issue is that, we were running the tests sequentially in > > the past. > > > > This series provides another new "-j" parameter. "-j 8" means we run > > the tests on 8 task queues. That'll fasten the script a lot. A very > > quick test of mine shows 3x speed boost with 8 task queues. > > > > Most of the changes are in scripts/tash.bash of patch 2, which > > implemented the main logic for task managements. Please see commit > > message for more information. > > > > I did a quick "make standalone" test to make sure this series won't > > break it. However I am not sure whether it'll break other thing that I > > don't know... > > Would it work if run_tests.sh wrote a Makefile for all the tests (with > phony targets only), and then simply ran "make -f Makefile.tmp -jN"? Would this be a little bit tricky? This version 1 is kind-of overkill (hundreds of lines of codes), I can make it much shorter if you like in v2 according to Radim's suggestion. Thanks, -- peterx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
