Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:46:32 -0500 | From | Greg Dietsche <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] coccicheck: add parallel execution |
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On 7/26/2011 8:53 AM, Michal Marek wrote: > Why not move the loop into some Makefile and let make take care of the > parallel execution? Something among the lines of > > results := check1.out check2.out ... (generated) > coccicheck: $(results) > cat $^ > > %.out: FORCE > ... run given test and store its result ... > > then the user can simply type make -j6 coccicheck. > > Note: I haven't seen the patch, I only got Nicolas' mail now. > > Michal >
yes, I agree, that would be better - especially from a user perspective. I'm not much of a makefile expert at all. I did try that approach initially, but it seemed like it was going to turn into a rewrite of the coccinelle script. If someone can do it via make, I'd say go for it :) I won't have much free time for the foreseeable future to tackle it. using "make -j" is much more comfortable and intuitive than typing PARALLEL= ...
Greg
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