[PATCH v2 2/2] ci: align job counts across CI providers

From: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 25, 2026, 16:35 UTC
Message-ID: <20260925-ci-large-test-resources-v2-2-f632cf319756@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260925-ci-large-test-resources-v2-0-f632cf319756@gmail.com>

GitHub Actions sets JOBS to ten regardless of runner size, while GitLab CI uses the detected CPU count. Use the CPU count for Make and prove on both providers, selecting JOBS after the operating system is identified.

Use nproc on Linux and NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS on Windows. On macOS, use sysctl to avoid requiring nproc before the dependency installer has run; GitHub macOS images need not provide GNU coreutils.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
 ci/lib.sh | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/lib.sh b/ci/lib.sh
index c6ccbf8c17..db593cc62c 100755
--- a/ci/lib.sh
+++ b/ci/lib.sh
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ then
 	cache_dir="$HOME/none"
 
 	GIT_TEST_OPTS="--github-workflow-markup"
-	JOBS=10
 
 	distro=$(echo "$CI_JOB_IMAGE" | tr : -)
 elif test true = "$GITLAB_CI"
@@ -250,7 +249,6 @@ then
 	case "$OS,$CI_JOB_IMAGE" in
 	Windows_NT,*)
 		CI_OS_NAME=windows
-		JOBS=$NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS
 		;;
 	*,macos-*)
 		# GitLab CI has Python installed via multiple package managers,
@@ -260,11 +258,9 @@ then
 		export PATH="$(brew --prefix)/bin:$PATH"
 
 		CI_OS_NAME=osx
-		JOBS=$(nproc)
 		;;
 	*,almalinux:*|*,alpine:*|*,debian:*|*,fedora:*|*,ubuntu:*|*,i386/ubuntu:*)
 		CI_OS_NAME=linux
-		JOBS=$(nproc)
 		;;
 	*)
 		echo "Could not identify OS image" >&2
@@ -291,6 +287,18 @@ else
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+case "$CI_OS_NAME" in
+windows|windows_nt)
+	JOBS=$NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS
+	;;
+osx)
+	JOBS=$(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
+	;;
+*)
+	JOBS=$(nproc)
+	;;
+esac
+
 MAKEFLAGS="$MAKEFLAGS --jobs=$JOBS"
 GIT_PROVE_OPTS="--timer --jobs $JOBS"

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