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[PATCH 3/3] Enable parallel tests

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 8, 2008, 05:59 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.DEB.1.00.0808080754230.9611@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>
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On multiprocessor machines, or with I/O heavy tests (that leave the CPU waiting a lot), it makes sense to parallelize the tests.

However, care has to be taken that the different jobs use different trash directories.

This commit does so, by inspecting the MAKEFLAGS variable to detect if the option "-j" or "--jobs" was passed to make. In that case, the test is run with the new "--parallel" option.

If parallel mode was detected, the trash directories are created with a suffix that is unique with regard to the test, as it is the test's base name.

Parallel mode also triggers removal of the trash directory in the test itself if everything went fine, so that the trash directories do not pile up only to be removed at the very end.

If a test failed, the trash directory is not removed. Chances are that the exact error message is lost in the clutter, but you can still see what test failed from the name of the trash directory, and repeat the test (without -j).

If all was good, you will see the aggregated results.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 t/Makefile    |    8 ++++++--
 t/test-lib.sh |   11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/Makefile b/t/Makefile
index aa952e1..fb2fba9 100644
--- a/t/Makefile
+++ b/t/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
 T = $(wildcard t[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-*.sh)
 TSVN = $(wildcard t91[0-9][0-9]-*.sh)
 
+# MAKEFLAGS only sees the -j flag when expanded in the task, so we cannot
+# use ifeq() games here.  Instead we play shell games.
+GIT_TEST_OPTS += $(shell echo " $(MAKEFLAGS)" | \
+	sed -n "s/^.* \(--jobs\|\(-\|[^-]*\)j\).*/--parallel/p")
+
 all: pre-clean
 	$(MAKE) aggregate-results-and-cleanup
 
@@ -24,7 +29,7 @@ pre-clean:
 	$(RM) -r test-results
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) -r 'trash directory' test-results
+	$(RM) -rf 'trash directory' test-results
 
 aggregate-results-and-cleanup: $(T)
 	$(MAKE) aggregate-results
@@ -39,4 +44,3 @@ full-svn-test:
 	$(MAKE) $(TSVN) GIT_SVN_NO_OPTIMIZE_COMMITS=0 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 
 .PHONY: pre-clean $(T) aggregate-results clean
-.NOTPARALLEL:
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 11c0275..c5868c4 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ esac
 	) &&
 	color=t
 
+test="trash directory"
 while test "$#" -ne 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
@@ -94,6 +95,10 @@ do
 	--no-python)
 		# noop now...
 		shift ;;
+	--parallel)
+		test="$test.$(basename "$0" .sh)"
+		remove_trash="$(pwd)/$test"
+		shift ;;
 	*)
 		break ;;
 	esac
@@ -449,6 +454,11 @@ test_done () {
 		# we will leave things as they are.
 
 		say_color pass "passed all $msg"
+
+		test ! -z = "$remove_trash" &&
+		cd "$(dirname "$remove_trash")" &&
+		rm -rf "$(basename "$remove_trash")"
+
 		exit 0 ;;
 
 	*)
@@ -485,7 +495,6 @@ fi
 . ../GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
 
 # Test repository
-test="trash directory"
 rm -fr "$test" || {
 	trap - exit
 	echo >&5 "FATAL: Cannot prepare test area"
-- 
1.6.0.rc2.23.gd08e9
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  1. 0/3 Enable parallelized testsJohannes Schindelin, Aug 8, 2008
  2. 1/3 t9700: remove useless checkJohannes Schindelin, Aug 8, 2008
  3. 2/3 tests: Clarify dependencies between tests, 'aggregate-results' and 'clean'Johannes Schindelin, Aug 8, 2008
  4. 3/3 Enable parallel testsJohannes Schindelin, Aug 8, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2008
  8. René ScharfeAug 8, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2008
  10. tests: use $TEST_DIRECTORY to refer to the t/ directoryJunio C Hamano, Aug 8, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2008
  13. Stephan BeyerAug 8, 2008
  14. Olivier MarinAug 9, 2008
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2008
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 10, 2008
  17. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2008
  18. 3/3 Enable parallel testsJohannes Schindelin, Aug 8, 2008
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  20. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2008
  21. SZEDER GáborAug 8, 2008
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