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[PATCH v5 0/8] Makefile: optimize noop runs, add shared.mak

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 3, 2022, 16:04 UTC
Message-ID
<cover-v5-0.8-00000000000-20220303T160155Z-avarab@gmail.com>
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<cover-v4-0.9-00000000000-20220302T124320Z-avarab@gmail.com>

As the v1 notes (among other things): https://lore.kernel.org/git/cover-0.8-00000000000-20211217T012902Z-avarab@gmail.com/

    This speeds up noop runs of "make" by a lot. After a "make" running a
    "make -j1" with this is ~1.5 faster than on "master"[2], and around 3x
    as fast with "make -j1 NO_TCLTK=Y" (the TCL part takes a lot of time,
    but that's another matter).

This v5 re-roll (for v3, see: https://lore.kernel.org/git/cover-v4-0.9-00000000000-20220302T124320Z-avarab@gmail.com/):

 * Drops the "wspfx" patch.
 * Rephrases the 1/8 commit message, dropping the mention of .DEFAULT_GOAL etc.

I think this should be ready to advance now per Junio's comment on v4 (https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqpmn4jdhy.fsf@gitster.g/):

    Other than a few things I noticed and commented on, 1-7 and 9
    looked all sensible.
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason (8):
  scalar Makefile: use "The default target of..." pattern
  Makefiles: add "shared.mak", move ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" to it
  Makefile: disable GNU make built-in wildcard rules
  Makefile: define $(LIB_H) in terms of $(FIND_SOURCE_FILES)
  Makefile: move ".SUFFIXES" rule to shared.mak
  Makefile: move $(comma), $(empty) and $(space) to shared.mak
  Makefile: add "$(QUIET)" boilerplate to shared.mak
  Makefiles: add and use wildcard "mkdir -p" template
 Documentation/Makefile    |  63 ++------------------
 Makefile                  | 118 ++++++++++++--------------------------
 config.mak.uname          |   1 -
 contrib/scalar/Makefile   |  20 ++-----
 contrib/scalar/t/Makefile |   3 +
 shared.mak                | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/Makefile                |   3 +
 t/interop/Makefile        |   3 +
 t/perf/Makefile           |   3 +
 templates/Makefile        |   8 +--
 10 files changed, 165 insertions(+), 160 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 shared.mak
Range-diff against v4:
 1:  26c6bb897cf !  1:  7547bf3e481 scalar Makefile: use "The default target of..." pattern
    @@ Metadata
      ## Commit message ##
         scalar Makefile: use "The default target of..." pattern
     
    -    Make have the "contrib/scalar/Makefile" be stylistically consistent
    -    with the top-level "Makefile" in first declaring "all" to be the
    -    default rule, follwed by including other Makefile snippets.
    +    Make the "contrib/scalar/Makefile" be stylistically consistent with
    +    the top-level "Makefile" in first declaring "all" to be the default
    +    rule, followed by including other Makefile snippets.
     
         This adjusts code added in 0a43fb22026 (scalar: create a rudimentary
    -    executable, 2021-12-03), it's a style-only change, in a subsequent
    -    commit the "QUIET" boilerplate at the beginning of this file will be
    -    retrieved via an include, and having an "all:" between the two set of
    -    "include"'s after that change would look odd.
    -
    -    As noted in [1] using ".DEFAULT_GOAL = all" is another way to do this
    -    in more modern GNU make versions, which we already have a hard
    -    dependency on, but let's leave any such change for a future
    -    improvement and go with using our established pattern consistently for
    -    now.
    -
    -    1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/220226.861qzq7d2r.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com/
    +    executable, 2021-12-03), it further ensures that when we add another
    +    "include" file in a subsequent commit that the included file won't be
    +    the one to define our default target.
     
         Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
     
 2:  74692458b70 =  2:  91795eccc32 Makefiles: add "shared.mak", move ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" to it
 3:  0fbdeeffc7b =  3:  9f42f40b518 Makefile: disable GNU make built-in wildcard rules
 4:  ea6b835308a =  4:  034779ff7fb Makefile: define $(LIB_H) in terms of $(FIND_SOURCE_FILES)
 5:  c2339694cf7 =  5:  18e0a6985f1 Makefile: move ".SUFFIXES" rule to shared.mak
 6:  741fdfd48e2 =  6:  422dee02ae9 Makefile: move $(comma), $(empty) and $(space) to shared.mak
 7:  a723cbce270 =  7:  21bf1e6e01c Makefile: add "$(QUIET)" boilerplate to shared.mak
 8:  3733b0c8df1 <  -:  ----------- Makefile: use $(wspfx) for $(QUIET...) in shared.mak
 9:  4cc4aeabb20 !  8:  e6a93cae81d Makefiles: add and use wildcard "mkdir -p" template
    @@ Makefile: test_bindir_programs := $(patsubst %,bin-wrappers/%,$(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_
      ## shared.mak ##
     @@ shared.mak: ifndef V
      	QUIET          = @
    - 	QUIET_GEN      = @echo $(wspfx_SQ) GEN $@;
    + 	QUIET_GEN      = @echo '   ' GEN $@;
      
     +	QUIET_MKDIR_P_PARENT  = @echo $(wspfx_SQ) MKDIR -p $(@D);
     +
      ## Used in "Makefile"
    - 	QUIET_CC       = @echo $(wspfx_SQ) CC $@;
    - 	QUIET_AR       = @echo $(wspfx_SQ) AR $@;
    + 	QUIET_CC       = @echo '   ' CC $@;
    + 	QUIET_AR       = @echo '   ' AR $@;
     @@ shared.mak: ifndef V
      	export V
      endif
-- 
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  1. 0/8 Makefile: optimize noop runs, add shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 24, 2021
  2. 1/8 Makefiles: add "shared.mak", move ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" to itÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 24, 2021
  3. 2/8 Makefile: disable GNU make built-in wildcard rulesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 24, 2021
  4. 3/8 Makefile: define $(LIB_H) in terms of $(FIND_SOURCE_FILES)Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 24, 2021
  5. 4/8 Makefile: move ".SUFFIXES" rule to shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 24, 2021
  6. Taylor BlauFeb 22, 2022
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 22, 2022
  8. 6/8 Makefile: add "$(QUIET)" boilerplate to shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 24, 2021
  9. 5/8 Makefile: move $(comma), $(empty) and $(space) to shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 24, 2021
  10. 7/8 Makefile: use $(wspfx) for $(QUIET...) in shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 24, 2021
  11. 8/8 Makefiles: add and use wildcard "mkdir -p" templateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 24, 2021
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 21, 2022
  13. 0/9 Makefile: optimize noop runs, add shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 25, 2022
  14. 1/9 scalar Makefile: set the default target after the includesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 25, 2022
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2022
  16. 2/9 Makefiles: add "shared.mak", move ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" to itÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 25, 2022
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2022
  18. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 25, 2022
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2022
  20. Phillip WoodFeb 28, 2022
  21. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 28, 2022
  22. Phillip WoodFeb 28, 2022
  23. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 28, 2022
  24. 3/9 Makefile: disable GNU make built-in wildcard rulesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 25, 2022
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2022
  26. 5/9 Makefile: move ".SUFFIXES" rule to shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 25, 2022
  27. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2022
  28. 7/9 Makefile: add "$(QUIET)" boilerplate to shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 25, 2022
  29. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2022
  30. 6/9 Makefile: move $(comma), $(empty) and $(space) to shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 25, 2022
  31. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2022
  32. 4/9 Makefile: define $(LIB_H) in terms of $(FIND_SOURCE_FILES)Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 25, 2022
  33. 8/9 Makefile: use $(wspfx) for $(QUIET...) in shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 25, 2022
  34. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2022
  35. 9/9 Makefiles: add and use wildcard "mkdir -p" templateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 25, 2022
  36. 0/9 Makefile: optimize noop runs, add shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  37. 1/9 scalar Makefile: use "The default target of..." patternÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  38. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2022
  39. 2/9 Makefiles: add "shared.mak", move ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" to itÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  40. 3/9 Makefile: disable GNU make built-in wildcard rulesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  41. 4/9 Makefile: define $(LIB_H) in terms of $(FIND_SOURCE_FILES)Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  42. 5/9 Makefile: move ".SUFFIXES" rule to shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  43. 7/9 Makefile: add "$(QUIET)" boilerplate to shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  44. 6/9 Makefile: move $(comma), $(empty) and $(space) to shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  45. 8/9 Makefile: use $(wspfx) for $(QUIET...) in shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  46. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2022
  47. 9/9 Makefiles: add and use wildcard "mkdir -p" templateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  48. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2022
  49. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2022
  50. Phillip WoodMar 3, 2022
  51. 0/8 Makefile: optimize noop runs, add shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 3, 2022
  52. 1/8 scalar Makefile: use "The default target of..." patternÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 3, 2022
  53. 2/8 Makefiles: add "shared.mak", move ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" to itÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 3, 2022
  54. 3/8 Makefile: disable GNU make built-in wildcard rulesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 3, 2022
  55. Rene KitaApr 11, 2022
  56. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 11, 2022
  57. 4/8 Makefile: define $(LIB_H) in terms of $(FIND_SOURCE_FILES)Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 3, 2022
  58. 5/8 Makefile: move ".SUFFIXES" rule to shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 3, 2022
  59. Adam DinwoodieApr 5, 2022
  60. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 5, 2022
  61. Documentation/Makefile: fix "make info" regression in dad9cd7d518Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 5, 2022
  62. Adam DinwoodieApr 6, 2022
  63. Junio C HamanoApr 6, 2022
  64. Taylor BlauApr 6, 2022
  65. 7/8 Makefile: add "$(QUIET)" boilerplate to shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 3, 2022
  66. 6/8 Makefile: move $(comma), $(empty) and $(space) to shared.makÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 3, 2022
  67. 8/8 Makefiles: add and use wildcard "mkdir -p" templateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 3, 2022

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