From: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
To: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.de>,
Linux Test Project <ltp@lists.linux.it>
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH v3 3/3] build: Parallelize subdirectory recursion in generic_trunk_target
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 11:51:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261104105111.GA176379@pevik> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aumw6SYfJJM1sojJ@linux.dev>
Hi Li, Andrea,
> > ifdef VERBOSE
> > - @set -e; for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do \
> > - $(MAKE) -C $$dir -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$$dir/Makefile" $@; \
> > - done
> > + $(MAKE) -C "$(patsubst %-all,%,$@)" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$(patsubst %-all,%,$@)/Makefile" all
> > else
> > - @set -e; for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do \
> > - $(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C $$dir -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$$dir/Makefile" $@; \
> > - done
> > + @$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C "$(patsubst %-all,%,$@)" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$(patsubst %-all,%,$@)/Makefile" all
> > +endif
> > +
> > +$(addsuffix -install,$(SUBDIRS)): trunk-install | $(SUBDIRS) $(MAKE_DEPS)
> > +ifdef VERBOSE
> > + $(MAKE) -C "$(patsubst %-install,%,$@)" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$(patsubst %-install,%,$@)/Makefile" install
> > +else
> > + @$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C "$(patsubst %-install,%,$@)" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$(patsubst %-install,%,$@)/Makefile" install
> > +endif
> > +
> > +$(addsuffix -check,$(SUBDIRS)): trunk-check | $(SUBDIRS) $(MAKE_DEPS)
> > +ifdef VERBOSE
> > + $(MAKE) -C "$(patsubst %-check,%,$@)" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$(patsubst %-check,%,$@)/Makefile" check
> > +else
> > + @$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C "$(patsubst %-check,%,$@)" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$(patsubst %-check,%,$@)/Makefile" check
> > endif
> Maybe we could refactor those lines to something like this:
> ifdef VERBOSE
> Q :=
> SUBMAKE := $(MAKE)
> else
> Q := @
> SUBMAKE := $(MAKE) --no-print-directory
> endif
> all: $(addsuffix -all,$(SUBDIRS))
> install: $(addsuffix -install,$(SUBDIRS))
> check: $(addsuffix -check,$(SUBDIRS))
> .PHONY: $(addsuffix -all,$(SUBDIRS)) $(addsuffix -install,$(SUBDIRS)) $(addsuffix -check,$(SUBDIRS))
> $(addsuffix -all,$(SUBDIRS)): %-all: trunk-all | $(SUBDIRS) $(MAKE_DEPS)
> $(Q)$(SUBMAKE) -C "$*" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$*/Makefile" all
> $(addsuffix -install,$(SUBDIRS)): %-install: trunk-install | $(SUBDIRS) $(MAKE_DEPS)
> $(Q)$(SUBMAKE) -C "$*" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$*/Makefile" install
> $(addsuffix -check,$(SUBDIRS)): %-check: trunk-check | $(SUBDIRS) $(MAKE_DEPS)
> $(Q)$(SUBMAKE) -C "$*" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$*/Makefile" check
Very good point.
BTW similar cleanup with variable could be done in include/mk/rules.mk.
Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
I try to test the patch once github works again.
https://www.githubstatus.com/
Kind regards,
Petr
diff --git include/mk/generic_trunk_target.inc include/mk/generic_trunk_target.inc
index 6975507e81..8ed8ee89c0 100644
--- include/mk/generic_trunk_target.inc
+++ include/mk/generic_trunk_target.inc
@@ -78,11 +78,14 @@ endif
install: trunk-install
-# Print out CURDIR to check for a recursion issue.
-ifeq ($(strip $(SUBDIRS)),)
- $(warning CURDIR is: $(CURDIR))
- $(error SUBDIRS empty -- did you want generic_leaf_target instead?)
+ifdef VERBOSE
+Q :=
+SUBMAKE := $(MAKE)
else
+Q := @
+SUBMAKE := $(MAKE) --no-print-directory
+endif
+
# Recurse into subdirectories in parallel instead of using a serial shell loop.
# Each subdirectory is mapped to a phony target (<dir>-all, <dir>-install, etc.).
# GNU Make can then schedule sibling directories concurrently under -jN.
@@ -94,27 +97,14 @@ check: $(addsuffix -check,$(SUBDIRS))
# For each target (e.g. 'open-all'), strip the suffix to get the directory name,
# build trunk-local targets first, and ensure the subdirectory exists.
-$(addsuffix -all,$(SUBDIRS)): trunk-all | $(SUBDIRS) $(MAKE_DEPS)
-ifdef VERBOSE
- $(MAKE) -C "$(patsubst %-all,%,$@)" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$(patsubst %-all,%,$@)/Makefile" all
-else
- @$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C "$(patsubst %-all,%,$@)" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$(patsubst %-all,%,$@)/Makefile" all
-endif
+$(addsuffix -all,$(SUBDIRS)): %-all: trunk-all | $(SUBDIRS) $(MAKE_DEPS)
+ $(Q)$(SUBMAKE) -C "$*" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$*/Makefile" all
-$(addsuffix -install,$(SUBDIRS)): trunk-install | $(SUBDIRS) $(MAKE_DEPS)
-ifdef VERBOSE
- $(MAKE) -C "$(patsubst %-install,%,$@)" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$(patsubst %-install,%,$@)/Makefile" install
-else
- @$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C "$(patsubst %-install,%,$@)" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$(patsubst %-install,%,$@)/Makefile" install
-endif
+$(addsuffix -install,$(SUBDIRS)): %-install: trunk-install | $(SUBDIRS) $(MAKE_DEPS)
+ $(Q)$(SUBMAKE) -C "$*" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$*/Makefile" install
-$(addsuffix -check,$(SUBDIRS)): trunk-check | $(SUBDIRS) $(MAKE_DEPS)
-ifdef VERBOSE
- $(MAKE) -C "$(patsubst %-check,%,$@)" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$(patsubst %-check,%,$@)/Makefile" check
-else
- @$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C "$(patsubst %-check,%,$@)" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$(patsubst %-check,%,$@)/Makefile" check
-endif
-endif
+$(addsuffix -check,$(SUBDIRS)): %-check: trunk-check | $(SUBDIRS) $(MAKE_DEPS)
+ $(Q)$(SUBMAKE) -C "$*" -f "$(abs_srcdir)/$*/Makefile" check
check: trunk-check
--
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-04 10:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-21 8:11 [LTP] [PATCH v3 0/3] Speedup LTP compile time by ~20% on multi-machine Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-21 8:11 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3 1/3] build: Fix library prerequisites in testcases.mk Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-21 13:40 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-11-02 3:07 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3 1/3] " Li Wang
2026-10-21 8:11 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3 2/3] build: Build shared libs once on subtree make Andrea Cervesato
2026-11-02 3:39 ` Li Wang
2026-11-02 4:53 ` Li Wang
2026-10-21 8:11 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3 3/3] build: Parallelize subdirectory recursion in generic_trunk_target Andrea Cervesato
2026-11-03 10:01 ` Li Wang
2026-11-04 10:51 ` Petr Vorel [this message]
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