Re: [PATCH v3] coccinelle: fix parallel build with CHECK=scripts/coccicheck

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Tue Nov 14 2017 - 06:14:49 EST


2017-11-14 20:09 GMT+09:00 Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx>:
>
>
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2017, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>
>> Hi Julia,
>>
>>
>> 2017-11-14 18:49 GMT+09:00 Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx>:
>> >> +
>> >> + # If -j option is given to Make, scripts/coccicheck runs in parallel.
>> >> + # If coccinelle also runs in parallel, it fails because multiple processes
>> >> + # try to get access to the same subdirectory that stores stdout/stderr.
>> >> + # No need to parallelize coccinelle in this case - this mode takes only
>> >> + # one file input.
>> >> + NPROC=1
>> >
>> > Since I am also changing Coccinelle to avoid the problem, maybe it would
>> > be better to just remove the explanation sentence (If coccinelle also runs
>> > in parallel,...).
>> >
>> > julia
>>
>> OK. Which lines are unneeded?
>>
>> Is it OK to remove all the comments, then just add "NPROC=1"?
>
> How about keeping "# No need to parallelize coccinelle in this case - this
> mode takes only one file input."?

Fair enough.

I will send v4 shortly.



> But if you think it is obvious, it would be ok to remove it also. Someone
> can always do git blame and read the commit message if they have
> questions.
>
> julia
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Masahiro Yamada