[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/Makefile.in: set .NOTPARALLEL for MAKE1
Yann E. MORIN
yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Sun Oct 16 16:35:43 UTC 2022
On 2022-10-16 18:26 +0200, Yann E. MORIN spake thusly:
> James, All,
>
> On 2022-10-14 18:56 -0600, James Hilliard spake thusly:
> > Make 4.4 introduces a shuffle mode which randomizes prerequisites
> > in order to better flush out issues with parallel builds, as this
> > mode randomizes prerequisites even when using -j1 builds we must
> > instead explicitely mark parallel incompatible builds using the
> > .NOTPARALLEL special target which disables prerequisites
> > randomization when running in shuffle mode.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1 at gmail.com>
> > ---
> > package/Makefile.in | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/package/Makefile.in b/package/Makefile.in
> > index 43d214bcbe..2327849a1f 100644
> > --- a/package/Makefile.in
> > +++ b/package/Makefile.in
> > @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ else
> > PARALLEL_JOBS := $(BR2_JLEVEL)
> > endif
> >
> > -MAKE1 := $(HOSTMAKE) -j1
> > +MAKE1 := $(HOSTMAKE) --eval .NOTPARALLEL:
>
> Packages that do not build in parallel do not because their rules assume
> the ordering is kept.
>
> I don't see how replacing -j1 with --eval .NOTPARALLEL: would cause the
> ordering to be restored.
Ah, it's in the --shuffle documentation, not in the .NOTPARALLEL one (and
reading .texi source is not my main ability).
Still, I think my proposal is better, because it is more explicit.
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.
> Instead, I would have expected we do something like:
>
> # Only build one job at a time, *and* to not randomise goals and
> # prerequisites ordering in make 4.4+
> MAKE1 := $(HOSTMAKE) -j1 $(if $(findstring --shuffle,$(MAKEFLAGS)),--shuffle=none)
>
> Regards,
> Yann E. MORIN.
>
> > override MAKE = $(HOSTMAKE) \
> > $(if $(findstring j,$(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))),,-j$(PARALLEL_JOBS))
> >
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >
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