Re: Re: multi-threaded run-tests.php

On 25/07/07, Nuno Lopes <nlopess@php.net> wrote:

So here it is my first attempt: http://gcov.php.net/~nlopess/multi_threaded_run_tests.txt WARNING: The patch is ugly and the output of the script isn't the prettiest. Anyway, for automated testing seems to be good enough. Nuno P.S.: after this little hack, I also start to feel that run-tests.php should be rewritten :P ""Nuno Lopes"" <nlopess@php.net> wrote: Hi, Recently we have moved http://gcov.php.net to a new (and much faster) server. This allowed us to reduce the time to build all branches to "just" 2 days (compared with almost one week that would take previously). However I'm still not happy :P The server has 2x2 CPU cores and I would like to use them :) Currently I can speed-up the make process, because it can be parallelized (with -j xx). But the major time is still spent with run-tests.php. So, what I would like to propose is a multi-threaded version of run-tests.php. We could spawn x processes (configurable) and one of them would test y extensions (I think it's better to have each extension's tests tested serially or they may break, because they may use the same resources: BDs, files, etc..). Any comments? Thanks, Nuno

Hey Nuno, you should stop looking at things. PhD and now run-tests. Soon you'll be taking a look at the php-src and thinking, "pah, look what those idiots have done, time for a rewrite!". :-) -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"