[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 05/12] roms/edk2-funcs.sh: add the qemu_edk2_get_thread_count() function

[Laszlo Ersek]

The edk2 "build" utility natively supports building modules (that is, INF
files) in parallel. The feature is not useful when building a single
module (with the "-m" option), but it is useful for platform firmware
builds (which include many modules). Add a function that determines the
"-n" option argument for "build", from the MAKEFLAGS variable (i.e. based
on the presence of a make job server).

Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>
Tested-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden>
---

Notes:
    v2:
    
    - pick up Phil's R-b / T-b
    
    - pick up Michal's and Michael's R-b's

 roms/edk2-funcs.sh | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/roms/edk2-funcs.sh b/roms/edk2-funcs.sh
index d1cb1e4a111e..a9fae7ee891b 100644
--- a/roms/edk2-funcs.sh
+++ b/roms/edk2-funcs.sh
@@ -226,3 +226,28 @@ qemu_edk2_set_cross_env()
 
   eval "export $cross_prefix_var=\$cross_prefix"
 }
+
+
+# Determine the "-n" option argument (that is, the number of modules to build
+# in parallel) for the edk2 "build" utility. Print the result to the standard
+# output.
+#
+# Parameters:
+#   $1: the value of the MAKEFLAGS variable
+qemu_edk2_get_thread_count()
+{
+  local makeflags="$1"
+
+  if [[ "$makeflags" == *--jobserver-auth=* ]] ||
+     [[ "$makeflags" == *--jobserver-fds=* ]]; then
+    # If there is a job server, allow the edk2 "build" utility to parallelize
+    # as many module builds as there are logical CPUs in the system. The "make"
+    # instances forked by "build" are supposed to limit themselves through the
+    # job server. The zero value below causes the edk2 "build" utility to fetch
+    # the logical CPU count with Python's multiprocessing.cpu_count() method.
+    printf '0\n'
+  else
+    # Build a single module at a time.
+    printf '1\n'
+  fi
+}
-- 
2.19.1.3.g30247aa5d201