12567 2018-02-22 15:05:39 +0000 parallel_make_argument broken 2018-02-27 10:30:40 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime OE-Core core unspecified x86 Multiple RESOLVED FIXED High normal 2.5 M3 1 diego.russo ross.burton meta.mr.watcher meta.watcher stephano --- --- No (bug/feature does not impact docs) oldest_to_newest 79551 0 diego.russo 2018-02-22 15:05:39 +0000 Pull request https://github.com/openembedded/openembedded-core/commit/ccd1142d22b31ed85d8823b1bc9e11ccfd72b61f?diff=unified#r27676626 has introduced two new functions which deal with parallelism: parallel_make and parallel_make_argument. The implementation of parallel_make_argument is broken when a limit is passed to the function. The boost recipe (https://github.com/openembedded/openembedded-core/blob/ccd1142d22b31ed85d8823b1bc9e11ccfd72b61f/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost.inc) uses the new function in this way: BOOST_PARALLEL_MAKE = "${@oe.utils.parallel_make_argument(d, '-j%d', limit=64)}" with limit=64 to safeguard a bug which is present in bjam. In our builds we have set PARALLEL_MAKE=16, so we expect bjam to run with -j16 but instead it will be always running with -j64. This because the implementation of parallel_make_argument is not correct. 79552 1 ross.burton 2018-02-22 15:13:16 +0000 Patch already on the list, will be in master soon. 79553 2 diego.russo 2018-02-22 15:14:38 +0000 Ross, thanks for the update! 79613 3 diego.russo 2018-02-27 10:30:40 +0000 I see this has been fixed by https://github.com/openembedded/openembedded-core/commit/45205be547967c84dff96403c3a6825a62e3ca6a I tried a build and it is working as expected setting PARALLEL_MAKE=16 bjam -j16 -d+2 -q --ignore-site-config -sTOOLS=gcc -sGCC=arm-oe-linux-gnueabi-gcc... I'll close the ticket as resolved/fixed. Thanks