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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/compiler/test/test_lib.erl b/lib/compiler/test/test_lib.erl
index a8befbecd9..e06e42276a 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/test/test_lib.erl
+++ b/lib/compiler/test/test_lib.erl
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ smoke_disasm(File) when is_list(File) ->
Res = beam_disasm:file(File),
{beam_file,_Mod} = {element(1, Res),element(2, Res)}.
+%% If we are running cover, we don't want to run test cases that
+%% invokes the compiler in parallel, as doing so would probably
+%% be slower than running them sequentially.
+
parallel() ->
case ?t:is_cover() orelse erlang:system_info(schedulers) =:= 1 of
true -> [];
@@ -90,13 +94,18 @@ get_data_dir(Config) ->
%% Will fail the test case if there were any errors.
p_run(Test, List) ->
+ S = erlang:system_info(schedulers),
N = case ?t:is_cover() of
false ->
- erlang:system_info(schedulers);
+ S + 1;
true ->
- %% Cover is running. Using more than one process
- %% will probably only slow down compilation.
- 1
+ %% Cover is running. Using too many processes
+ %% could slow us down. Measurements on my computer
+ %% showed that using 4 parallel processes was
+ %% slightly faster than using 3. Using more than
+ %% 4 would not buy us much and could actually be
+ %% slower.
+ max(S, 4)
end,
p_run_loop(Test, List, N, [], 0, 0).