perf tests: Add option to run tests in parallel
By default tests are forked, add an option (-p or --parallel) so that the forked tests are all started in parallel and then their output gathered serially. This is opt-in as running in parallel can cause test flakes. Rather than fork within the code, the start_command/finish_command from libsubcmd are used. This changes how stderr and stdout are handled. The child stderr and stdout are always read to avoid the child blocking. If verbose is 1 (-v) then if the test fails the child stdout and stderr are displayed. If the verbose is >1 (e.g. -vv) then the stdout and stderr from the child are immediately displayed. An unscientific test on my laptop shows the wall clock time for perf test without parallel being 5 minutes 21 seconds and with parallel (-p) being 1 minute 50 seconds. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Cc: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@huawei.com> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Athira Jajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: llvm@lists.linux.dev Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240221034155.1500118-9-irogers@google.com
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