Hello! As you might have noticed I tried to parallelize AUTOMOC/UIC. https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/merge_requests/1632 The issue that's blocking it now is that the kwsysProcess framework isn't thread safe. As a consequence it is not possible for threads to start processes concurrently using the kwsysProcess framework.
There are three options I see 1) Make kwsysProcess thread safe I don't think it's impossible but it's not a small task. Looking through the code I found a few issues that would block the whole idea for me. - OpenVMS: I have little to no knowledge about OpenVMS. Wikipedia says it is basically abandoned. Can the OpenVMS code be removed? I couldn't test it anyway. - C vs. C++ There's a lot of C in processUNIX.c (list allocation etc.). I would prefer to use C++11 (or higher), especially std::array, std::vector, std::thread, std::mutex, etc.. Is C++11 acceptable in kwsysProcess? This would make processUNIX.c processUNIX.cpp? 2) Use libuv instead Using the libuv event loop is overkill and would probably imply that more threads are started than necessary (the libuv thread pool will be started anyway). But it would allow to start multiple concurrent (moc/uic) processes. Is there a reason to not use libuv? 3) Abandon the idea to parallelize AUTOMOC/UIC Well, I liked the idea. Any thoughts? -Sebastian -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers