1 files changed, 38 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/src/tools/vppapigen/generate_json.py b/src/tools/vppapigen/generate_json.py
index e8041c5a3eb..610f84f5533 100755
--- a/src/tools/vppapigen/generate_json.py
+++ b/src/tools/vppapigen/generate_json.py
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
 import argparse
 import pathlib
 import subprocess
+import vppapigen
+import os
+from multiprocessing import Pool
 
 BASE_DIR = (
     subprocess.check_output("git rev-parse --show-toplevel", shell=True)
     .strip()
     .decode()
 )
-vppapigen_bin = pathlib.Path(
-    "%s/src/tools/vppapigen/vppapigen.py" % BASE_DIR
-).as_posix()
 
 src_dir_depth = 3
 output_path = pathlib.Path(
@@ -55,32 +55,14 @@ def api_files(src_dir):
     return [x for x in api_search_globs(src_dir)]
 
 
-def vppapigen(vppapigen_bin, output_path, src_dir, src_file):
-    try:
-        subprocess.check_output(
-            [
-                vppapigen_bin,
-                "--includedir",
-                src_dir.as_posix(),
-                "--input",
-                src_file.as_posix(),
-                "JSON",
-                "--output",
-                "%s/%s/%s.json"
-                % (
-                    output_path,
-                    output_dir_map[
-                        src_file.as_posix().split("/")[
-                            src_dir_depth + BASE_DIR.count("/") - 1
-                        ]
-                    ],
-                    src_file.name,
-                ),
-            ]
-        )
-    except KeyError:
-        print("src_file: %s" % src_file)
-        raise
+def get_n_parallel(n_parallel):
+    if n_parallel == 0:
+        n_parallel = os.environ.get("MAKE_PARALLEL_JOBS", os.cpu_count())
+        try:
+            n_parallel = int(n_parallel)
+        except ValueError:
+            return os.cpu_count()
+    return n_parallel or os.cpu_count()
 
 
 def main():
@@ -88,11 +70,15 @@ def main():
     cliparser.add_argument("--srcdir", action="store", default="%s/src" % BASE_DIR),
     cliparser.add_argument("--output", action="store", help="directory to store files"),
     cliparser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel", type=int, default=0, help="Number of parallel processes"
+    ),
+    cliparser.add_argument(
         "--debug-target",
         action="store_true",
         default=False,
         help="'True' if -debug target",
     ),
+
     args = cliparser.parse_args()
 
     src_dir = pathlib.Path(args.srcdir)
@@ -109,8 +95,29 @@ def main():
     for f in output_dir.glob("**/*.api.json"):
         f.unlink()
 
-    for f in api_files(src_dir):
-        vppapigen(vppapigen_bin, output_dir, src_dir, f)
+    with Pool(get_n_parallel(args.parallel)) as p:
+        p.map(
+            vppapigen.run_kw_vppapigen,
+            [
+                {
+                    "output": "%s/%s/%s.json"
+                    % (
+                        output_path,
+                        output_dir_map[
+                            f.as_posix().split("/")[
+                                src_dir_depth + BASE_DIR.count("/") - 1
+                            ]
+                        ],
+                        f.name,
+                    ),
+                    "input_file": f.as_posix(),
+                    "includedir": [src_dir.as_posix()],
+                    "output_module": "JSON",
+                }
+                for f in api_files(src_dir)
+            ],
+        )
+
     print("json files written to: %s/." % output_dir)