compile time longer with icecc and extra cores than without

[jamincollins]

I'm attempting to speed up a long build by moving it to icecc. Aren't we all, right?

However, the builds appear to be taking longer with icecc than without. I'm timing the builds with time $BUILD_CMD:

with icecc (40 cores, mix and match):

real	41m0.320s
user	394m55.541s
sys	28m4.528s

without icecc (12 core, member of the above 40):

real	36m6.670s
user	361m39.386s
sys	17m35.283s

The current build systems are a mashup of available hardware I had around but currently total 40 cores, including the original 12 core system timed above.

Any advice or troubleshooting tips would be most appreciated.

[jamincollins]

Project/code in question:
https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer

[ossilator]

that isn't a terribly useful bug report. does it even distribute anything at all? log files? look at some other issues to get an idea.

beyond that, icecc has some architectural limitations that make it somewhat non-competitive nowadays.

also, it's kind of unmaintained. cf. #586.

[jamincollins]

that isn't a terribly useful bug report.

Happy to provide any details you (or anyone else) would like. I'm very new to icecc. So, I don't know what information would be useful. I found the fact that the build takes 5 minutes longer with 28 additional cores quite surprising. So, I figured I'd report what I see as an issue.

does it even distribute anything at all?

Yes it does, based on icecream-sundae.

beyond that, icecc has some architectural limitations that make it somewhat non-competitive nowadays.

Is there something else you would suggest instead?

[jamincollins]

Thank you, I see that sccache seems to be the preferred replacement and will look into it.

[HenryMiller1]

It is really hard to diagnose these issues at best. I'm not surprized you see things like this as a icecc uses a lot of network bandwidth and often will saturate your network. Your 12 core machine could be limited by disk speed or memory bandwith not cpu - in either case there isn't anything icecc could do for you. Icecc was designed in days when computers were slower and had one or maybe two cores. the hardware available to most of us is much faster and so icecc often cannot help.

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On Sun, Mar 31, 2024, at 20:58, Jamin Collins wrote: > that isn't a terribly useful bug report. Happy to provide any details you (or anyone else) would like. I'm very new to `icecc`. So, I don't know what information would be useful. I found the fact that the build takes 5 minutes longer with 28 additional cores quite surprising. So, I figured I'd report what I see as an issue. > does it even distribute anything at all? Yes it does: > beyond that, icecc has some architectural limitations that make it somewhat non-competitive nowadays. Is there something else you would suggest instead? -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: #631 (comment) You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Message ID: ***@***.***>