coccicheck: span checks across CPUs

[linux-2.6-block.git] / Documentation / coccinelle.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
index 18de78599dd4861ffb5e206cfc22e11e888101c1..408439d078897a98c950fa1c9ec13fa894d13bf7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ To enable verbose messages set the V= variable, for example:
 
    make coccicheck MODE=report V=1
 
+By default, coccicheck tries to run as parallel as possible. To change
+the parallelism, set the J= variable. For example, to run across 4 CPUs:
+
+   make coccicheck MODE=report J=4
+
 
  Using Coccinelle with a single semantic patch
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~