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authorBetsy McPhail <betsy.mcphail@kitware.com>2017-12-15 17:49:17 (GMT)
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CTest: Expand 'Label and Subproject Summary' section of manual
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@@ -330,11 +330,39 @@ associated with the tests run. The label time summary will not include labels
that are mapped to subprojects.
When the :prop_test:`PROCESSORS` test property is set, CTest will display a
-weighted test timing result in label and subproject summaries. The wall clock
-time for the test run will be multiplied by this property to give a better
-idea of how much cpu resource CTest allocated for the test. The time is
+weighted test timing result in label and subproject summaries. The time is
reported with `sec*proc` instead of just `sec`.
+The weighted time summary reported for each label or subproject j is computed
+as::
+
+ Weighted Time Summary for Label/Subproject j =
+ sum(raw_test_time[j,i] * num_processors[j,i], i=1...num_tests[j])
+
+ for labels/subprojects j=1...total
+
+where:
+
+* raw_test_time[j,i]: Wall-clock time for the ith test for the jth label or
+ subproject
+* num_processors[j,i]: Value of the CTest PROCESSORS property for the ith test
+ for the jth label or subproject
+* num_tests[j]: Number of tests associated with the jth label or subproject
+* total: Total number of labels or subprojects that have at least one test run
+
+Therefore, the weighted time summary for each label or subproject represents
+the amount of time that CTest gave to run the tests for each label or
+subproject and gives a good representation of the total expense of the tests
+for each label or subproject when compared to other labels or subprojects.
+
+For example, if "SubprojectA" showed "100 sec*proc" and "SubprojectB" showed
+"10 sec*proc", then CTest allocated approximately 10 times the CPU/core time
+to run the tests for "SubprojectA" than for "SubprojectB" (e.g. so if effort
+is going to be expended to reduce the cost of the test suite for the whole
+project, then reducing the cost of the test suite for "SubprojectA" would
+likely have a larger impact than effort to reduce the cost of the test suite
+for "SubprojectB").
+
.. _`Build and Test Mode`:
Build and Test Mode