2 files changed, 29 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index 48c6a79ffb..d42eb81664 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from bb import msg, data, event
 from bb import monitordisk
 import subprocess
 import pickle
+from multiprocessing import Process
 
 bblogger = logging.getLogger("BitBake")
 logger = logging.getLogger("BitBake.RunQueue")
@@ -1303,15 +1304,36 @@ class RunQueue:
         else:
             self.rqexe.finish()
 
+    def rq_dump_sigfn(self, fn, options):
+        bb_cache = bb.cache.NoCache(self.cooker.databuilder)
+        the_data = bb_cache.loadDataFull(fn, self.cooker.collection.get_file_appends(fn))
+        siggen = bb.parse.siggen
+        dataCaches = self.rqdata.dataCaches
+        siggen.dump_sigfn(fn, dataCaches, options)
+
     def dump_signatures(self, options):
-        done = set()
+        fns = set()
         bb.note("Reparsing files to collect dependency data")
-        bb_cache = bb.cache.NoCache(self.cooker.databuilder)
+
         for tid in self.rqdata.runtaskentries:
             fn = fn_from_tid(tid)
-            if fn not in done:
-                the_data = bb_cache.loadDataFull(fn, self.cooker.collection.get_file_appends(fn))
-                done.add(fn)
+            fns.add(fn)
+
+        max_process = int(self.cfgData.getVar("BB_NUMBER_PARSE_THREADS") or os.cpu_count() or 1)
+        # We cannot use the real multiprocessing.Pool easily due to some local data
+        # that can't be pickled. This is a cheap multi-process solution.
+        launched = []
+        while fns:
+            if len(launched) < max_process:
+                p = Process(target=self.rq_dump_sigfn, args=(fns.pop(), options))
+                p.start()
+                launched.append(p)
+            for q in launched:
+                # The finished processes are joined when calling is_alive()
+                if not q.is_alive():
+                    launched.remove(q)
+        for p in launched:
+                p.join()
 
         bb.parse.siggen.dump_sigs(self.rqdata.dataCaches, options)
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/siggen.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/siggen.py
index 4226c80c85..3ceeef1ccc 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/siggen.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/siggen.py
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ class SignatureGeneratorBasic(SignatureGenerator):
                 pass
             raise err
 
-    def dump_sigs(self, dataCaches, options):
-        for fn in self.taskdeps:
+    def dump_sigfn(self, fn, dataCaches, options):
+        if fn in self.taskdeps:
             for task in self.taskdeps[fn]:
                 tid = fn + ":" + task
                 (mc, _, _) = bb.runqueue.split_tid(tid)