From de809dda5ebaf0d1e9872afc940ee9ba511f3699 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Mazzoleni <amadvance@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:08:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add SHORTCHECK variable to Makefile to control test dataset
 size

---
 .github/workflows/build.yml |  2 +-
 Makefile.am                 | 24 +++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6ded7dc5..e959f071 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
             -cpu cortex-a15 \
             -L /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf \
             ./snapraid -V
-      - run: make check
+      - run: make check SHORTCHECK=1
   build-win:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     defaults:
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7aa7750a..9dee688f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -301,23 +301,21 @@ CHECKFLAGS = $(CHECKFLAGS_ALPHA) -q -q -q
 # Snapshots with no parity limit
 CHECKFLAGS_SNAP = --test-skip-device --test-skip-self --test-io-advise-none --test-force-order-alpha -q -q -q
 
-# Number of files to create
-if !HAVE_MEMORY_CHECKER
-if HAVE_POSIX
-CHECKCOUNT = 1000
-else
-CHECKCOUNT = 500
+# Short check options
+if HAVE_MEMORY_CHECKER
+SHORTCHECK = 1
 endif
+SHORTCHECK ?= 0
+
+# Number of files to create
+if HAVE_POSIX
+CHECKCOUNT_DEFAULT = 1000
 else
-CHECKCOUNT = 500
+CHECKCOUNT_DEFAULT = 500
 endif
 
-# Size of files to create
-if !HAVE_MEMORY_CHECKER
-CHECKSIZE = 4000
-else
-CHECKSIZE = 100
-endif
+CHECKCOUNT = $(if $(filter 1,$(SHORTCHECK)),500,$(CHECKCOUNT_DEFAULT))
+CHECKSIZE = $(if $(filter 1,$(SHORTCHECK)),100,4000)
 
 CONF = $(srcdir)/test/test-par6.conf
 THERMAL = $(srcdir)/test/test-par6-thermal.conf