> What did you expect for -j alone? an error?

No, as is standard in gnu make, a new process for any target that can be 
processed (i.e. unlimited).

>> ... check-fortran seems to be limited to about ~5 parallel targets ...
>
>Running the make with -j8 gives 7 directories gfortran[1-6]? in gcc/testsuite/.
>Note that the load balancing could be improved: few minutes with a single 
>thread
>over ~20 minutes.

I'd like to have roughly 32 directories (or as many of the -jN allows for).

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