4 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/gce_setup/grpc_docker.sh b/tools/gce_setup/grpc_docker.sh
index d301cc43e1..476aa3c156 100755
--- a/tools/gce_setup/grpc_docker.sh
+++ b/tools/gce_setup/grpc_docker.sh
@@ -757,6 +757,20 @@ grpc_interop_gen_go_cmd() {
   echo $the_cmd
 }
 
+# constructs the full dockerized Go interop test cmd.
+#
+# call-seq:
+#   flags= .... # generic flags to include the command
+#   cmd=$($grpc_gen_test_cmd $flags)
+grpc_cloud_prod_gen_go_cmd() {
+  local cmd_prefix="sudo docker run grpc/go /bin/bash -c"
+  local test_script="cd /go/src/github.com/google/grpc-go/rpc/interop/client"
+  local test_script+=" && go run client.go --use_tls=true"
+  local gfe_flags="  --tls_ca_file=\"\" --tls_server_name=\"\" --server_port=443 --server_host=grpc-test.sandbox.google.com"
+  local the_cmd="$cmd_prefix '$test_script $gfe_flags $@'"
+  echo $the_cmd
+}
+
 # constructs the full dockerized java interop test cmd.
 #
 # call-seq:
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py b/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
index b7248e524b..a699399c27 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class SimpleConfig(object):
 
   def __init__(self, config):
     self.build_config = config
-    self.maxjobs = 32 * multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+    self.maxjobs = 2 * multiprocessing.cpu_count()
     self.allow_hashing = (config != 'gcov')
 
   def run_command(self, binary):
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class ValgrindConfig(object):
   def __init__(self, config, tool):
     self.build_config = config
     self.tool = tool
-    self.maxjobs = 4 * multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+    self.maxjobs = 2 * multiprocessing.cpu_count()
     self.allow_hashing = False
 
   def run_command(self, binary):
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/tests.json b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
index 90571eaec6..a610e92307 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/tests.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
   }, 
   {
     "language": "c", 
-    "name": "poll_kick_test"
+    "name": "poll_kick_posix_test"
   }, 
   {
     "language": "c", 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/watch_dirs.py b/tools/run_tests/watch_dirs.py
index 9ef6924454..f83192e5f8 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/watch_dirs.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/watch_dirs.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class DirWatcher(object):
         continue
       for root, _, files in os.walk(path):
         for f in files:
+          if f and f[0] == '.': continue
           try:
             st = os.stat(os.path.join(root, f))
           except OSError as e: