ci: run static checks in separate jobs

So that prepare jobs would finish earlier and CI would give
faster feedback. Also point cache action at the correct location
of the PLT file.

.github/workflows/run_test_cases.yaml

@@ -72,21 +72,14 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           path: source
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
-        id: cache
-        with:
-          path: "$HOME/.cache/rebar3/rebar3_${{ matrix.otp }}_plt"
-          key: rebar3-dialyzer-plt-${{ matrix.otp }}
       - name: get_all_deps
         working-directory: source
         env:
           PROFILE: ${{ matrix.profile }}
-            #DIAGNOSTIC: 1
         run: |
           make ensure-rebar3
           # fetch all deps and compile
-          make ${{ matrix.profile }}
-          make static_checks
+          make ${{ matrix.profile }}-compile
           make test-compile
           cd ..
           zip -ryq source.zip source/* source/.[^.]*
@@ -95,6 +88,34 @@ jobs:
           name: source-${{ matrix.profile }}-${{ matrix.otp }}
           path: source.zip
 
+  static_checks:
+    needs:
+      - build-matrix
+      - prepare
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.build-matrix.outputs.runs-on }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include: ${{ fromJson(needs.build-matrix.outputs.prepare) }}
+    container: "ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/${{ matrix.builder }}:${{ matrix.elixir }}-${{ matrix.otp }}-ubuntu22.04"
+    steps:
+      - uses: AutoModality/action-clean@v1
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: source-${{ matrix.profile }}-${{ matrix.otp }}
+          path: .
+      - name: unzip source code
+        run: unzip -o -q source.zip
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: "source/emqx_dialyzer_${{ matrix.otp }}_plt"
+          key: rebar3-dialyzer-plt-${{ matrix.profile }}-${{ matrix.otp }}
+      - name: run static checks
+        env:
+          PROFILE: ${{ matrix.profile }}
+        working-directory: source
+        run: make static_checks
+
   eunit_and_proper:
     needs:
       - build-matrix

Makefile

@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ proper: $(REBAR)
 test-compile: $(REBAR) merge-config
 	$(REBAR) as test compile
 
+.PHONY: $(REL_PROFILES:%=%-compile)
+$(REL_PROFILES:%=%-compile): $(REBAR) merge-config
+	$(REBAR) as $(@:%-compile=%) compile
+
 .PHONY: ct
 ct: $(REBAR) merge-config
 	@ENABLE_COVER_COMPILE=1 $(REBAR) ct --name $(CT_NODE_NAME) -c -v --cover_export_name $(CT_COVER_EXPORT_PREFIX)-ct
@@ -89,10 +93,9 @@ APPS=$(shell $(SCRIPTS)/find-apps.sh)
 
 .PHONY: $(APPS:%=%-ct)
 define gen-app-ct-target
-$1-ct: $(REBAR)
+$1-ct: $(REBAR) merge-config
 	$(eval SUITES := $(shell $(SCRIPTS)/find-suites.sh $1))
 ifneq ($(SUITES),)
-		@$(SCRIPTS)/pre-compile.sh $(PROFILE)
 		@ENABLE_COVER_COMPILE=1 $(REBAR) ct -c -v \
 			--readable=$(CT_READABLE) \
 			--name $(CT_NODE_NAME) \