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bazel-zig-cc and llvm
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bazel-zig-cc has a performance issue when compiling many files. This repository
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reproduces that.
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The test
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--------
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Compiles 64 small binaries with [bazel-zig-cc][1] and [llvm14][2]. The tests
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were run on an x86_64 8-core machine running Ubuntu 22.04.
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Steps to reproduce
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Baseline is llvm14: 12-13 seconds:
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```
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$ bazel clean; bazel --batch build --extra_toolchains=@llvm_toolchain//:cc-toolchain-x86_64-linux ...
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INFO: Elapsed time: 12.454s, Critical Path: 1.11s
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```
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zig cc without the sandbox. Which means different invocations of `zig cc` will
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see that all files in `zig_lib_dir` are the same file. 17 seconds:
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```
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bazel clean; bazel --batch build --spawn_strategy=local --platforms=@zig_sdk//libc_aware/platform:linux_amd64_gnu.2.28 ...
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INFO: Elapsed time: 17.021s, Critical Path: 1.67s
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```
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zig cc with `--sandbox_base=/dev/shm`: all sandbox files, including the
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zig_sdk, are put to `/dev/shm`. However, they are all symlinks, which means zig
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will re-hash all it's dependencies. 42 seconds:
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```
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bazel clean; bazel --batch build --sandbox_base=/dev/shm --platforms=@zig_sdk//libc_aware/platform:linux_amd64_gnu.2.28 ...
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INFO: Elapsed time: 42.251s, Critical Path: 5.26s
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```
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zig cc plain: 142 seconds. Sandbox is on a real disk, which means it will take
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even longer to re-hash all its dependencies:
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```
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$ bazel clean; bazel --batch build --platforms=@zig_sdk//libc_aware/platform:linux_amd64_gnu.2.28 ...
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INFO: Elapsed time: 142.264s, Critical Path: 20.65s
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```
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[1]: https://sr.ht/~motiejus/bazel-zig-cc
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[2]: https://github.com/grailbio/bazel-toolchain
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