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lib: zstd: only require a C compiler #12538

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lib: zstd: only require a C compiler
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workflows: test bundled zstd without a C++ compiler
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/pr-compile-check.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
run: |
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y bison cmake flex gcc libssl-dev libyaml-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libzstd-dev librdkafka-dev
sudo apt-get install -y librdkafka-dev

- name: Install cmake
uses: jwlawson/actions-setup-cmake@0d6a7d60b009d01c9e7523be22153ff8f19460d3 # v2.2.0
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run: |
export CXX=/bin/false
export nparallel=$(( $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) > 8 ? 8 : $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) ))
cmake -DFLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIB_ZSTD=ON -DFLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIB_KAFKA=ON ../
cmake -DFLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIB_KAFKA=ON ../
make -j $nparallel
working-directory: build
20 changes: 13 additions & 7 deletions lib/zstd-1.5.7/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
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Expand Up @@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ project(zstd
VERSION "${ZSTD_FULL_VERSION}"
LANGUAGES C # Main library is in C
ASM # And ASM
CXX # Testing contributed code also utilizes CXX
)

message(STATUS "ZSTD VERSION: ${zstd_VERSION}")
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include(GNUInstallDirs)

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Add extra compilation flags
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
include(AddZstdCompilationFlags)
ADD_ZSTD_COMPILATION_FLAGS()

# Always hide XXHash symbols
add_definitions(-DXXH_NAMESPACE=ZSTD_)

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option(ZSTD_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME "LINK TO STATIC RUN-TIME LIBRARIES" OFF)
endif ()

# Enable C++ support for testing.
set(ZSTD_ENABLE_CXX ${ZSTD_BUILD_TESTS})

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Remove the remaining C++ assumptions from C-only builds.

When ZSTD_BUILD_TESTS is off, a standalone C-only configure leaves CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID empty. The guard at Line 57 of lib/zstd-1.5.7/build/cmake/CMakeModules/AddZstdCompilationFlags.cmake then skips the GNU/Clang C flags. The condition at Lines 90–92 also requires a C++ flag result before it sets ZSTD_HAS_NOEXECSTACK, which can disable assembly. Select the flag block with CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID, and require the C++ flag result only when C++ is enabled. (cmake.org)

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Review comment at @lib/zstd-1.5.7/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt at line 120:
Update the compiler and flag checks in AddZstdCompilationFlags.cmake to select
GNU/Clang C flags using CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID, so C-only configurations do not
depend on CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID. Make the C++ flag-result requirement
conditional on ZSTD_ENABLE_CXX, while preserving the ZSTD_HAS_NOEXECSTACK
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if(ZSTD_ENABLE_CXX)
enable_language(CXX)
endif()

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Add extra compilation flags
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
include(AddZstdCompilationFlags)
ADD_ZSTD_COMPILATION_FLAGS(ON ZSTD_ENABLE_CXX ON) # C CXX LD

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P2 Badge Keep the amd64 decompressor enabled without C++

When tests are disabled and CXX is not enabled, CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID is unset, so ADD_ZSTD_COMPILATION_FLAGS skips its GNU/Clang branch entirely despite _C being enabled. Consequently ZSTD_HAS_NOEXECSTACK remains false and lib/CMakeLists.txt adds ZSTD_DISABLE_ASM, silently dropping huf_decompress_amd64.S; a standalone x86_64 C-only configure reproduces generated flags containing -DZSTD_DISABLE_ASM, whereas the parent revision includes the assembly source. Base compiler detection on the enabled C language and make the no-exec-stack success condition ignore disabled languages.

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#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# External dependencies
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Expand Up @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function(EnableCompilerFlag _flag _C _CXX _LD)
endif ()
endfunction()

macro(ADD_ZSTD_COMPILATION_FLAGS)
macro(ADD_ZSTD_COMPILATION_FLAGS _C _CXX _LD)
# We set ZSTD_HAS_NOEXECSTACK if we are certain we've set all the required
# compiler flags to mark the stack as non-executable.
set(ZSTD_HAS_NOEXECSTACK false)
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# EnableCompilerFlag("-std=c99" true false) # Set C compilation to c99 standard
if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" AND MSVC)
# clang-cl normally maps -Wall to -Weverything.
EnableCompilerFlag("/clang:-Wall" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("/clang:-Wall" _C _CXX false)
else ()
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wall" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wall" _C _CXX false)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Forward the macro argument values to EnableCompilerFlag.

The changed registrations pass bare _C, _CXX, and _LD. CMake substitutes macro arguments through ${_C}, ${_CXX}, and ${_LD}; bare names do not forward the caller’s ON or OFF values. As a result, the flag checks do not use the selected languages or linker setting, even when C++ is enabled. Update every changed registration, including the GNU/Clang and MSVC branches, to pass the argument values. (cmake.org)

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Update every EnableCompilerFlag registration in the GNU/Clang and MSVC branches
to pass the values of _C, _CXX, and _LD using CMake macro-argument expansion,
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endif ()
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wextra" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wundef" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wshadow" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wcast-align" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wcast-qual" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wstrict-prototypes" true false false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wextra" _C _CXX false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wundef" _C _CXX false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wshadow" _C _CXX false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wcast-align" _C _CXX false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wcast-qual" _C _CXX false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wstrict-prototypes" _C false false)
# Enable asserts in Debug mode
if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Debug")
EnableCompilerFlag("-DDEBUGLEVEL=1" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-DDEBUGLEVEL=1" _C _CXX false)
endif ()
# Add noexecstack flags
# LDFLAGS
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wl,-z,noexecstack" false false true)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wl,-z,noexecstack" false false _LD)
# CFLAGS & CXXFLAGS
EnableCompilerFlag("-Qunused-arguments" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wa,--noexecstack" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Qunused-arguments" _C _CXX false)
EnableCompilerFlag("-Wa,--noexecstack" _C _CXX false)
# NOTE: Using 3 nested ifs because the variables are sometimes
# empty if the condition is false, and sometimes equal to false.
# This implicitly converts them to truthy values. There may be
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set(ACTIVATE_MULTITHREADED_COMPILATION "ON" CACHE BOOL "activate multi-threaded compilation (/MP flag)")
if (CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio" AND ACTIVATE_MULTITHREADED_COMPILATION)
EnableCompilerFlag("/MP" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("/MP" _C _CXX false)
endif ()

# UNICODE SUPPORT
EnableCompilerFlag("/D_UNICODE" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("/DUNICODE" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("/D_UNICODE" _C _CXX false)

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P1 Badge Dereference the language switches before checking flags

When ZSTD_BUILD_TESTS=OFF in a C-only MSVC build, CXX is not enabled but the MSVC branch still runs. Since _CXX is forwarded bare from the macro, EnableCompilerFlag receives the literal string _CXX; its if (_CXX) therefore evaluates true and calls CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG, causing configuration to abort because the CXX language is unavailable. Pass the evaluated boolean (for example, ${_CXX}) in every forwarding call so the advertised C-only support also works on Windows.

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EnableCompilerFlag("/DUNICODE" _C _CXX false)
# Enable asserts in Debug mode
if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Debug")
EnableCompilerFlag("/DDEBUGLEVEL=1" true true false)
EnableCompilerFlag("/DDEBUGLEVEL=1" _C _CXX false)
endif ()
endif ()

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