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What this does

Three build-system changes that cut the disk footprint of the test suite.
Two files touched, both test Makefiles. No test sources and no ProxySQL sources
change.

# Commit Change Scope
1 236c7db53 Link re2 dynamically instead of statically TAP + unit
2 5424e68f3 Compress DWARF debug sections with -gz TAP + unit
3 90ea3d13e Link unit tests against a shared libproxysql.so unit only

The cause was duplication, not code. On one unit test binary, DWARF was 95 MB of
123 MB (77%); .text was 11.5 MB (9%). The same library and the same debug
information were copied into every binary.

Space saved

Per binary, measured:

before after
TAP test 7.78 MB 1.51 MB (-81%)
unit test 123.18 MB 14.64 MB (-88%)
unit test, ASAN+coverage 163.1 MB 14.0 MB (-91%)

Aggregates -- built and counted, not extrapolated:

set before after
103 unit tests, PROXYSQL40 6.65 GB 1.79 GB (-73%)
78 unit tests, bare default 4.69 GB 1.21 GB (-74%)
35 TAP tests (legacy-g9) 282 MB 53.6 MB (-81%)

Projected across the full suite (per-binary figures x test count):
15.66 GB -> 2.11 GB (-87%).

CI-unit-tests-asan-coverage.yml builds all 103 unit tests with
WITHASAN=1 WITHGCOV=1 at 163.1 MB each: ~16.8 GB -> ~1.6 GB.

Cost: one new artifact, lib/libproxysql.so (~50 MB plain, ~160 MB
instrumented). Net saving ~4.8 GB on the unit tests alone. Link time for a unit
test drops from 7.74s to 2.65s.

Evidence

re2. Every test binary carried a private copy of re2 and loaded
libre2.so at runtime. After: 914 re2 symbols compiled in -> 0, still
exactly one libre2 loaded at runtime.

-gz. Debug sections now carry SHF_COMPRESSED; gdb reads them
transparently (info line main still resolves to source).

Shared libproxysql. Full runs, static vs shared, comparing per-test exit
code and assertion counts


Summary by cubic

Shrinks the test suite's disk footprint with three build-system changes in the TAP and unit test Makefiles: re2 now links dynamically, debug sections compress with -gz, and unit tests on Linux/FreeBSD link a shared libproxysql.so instead of embedding the archive. No test or ProxySQL source changes.

Impact

  • Unit test binaries drop from ~123 MB to ~15 MB, TAP binaries from ~7.8 MB to ~1.5 MB, and the full suite is projected to go from ~15.7 GB to ~2.1 GB.
  • gdb reads the compressed debug sections transparently, so debugging is unchanged.
  • TAP tests and the shipped binary keep their existing link; macOS keeps the static link for unit tests.
  • The shared library adds ~50 MB, but link time per unit test drops from 7.74s to 2.65s.
  • Tests using -Wl,--wrap must keep the static link because --wrap can't reach inside the shared library; the Makefile fails the build if one is missing from that list.

Written for commit c92ff14. Summary will update on new commits.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Build Improvements

    • Improved Linux and FreeBSD build and linking consistency.
    • Enhanced shared-library handling and compatibility across supported platforms.
    • Reduced debug build artifact size through compressed debugging information.
    • Improved certificate-duration test configuration.
  • Tests

    • Improved unit-test execution and shared-library validation.
    • Added safeguards for specialized test configurations.
    • Enhanced cleanup of generated build artifacts.

DWARF is ~80% of every test binary. -gz stores the .debug_* sections
compressed (SHF_COMPRESSED/zlib); gdb decompresses them transparently, so
debugging is unchanged -- no separate symbol file, no extra step.
Each unit test linked libproxysql.a with --whole-archive, so every binary
embedded the entire library and its debug information. Build the archive once as
a shared object and link the unit tests against it instead, which removes that
duplication without changing what any test does. The .so is staged into
$(TAP_LDIR), where every unit test's rpath already points, and depends on the
archive so it can never be staler than it.

Tests using -Wl,--wrap must keep the static link: --wrap only rewrites
references the linker resolves in that link, so it cannot reach inside the .so
and the wrapper is silently never called. The makefile now fails the build if a
--wrap target is missing from that list. TAP tests, the shipped proxysql binary
and macOS are unchanged.
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950-950: Keep the staged-library cleanup inside the non-Darwin conditional.

On Darwin, STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO is empty. This command expands to rm -f .tmp and can remove an unrelated file in test/tap/tests/unit/.


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The TAP Makefiles centralize static library paths and update linker options. Unit tests now stage libproxysql.so and link against it dynamically. Wrapped tests retain static whole-archive linking, and cleanup removes staged artifacts.

Changes

Test linker configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Library paths and build options
test/tap/tests/Makefile
The Makefile reuses explicit PostgreSQL, cURL, and OpenSSL archive paths, updates MySQL X Protocol link commands, adds --export-dynamic, and enables compressed debug sections.
Staged shared-library linking
test/tap/tests/unit/Makefile
The unit-test build creates libproxysql.so in TAP_LDIR through a temporary file. Unit-test rules depend on the staged library and link with -lproxysql.
Wrapped-test fallback and cleanup
test/tap/tests/unit/Makefile
caching_sha2_rsa_unit-t uses static whole-archive linking for --wrap=flock. A guard checks wrapped-target coverage. Cleanup removes staged and legacy shared-library files.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to c92ff

The build-system changes substantially reduce test-binary size, but merge should retain owner awareness for a possible missing shared-library build dependency and a macOS cleanup command that could remove an unrelated .tmp file.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant UnitTestTarget
  participant LIBPROXYSQLAR_FULL
  participant TAP_LDIR
  UnitTestTarget->>TAP_LDIR: require STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO
  TAP_LDIR->>LIBPROXYSQLAR_FULL: build shared library from archive
  LIBPROXYSQLAR_FULL-->>TAP_LDIR: write temporary shared library
  TAP_LDIR-->>UnitTestTarget: rename temporary file to libproxysql.so
  UnitTestTarget->>TAP_LDIR: link with -lproxysql
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874-877: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Stage libproxysql.so for the GenAI static pattern rule.

Line 874 links every $(AI_GENAI_UNIT_TESTS) target through $(WHOLE_LIBPROXYSQL), which is -lproxysql on Linux and FreeBSD. Unlike the generic rule, this rule does not depend on $(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO). A clean make ai_genai_unit_tests can therefore fail to find libproxysql.so.

Proposed fix
-$(AI_GENAI_UNIT_TESTS): %: %.cpp $(GENAI_TEST_ARCHIVE) $(TEST_HELPERS_OBJ) $(LIBPROXYSQLAR)
+$(AI_GENAI_UNIT_TESTS): %: %.cpp $(GENAI_TEST_ARCHIVE) $(TEST_HELPERS_OBJ) $(LIBPROXYSQLAR) $(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO)
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In `@test/tap/tests/unit/Makefile` around lines 874 - 877, Add
$(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO) to the prerequisites of the $(AI_GENAI_UNIT_TESTS)
static pattern rule so libproxysql.so is staged before linking through
$(WHOLE_LIBPROXYSQL), while preserving the existing compile and link command.
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In `@test/tap/tests/unit/Makefile`:
- Line 416: Update the staging rule containing the mv command to use the
portable mv -f invocation instead of mv -Tf, preserving the existing destination
replacement behavior.

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In `@test/tap/tests/unit/Makefile`:
- Around line 874-877: Add $(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO) to the prerequisites of the
$(AI_GENAI_UNIT_TESTS) static pattern rule so libproxysql.so is staged before
linking through $(WHOLE_LIBPROXYSQL), while preserving the existing compile and
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88-89: LGTM!

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All reported issues were addressed across 2 files

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In `@test/tap/tests/unit/Makefile`:
- Line 920: Move the cleanup command removing STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO, its
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clean:
rm -rf $(ODIR)
rm -f *-t $(FAKE_PLUGIN_SO) $(FAKE_PLUGIN2_SO)
rm -f $(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO) $(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO).tmp $(LIBPROXYSQLSO)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Guard the staged cleanup on non-Darwin builds.

When UNAME_S=Darwin, STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO and LIBPROXYSQLSO are empty. This expands $(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO).tmp to .tmp, so make clean can remove an unrelated test/tap/tests/unit/.tmp file. Put this cleanup command inside the existing non-Darwin conditional.

Suggested fix
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(ODIR)
 	rm -f *-t $(FAKE_PLUGIN_SO) $(FAKE_PLUGIN2_SO)
+ifneq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
 	rm -f $(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO) $(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO).tmp $(LIBPROXYSQLSO)
+endif
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rm -f $(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO) $(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO).tmp $(LIBPROXYSQLSO)
ifneq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
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In `@test/tap/tests/unit/Makefile` at line 920, Move the cleanup command removing
STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO, its temporary file, and LIBPROXYSQLSO inside the existing
non-Darwin conditional, so it is skipped when UNAME_S=Darwin and cannot expand
to remove an unrelated .tmp file.

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1 issue found across 1 file (changes from recent commits).

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<file name="test/tap/tests/unit/Makefile">

<violation number="1" location="test/tap/tests/unit/Makefile:414">
P2: Two concurrent `make` runs that both relink libproxysql.so write to the same fixed `$@.tmp` (= $(TAP_LDIR)/libproxysql.so.tmp); GNU ld truncates that output file, so the two writers corrupt each other and the later `mv` can install a partial library, making every test linking -lproxysql fail at startup. The atomic rename only protects readers from a half-written file, not two writers of the same temp path. Use a per-process unique temp name (e.g. `$@.tmp.$$$$`).</violation>
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STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO := $(TAP_LDIR)/libproxysql.so

$(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO): $(LIBPROXYSQLAR)
$(CXX) -shared -o $@.tmp -Wl,--whole-archive $(LIBPROXYSQLAR) \

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P2: Two concurrent make runs that both relink libproxysql.so write to the same fixed $@.tmp (= $(TAP_LDIR)/libproxysql.so.tmp); GNU ld truncates that output file, so the two writers corrupt each other and the later mv can install a partial library, making every test linking -lproxysql fail at startup. The atomic rename only protects readers from a half-written file, not two writers of the same temp path. Use a per-process unique temp name (e.g. $@.tmp.$$$$).

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At test/tap/tests/unit/Makefile, line 414:

<comment>Two concurrent `make` runs that both relink libproxysql.so write to the same fixed `$@.tmp` (= $(TAP_LDIR)/libproxysql.so.tmp); GNU ld truncates that output file, so the two writers corrupt each other and the later `mv` can install a partial library, making every test linking -lproxysql fail at startup. The atomic rename only protects readers from a half-written file, not two writers of the same temp path. Use a per-process unique temp name (e.g. `$@.tmp.$$$$`).</comment>

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@@ -398,21 +398,22 @@ FORCE:
+STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO := $(TAP_LDIR)/libproxysql.so
+
+$(STAGED_LIBPROXYSQLSO): $(LIBPROXYSQLAR)
+	$(CXX) -shared -o $@.tmp -Wl,--whole-archive $(LIBPROXYSQLAR) \
 		-Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition -gz \
 		$(WASAN) $(WGCOV)
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