ci(build): introduce experimental build mode for compiler evaluation

Add a workflow dispatch option to run builds with various compiler flags to investigate binary size and panic behavior.
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Nils Andreas Svee committed 2026-10-26 14:48:13 +07:00
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@@ -7,20 +7,29 @@ on:
pull_request:
branches: [main]
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
build_mode:
description: "Build configuration"
type: choice
required: true
default: standard
options:
- standard
- nightly-experiments
permissions:
contents: read
env:
CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
# Measure before stripping; strip packaged copies ourselves.
CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_STRIP: none
BUILD_MODE: ${{ inputs.build_mode || 'standard' }}
jobs:
build:
name: Build (${{ matrix.target }})
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 90
timeout-minutes: 120
env:
TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
defaults:
@@ -57,10 +66,14 @@ jobs:
- name: Install Rust toolchain
uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@ecabd13d1c56bd1345c230e542e9144811ad706f # v2
with:
toolchain: ${{ startsWith(matrix.target, 'mips') && 'nightly' || 'stable' }}
toolchain: ${{ (inputs.build_mode == 'nightly-experiments' || startsWith(matrix.target, 'mips')) && 'nightly' || 'stable' }}
cache: false
build-warnings: warn
- name: Install nightly standard library sources
if: inputs.build_mode == 'nightly-experiments'
run: rustup component add rust-src --toolchain nightly
- name: Install cross and binary tools
run: |
sudo apt-get update
@@ -78,6 +91,7 @@ jobs:
- name: Build, verify, package, and compare
env:
# MIPS std needs CRT objects from the cross GCC toolchain.
RUSTFLAGS: ${{ startsWith(matrix.target, 'mips') && '-C target-feature=+crt-static -C link-self-contained=no' || '-C target-feature=+crt-static' }}
CROSS_REMOTE: "true"
CROSS_REMOTE_COPY_FULL_TARGET_DIR: ${{ startsWith(matrix.target, 'mips') && 'true' || 'false' }}
@@ -87,30 +101,45 @@ jobs:
declare -A raw_size
declare -A stripped_size
declare -A compressed_size
declare -a variants
mkdir -p dist
cross_cmd=(cross)
if [[ "$BUILD_MODE" == "nightly-experiments" ]]; then
cross_cmd+=(+nightly)
fi
build_variant() {
local variant="$1"
local features="$2"
shift 2
local binary="target/${RUST_TARGET}/release/irtt-client"
local directory="dist/${variant}"
local artifact="dist/irtt-client-${TARGET}-${variant}.tar.gz"
echo "::group::Build ${variant} (${features})"
cross build \
# Additional arguments allow individual variants to
# customize build-std, std features and panic behavior.
"${cross_cmd[@]}" build \
--release \
--locked \
--target "$RUST_TARGET" \
-p irtt-rs \
--bin irtt-client \
--no-default-features \
--features "$features"
--features "$features" \
"$@"
# Reject dynamically linked executables.
if readelf --program-headers "$binary" | grep -q INTERP ||
readelf --dynamic "$binary" | grep -q NEEDED; then
# Check dynamic linking without relying on pipeline
# behavior under pipefail.
readelf --program-headers "$binary" > /tmp/program-headers.txt
readelf --dynamic "$binary" > /tmp/dynamic-section.txt
if grep -q INTERP /tmp/program-headers.txt ||
grep -q NEEDED /tmp/dynamic-section.txt; then
echo "Binary is not statically linked: ${variant}" >&2
exit 1
fi
@@ -121,12 +150,15 @@ jobs:
raw_size[$variant]=$(stat -c %s "$binary")
llvm-strip --strip-all "$directory/irtt-client"
stripped_size[$variant]=$(stat -c %s "$directory/irtt-client")
stripped_size[$variant]=$(
stat -c %s "$directory/irtt-client"
)
# Each archive contains an executable named irtt-client.
tar -czf "$artifact" -C "$directory" irtt-client
compressed_size[$variant]=$(stat -c %s "$artifact")
variants+=("$variant")
echo "::endgroup::"
}
@@ -134,6 +166,17 @@ jobs:
numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B --format='%.1f' "$1"
}
# Positive means larger than baseline; negative means smaller.
delta() {
awk -v base="$1" -v current="$2" 'BEGIN {
if (base == 0) {
printf "N/A"
} else {
printf "%+.1f%%", 100 * (current - base) / base
}
}'
}
reduction() {
awk -v full="$1" -v minimal="$2" 'BEGIN {
if (full == 0) {
@@ -144,41 +187,95 @@ jobs:
}'
}
# Before feature gating, client already includes statistics.
# Standard builds preserve the existing toolchain policy:
# stable everywhere except MIPS, which requires nightly.
#
# Experimental mode uses nightly for every variant so
# compiler-version differences don't affect comparisons.
if [[ "$HAS_STATS_FEATURE" == "true" ]]; then
build_variant full "client,stats"
build_variant minimal "client"
baseline="minimal"
else
# Compatibility with main before stats feature gating.
build_variant full "client"
baseline="full"
fi
if [[ "$BUILD_MODE" == "nightly-experiments" ]]; then
# Existing Cross.toml already rebuilds std on MIPS.
# On other targets, the normal builds use prebuilt std.
build_variant rebuilt-std "client" \
-Z build-std
# Rebuild std without backtrace support, retaining
# normal panic unwinding.
build_variant no-backtrace "client" \
-Z build-std \
-Z build-std-features=panic-unwind
# Most aggressive experiment: no unwinding, panic
# reporting, or std backtrace support.
build_variant immediate-abort "client" \
-Z panic-immediate-abort \
-Z build-std \
-Z build-std-features= \
--config 'profile.release.panic="immediate-abort"'
fi
{
echo "### irtt-client: ${TARGET}"
echo
echo '| Variant | Unstripped | Stripped | Compressed |'
echo '|:--|--:|--:|--:|'
echo "Build mode: \`${BUILD_MODE}\`"
echo
echo '| Variant | Unstripped | Stripped | Compressed | Compressed vs baseline |'
echo '|:--|--:|--:|--:|--:|'
printf '| Full | %s | %s | %s |\n' \
"$(human "${raw_size[full]}")" \
"$(human "${stripped_size[full]}")" \
"$(human "${compressed_size[full]}")"
for variant in "${variants[@]}"; do
if [[ "$variant" == "$baseline" ]]; then
comparison="Baseline"
else
comparison=$(delta \
"${compressed_size[$baseline]}" \
"${compressed_size[$variant]}")
fi
printf '| %s | %s | %s | %s | %s |\n' \
"$variant" \
"$(human "${raw_size[$variant]}")" \
"$(human "${stripped_size[$variant]}")" \
"$(human "${compressed_size[$variant]}")" \
"$comparison"
done
if [[ "$HAS_STATS_FEATURE" == "true" ]]; then
printf '| Minimal | %s | %s | %s |\n' \
"$(human "${raw_size[minimal]}")" \
"$(human "${stripped_size[minimal]}")" \
"$(human "${compressed_size[minimal]}")"
echo
echo '#### Full vs minimal'
echo
echo '| Unstripped reduction | Stripped reduction | Compressed reduction |'
echo '|--:|--:|--:|'
printf '| **Reduction** | **%s** | **%s** | **%s** |\n' \
printf '| %s | %s | %s |\n' \
"$(reduction "${raw_size[full]}" "${raw_size[minimal]}")" \
"$(reduction "${stripped_size[full]}" "${stripped_size[minimal]}")" \
"$(reduction "${compressed_size[full]}" "${compressed_size[minimal]}")"
echo
echo "Full: client,stats | Minimal: client"
else
echo
echo "Baseline only: the stats Cargo feature is not yet available."
echo "The stats feature is not available; client includes statistics."
fi
if [[ "$BUILD_MODE" == "nightly-experiments" ]]; then
echo
echo '#### Experiment details'
echo
echo '- `rebuilt-std`: nightly `-Z build-std`, default std features'
echo '- `no-backtrace`: rebuilt std with `panic-unwind` only'
echo '- `immediate-abort`: rebuilt std with immediate panic termination'
echo
echo 'MIPS already uses build-std through Cross.toml.'
echo 'All measurements use the same target and nightly toolchain.'
fi
} >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"