Commit b9a1a1fb23 is a revert of commit 8df9a22a85, differing only in the comment.
This means the issue from https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/6721 has reappeared.
The cause of https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/6721, as stated in the commit message for commit 8df9a22a85, is that each ".o" file has an indirect dependency on all ".pi" files through the presym file.
This patch therefore adds a proxy-like task `gensym:update:#{build.name}` between tasks.
Its purpose is to hide the direct dependency from ".o" files to the presym file from the rake system.
By performing output to presym files after header files, there is no longer a need to check for the existence of header files.
Furthermore, concentrating the file output logic into an "if" block eliminates the need for the `update` variable.
Strict atomicity between presym files and header files is still not guaranteed, as before.
If atomicity is truly required, it can be achieved by deleting the presym file before updating the header files.
Previously, explicit .o => presym.list_path dependencies were only
added for internal builds (mrbc sub-builds). When only a CrossBuild
is configured without an explicit Build.new, the implicit host build
is not internal, so its .o files had no ordering against presym header
generation. This caused "mruby/presym/id.h not found" errors when the
cross build's presym scanning triggered host compilation.
Fixes#6725.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Restrict .o -> presym.list_path dependency to internal builds only
(mrbc sub-build). Regular host/cross builds don't need this because
:all => :gensym ordering guarantees presym headers exist before .o
compilation, and compiler .d files track header changes.
The broad dependency caused full recompilation because Rake's
all_prerequisite_tasks checks transitive prerequisites: every .o
transitively depended on every .pi file through presym.list_path.
Fixes#6721.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Since presym is now always enabled, the @enable_presym flag,
presym_enabled? method, and all conditional branches guarding
presym-specific code paths are dead code. Remove them and
simplify the affected build logic.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Remove disable_presym from mrbc_build and cross-build fallback.
Add explicit object file dependencies on presym headers in
presym.rake to prevent compilation before headers are generated.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
`.pi` files are created for `.o` files that `build.products` depends on, but
an error will occur if the build rule is unknown, so add a check.
I don't think this situation would normally arise. However, in
`mattn/mruby-onig-regexp`, when using bundled onigmo, onigmo's `.o` files
are added to dependency of `libmruby.a` in the second and subsequent builds,
and mruby does not know the build rule, so the following error had occured.
```console
rake aborted!
Don't know how to build task '/mruby/build/host/mrbgems/mruby-onig-regexp/onigmo-6.2.0/libonig_objs/ascii.pi' (See the list of available tasks with `rake --tasks`)
```
Because a structure that is an element of `presym_table` has padding, split
it into individual arrays for name and length.
#### Result (64-bit CPU with full-core gembox)
| | mruby | libmruby.a |
|--------|------------|------------|
| Before | 1,087,444B | 1,476,872B |
| After | 1,079,340B | 1,469,784B |
Instead of including `mruby/presym.h` everywhere, we provided the
fallback `mruby/presym.inc` under `include/mruby` directory, and specify
`-I<build-dir>/include` before `-I<top-dir>/include` in `presym.rake`.
So even when someone drops `-I<build-dir>/include` in compiler options,
it just compiles without failure.
The accuracy is greatly improved by using the C preprocessor to scan C
sources for presym. C preprocessor can perfectly interpret all comments and
preprocessor directives, so it can detect all symbols defined, for example
`mrbgems/mruby-socket/src/const.cstub`.
Also, as described later, this change will greatly improve the accuracy of
presym detection from Ruby sources.
## Result
The number of lines in the `presym` file for all gems is as follows:
```console
Previous: 999 (false positive = 89, undetected = 297)
New: 1207
```
## Build process
The new build process (with presym) is as follows:
1. Build `mrbc` without presym (more on building without presym later).
2. Compile Ruby sources to C struct format with the `mrbc` created in
step 1, and create` mrblib.c` and `gem_init.c`. Note that the symbols
in the created files are output as `MRB_SYM` family macros or
`mrb_intern_lit` instead of IDs (details will be described later).
3. C preprocessor processes C sources including the created files of
step 2 and outputs them as `.i` files. In these files, for example,
`MRB_IVSYM(foo)` is converted to `<@! "@" "foo" !@>` and
`mrb_define_module(mrb, "Foo")` is converted to `<@! "Foo" !@>`.
4. Scan the files created in step 3 and create `presym` and` presym.inc`
files.
The files created in step 2 should output all static symbols defined in Ruby
sources, including local variables, so we can detect all presyms by just
scanning C sources without scanning Ruby sources directly.
Further, by this process, the files to be scanned becomes the same as the
files to be compiled, so that there is no excess or deficiency.
## Related changes
The following changes have been made in relation to realizing this feature.
### Allow build without presym
It enables build without presym to achieve the "Build process: 1". This
incorporates #5202, see its issue for details.
Note that when presym is enabled, even adding a local variable to a Ruby
source may change contents of presym and require recompilation of almost
all C sources. This is inconvenient, especially during trial and error in
development, but this feature is also useful because it does not cause
this problem if presym is disabled.
### Automatically create build target for `mrbc` without presym
The `mrbc` used in the "Build process: 1" will be built by automatically
creating a build target for it. The build name is `SOURCE_BUILD_NAME/mrbc`.
### Constantize output of C struct format by `mrbc`
To realizing the "Build process: 2", as mentioned above, symbol IDs are not
output directly in C struct format output by `mrbc`. As a result, the output
becomes constant regardless of the state of presym at the time of `mrbc`
build, and it is possible to detect symbols of Ruby sources in the same way
as other C sources.
Note that `mrb_intern_lit` is used for symbols that do not become presym,
but in this state, the corresponding element in the symbol array cannot be
statically initialized, so it is initialized at run time (therefore, in this
case, the `const` qualifier is not added to the symbol array).
### Specify arbitrary `mrbc` file
To realizing the "Build process: 2", enabled to specify `mrbc` created by
another build target or pre-built` mrbc`. Use `MRuby::Build#mrbcfile =` to
specify it explicitly. You can omit the "Build process: 1" by specifying
pre-built `mrbc`, and you can always use an optimized build to compile Ruby
sources faster. I think changes that affect the output of `mrbc` are rare,
so in many cases it helps to improve efficiency.
With presym, the build will be a little slower due to more build steps, but
this feature will improve it a bit.
### Create presym files for each build target
This feature was proposed at #5194 and merged once, but was reverted in
5c205e6e due to problems especially with cross-compilation. It has been
introduced again because this change solves the problem.
The presym files will be created below.
* `build/NAME/presym`
* `build/NAME/include/mruby/presym.inc`
### Other changes
* Because presym detection accuracy is greatly improved as mentioned above,
`MRuby::Gem::Specification#cdump?` is set to true by default, and
`disable_cdump` is added instead of `enable_cdump`. Also, support for gem
specific presym files has been discontinued (https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/5151#issuecomment-730967232).
* Previously, `mrbc` was automatically created for the `host` build, but it
will not be created if the build target for `mrbc` mentioned above is
automatically created. At this time, `mrbc` file of the `mrbc` build is
copied to` bin/`.
* Two types of `.d` files will be created, `.o.d` and `.i.d`. oThis is
because if `.i` depends on `presym.inc`, the dependency will circulate, so
the `.d` file cannot be shared.
* Changed file created with `enable_cxx_exception` to `X-cxx.cxx` from
`X.cxx` to use the mruby standard Rake rule.
### Note
Almost all C sources will need to be recompiled if there are any changes to
`persym.inc` (if not recompiled properly, it will often result in run-time
error). If `gcc` toolchain is used, dependencies are resolved by the `.d`
file, so it become automatically recompile target, but if not (e.g. MSVC),
it is necessary to manually make it recompile target.
Also, even if `gcc` toolchain is used, it may not become recompile target if
external gems does not use the mruby standard Rake rule. In particular, if
the standard rule is overwritten, such as
https://github.com/mruby/mruby/pull/5112/files, `.d` file will not be read,
so be careful.
Due to the above changes, it may not work with the existing build
configurations in cross-compilation (even if we can build without presym),
therefore revert it once (ref https://github.com/mruby/mruby/pull/5202#issuecomment-735412643). Sorry for the lack of consideration.
Previously, presym files were always created in `build/{presym,presym.inc}`.
However, this constraint is inconvenient because it is common to use
multiple build configurations and build targets in a single mruby tree.
Therefore, change to create presym file for each build target.
dearblue