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fix: derive the RDMA cgo link line instead of maintaining it by hand - #519

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scripts/rdma-cgo-libs.txt listed libminio's transitive archives by hand, so it went stale silently. minio-cpp 1.0.0 swapped
curlpp for cpp-httplib (adding brotli) and stopped taking vcpkg's zlib — nothing failed until a clean runner could not find
-lcurlpp, while a release host still holding the 0.6.0 archives reported green.

minio-cpp now declares its private dependencies in miniocpp.pc (minio/minio-cpp#265), so scripts/rdma-link-libs.sh derives
the list with pkg-config and the tracked file is gone.

Only the -l names and -pthread are taken. pkg-config's -L points into the vcpkg tree the prefix was built from, which
on a cross build is the wrong architecture; every caller already passes -L<prefix>/lib, where the archives are collected.
Taking names only is what makes one derivation serve both architectures — the derived list is byte-identical for amd64 and
arm64.

goreleaser cannot run a command, and its checkout is wiped per run, so provisioning writes the derived line into each
prefix as lib/warp-rdma-cgo-libs.txt and qreleaser.yaml reads it from there with mustReadFile. A prefix that was never
provisioned now fails loudly at template time instead of linking with an empty library list, and verify_prefix asserts the
file is present.

The list still feeds static_libs(), so a dependency minio-cpp newly pulls in appears there and verify_prefix demands an
archive for it. That is the check that was missing when the 1.0.0 shift went unnoticed — note it does not retire the
stdc++ | m | dl | pthread | z | s3rdma exclusion list, which is still hand-maintained knowledge about which names are
system/toolchain rather than archives.

Motivation

Bumping to minio-cpp 1.0.0 (#518) produced three separate build failures that all traced to this file being hand-written.
Deriving it removes that class of breakage.

How to test

Ran the real provisioning end to end on the release host into a scratch prefix (--prefix), both architectures, at the pinned
commit:

>>> .../prefix satisfies the RDMA link line for amd64
>>> .../prefix/aarch64-linux-gnu satisfies the RDMA link line for arm64
>>> amd64 smoke build links and targets Advanced Micro Devices X86-64
>>> arm64 smoke build links and targets AArch64
>>> release host provisioned and link-tested for: amd64 arm64

Derived list, identical for both prefixes:

-lminio -ls3rdma -lbrotlienc -lbrotlidec -lbrotlicommon -lm -lINIReader -linih -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lpugixml -lz -pthread -lstdc++

That is the same set the deleted file carried, with -pthread in place of -lpthread. readelf -d on both smoke binaries
shows only what the package bundles or the host supplies:

amd64: libs3rdma.so.0 libm libz libstdc++ libgcc_s libc ld-linux-x86-64
arm64: libs3rdma.so.0 libm libz libstdc++ libgcc_s libc ld-linux-aarch64

Mutations, both load-bearing:

  • Hiding warp-rdma-cgo-libs.txt and re-running --verify-only goes from exit 0 to exit 1 with
    MISSING: .../warp-rdma-cgo-libs.txt (amd64, needed by qreleaser.yaml).
  • The goreleaser nesting was checked against a real goreleaser build with a fixture prefix: it renders when the file exists,
    and fails with template: failed to apply "CGO_LDFLAGS=..." : no such file or directory when it does not.

Types of changes

  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)

Checklist

  • Verified on the release host for both architectures, including the arm64 cross link
  • goreleaser template nesting verified with goreleaser itself, not by inspection
  • minio-cpp is pinned to a commit, not a tag — the pkg-config fix landed after v1.0.0 and is not yet tagged. Move all
    three pins to v1.0.1 once it is cut.
  • The release host must be re-provisioned when this lands: /usr/local is still on v1.0.0 and has no
    warp-rdma-cgo-libs.txt, so a release would fail at template time until setup-rdma-release-host.sh is re-run

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Build Improvements

    • RDMA builds now derive linker settings from installed package metadata for more consistent builds across environments and architectures.
    • Release provisioning and cross-compilation workflows use the same generated linker configuration.
    • The RDMA dependency source is pinned to a verified revision for improved build reproducibility.
  • Documentation

    • Updated RDMA build instructions and configuration notes to reflect the streamlined linker setup.

scripts/rdma-cgo-libs.txt listed libminio's transitive archives by hand, so it
went stale silently. minio-cpp 1.0.0 swapped curlpp for cpp-httplib (adding
brotli) and stopped taking vcpkg's zlib; nothing failed until a clean runner
could not find -lcurlpp, and a release host still holding the 0.6.0 archives
reported green while CI was red.

minio-cpp now declares its private dependencies in miniocpp.pc, so
scripts/rdma-link-libs.sh derives the list with pkg-config and the file is
gone. Only the -l names and -pthread are taken: pkg-config's -L points into
the vcpkg tree the prefix was built from, which on a cross build is the wrong
architecture, and every caller already passes -L<prefix>/lib. Taking names
only is what makes one derivation serve both architectures.

goreleaser cannot run a command and its checkout is wiped per run, so
provisioning writes the derived line into each prefix as
lib/warp-rdma-cgo-libs.txt and qreleaser.yaml reads it from there. A prefix
that was never provisioned now fails loudly at template time, and
verify_prefix asserts the file is present.

The list still feeds static_libs(), so a dependency minio-cpp newly pulls in
appears there and verify_prefix demands an archive for it -- the check that
was missing when the 1.0.0 shift went unnoticed.

minio-cpp is pinned to a commit because the pkg-config fix landed after
v1.0.0; move it to v1.0.1 once that is cut.
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Walkthrough

The RDMA build now derives linker flags from miniocpp.pc metadata. Provisioning stores the generated flags in each install prefix. CI, GoReleaser, source builds, and smoke checks use the prefix-local file.

Changes

RDMA linking

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pkg-config link derivation
scripts/rdma-link-libs.sh, scripts/rdma-cgo-libs.txt
The new script validates the environment, resolves miniocpp.pc, extracts static libraries and -pthread, and appends -lstdc++. The static linker list file is emptied.
Prefix link-line provisioning
scripts/setup-rdma-release-host.sh
Provisioning writes warp-rdma-cgo-libs.txt into each prefix. Validation, cleanup, and smoke builds read that file.
Build and release integration
.github/workflows/go-rdma.yml, .goreleaser/qreleaser.yaml, scripts/build-rdma.sh, RDMA.md, scripts/rdma-cross/triplets/arm64-linux.cmake
Build paths use generated linker flags. The minio-cpp dependency is pinned to commit 92d8b2c3ec6ac2c82012590de572c55f3591f338.

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Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Build
  participant rdma-link-libs.sh
  participant miniocpp.pc
  participant InstallPrefix
  Build->>rdma-link-libs.sh: derive linker flags
  rdma-link-libs.sh->>miniocpp.pc: query static dependencies
  miniocpp.pc-->>rdma-link-libs.sh: return libraries and pthread
  rdma-link-libs.sh->>InstallPrefix: write warp-rdma-cgo-libs.txt
  Build->>InstallPrefix: read linker flags
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RDMA linker flags are now generated per prefix from miniocpp metadata, with invalid generated files rejected. Reported amd64 and arm64 provisioning and smoke-link checks pass, so no merge-blocking risk remains.

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In `@scripts/setup-rdma-release-host.sh`:
- Around line 513-514: Update the link-file generation flow around
rdma-link-libs.sh and as_root tee to write into a temporary file under
${prefix}/lib, ensure the derivation succeeds, then atomically rename the
temporary file to ${prefix}/lib/${LINK_LIBS_NAME}; preserve the existing
destination when derivation fails and clean up any temporary file.

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Comment thread scripts/setup-rdma-release-host.sh Outdated
Piping rdma-link-libs.sh straight into tee let tee create the file before the
derivation's exit status was known, so a failure left an empty list where a
good one had been. Both guards tested -f, which an empty file satisfies, so
static_libs then yielded nothing and every derived archive check in
verify_prefix became vacuous while still reporting the prefix as satisfying
the link line.

Derive into a variable first, so a failure never opens the file, and test -s
rather than -f so an empty list is treated as no list at all.
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Review feedback addressed

Applied 1 fix across 1 file from 1 review finding.

Files changed:

  • scripts/setup-rdma-release-host.sh

Commit: 0c0ee99

A failed derivation could truncate a previously good link list, and because both
guards tested -f, an empty list made every derived archive check in
verify_prefix vacuous while the prefix still reported as satisfying the link
line. The derivation now goes into a variable before the file is opened, and the
guards test -s. Details in the thread.

Deferred: none.

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