[Help Wanted, Questions]How to build zstd with cmake to minimize the binary size?

[yfaker]

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Hi, How to minimize the binary size of libzstd when build with cmake , I've tried both cmake and make, and it turn out when I use make command ,the binary size is smallest, so how can I use cmake command to achive the same size of make does?

Here is my cmake cmd:
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=OFF -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON -DZSTD_BUILD_STATIC=ON -DZSTD_BUILD_SHARED=OFF -DZSTD_BUILD_PROGRAMS=OFF -DZSTD_BUILD_DECOMPRESSION=ON -DZSTD_BUILD_COMPRESSION=OFF -DZSTD_BUILD_DICTBUILDER=OFF -DZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT=OFF -DZSTD_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=./lib_install -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=" -DHUF_FORCE_DECOMPRESS_X1 -DZSTD_FORCE_DECOMPRESS_SEQUENCES_SHORT -DZSTD_NO_INLINE -DZSTD_STRIP_ERROR_STRINGS -DZSTD_NO_UNUSED_FUNCTIONS -DZSTD_NO_INLINE -DHUF_DISABLE_FAST_DECODE -DZDICTLIB_STATIC_API"
and the binary size is 102728 bytes

make cmd:
make -j8 ZSTD_LIB_MINIFY=1 ZSTD_LIB_COMPRESSION=0 ZSTD_LIB_DICTBUILDER=0 ZSTD_LIB_DECOMPRESSION=1
and the binary size is 79432 bytes

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Wonder how to build zstd with cmake to minimize the binary size，as close as possible to the size of the binary compiled with make?

Thanks a lot!

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[Cyan4973]

cc @felixhandte

[aleksazr]

By "binary size" you mean obj, lib, exe, X86/X64, debug/release?

[yfaker]

By "binary size" you mean obj, lib, exe, X86/X64, debug/release?

binary size of libzstd.a with release version, as our Client side SDK has size limit

[aleksazr]

I don't use gcc, so I get obj files. (*.a in gcc)
Anyway, I would ignore the size diff in obj files.

Just create a minimal C exe, call compress and/or decompress functions with NULL params, and check the final exe size - link it with cmake obj, then with make obj and compare exe sizes.

And if the exe sizes are not equal (enough) - ask again 🙂

[yfaker]

I don't use gcc, so I get obj files. (*.a in gcc) Anyway, I would ignore the size diff in obj files.

Just create a minimal C exe, call compress and/or decompress functions with NULL params, and check the final exe size - link it with cmake obj, then with make obj and compare exe sizes.

And if the exe sizes are not equal (enough) - ask again 🙂

My need is minimize the size of libzstd.a, currently we build zstd with cmake and the size of libzstd.a is 102728 bytes, and of size 79432 with make, so I want to know is there any other cmake options can be used to optimize binary size of libzstd, such as ZSTD_LIB_MINIFY in make
Thanks~

[aleksazr]

I don't know.