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author | Valentin Rothberg <rothberg@redhat.com> | 2019-07-09 09:21:01 +0200 |
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committer | Valentin Rothberg <rothberg@redhat.com> | 2019-07-16 14:16:16 +0200 |
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diff --git a/dependencies/analyses/README.md b/dependencies/analyses/README.md index 2c6e4ca2e..dad925b47 100644 --- a/dependencies/analyses/README.md +++ b/dependencies/analyses/README.md @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -# A set of scripts and instructions that help to analyze and debloat go-lang dependencies. +# A set of scripts and instructions that help to analyze and debloat go-lang dependencies Note that all scripts mentioned below follow the [KISS principle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle) on purpose. -The scripts are meant to be used in combination to aid in undestanding the packages' dependencies and how they contribute to the size of the compiled binary. +The scripts are meant to be used in combination to aid in understanding the packages' dependencies and how they contribute to the size of the compiled binary. ## Size of packages To analyze the size of all go packages used during the build process, pass the `-work -a` build flags to `go build`. -The `-a` flag forces go to rebuild all packages even if they are already up-to-date (e.g., in the build cache), while the `-work` flag instructs go to print path of the temporary work directory used for compiling the packages. +The `-a` flag forces go to rebuild all packages even if they are already up-to-date (e.g., in the build cache), while the `-work` flag instructs go to print the temporary work directory used for compiling the packages. The path to the temporary work directory of `go-build` must be passed to `go-archive-analysis.sh` by setting it as an environment variable. The analysis script will then read and parse the build data and print a sorted table of the package size in bytes followed by the package name. @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The size denotes the size of the compiled package (i.e., the `.a` file). ## Size of symbols in binary Once the binary is compiled, we can run another set of analyses on it. -The `nm-symbols-analysis.sh` is a wrapper around `go tool nm` and prints a table with size in bytes followed by the symbols name. +The `nm-symbols-analysis.sh` is a wrapper around `go tool nm` and prints a table with the size in bytes followed by the symbol's name. To avoid information overload, the scripts prints only symbols from the text/code segment. Running such an analysis on libpod may look as follows: @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ Running the script can help identify sources of bloat and reveal potential candi ## Dependency Tree -Use the `dependency-tree.sh` script to figure out which package including which packages. +Use the `dependency-tree.sh` script to figure out which package includes which packages. The output of the script has the format `package: dependency_1, dependency_2, ...`. -Each line is followed by a blank link to make it easier to read. +Each line is followed by a blank line to make it easier to read. Note that the list of dependencies includes only the direct dependencies and not all transitive dependencies. The transitive dependencies of a given package can be examined by running `go list -f '{{ .Name }}: {{ join .Deps ", " }}' $PACKAGE` or by browsing through the output of `dependency-tree.sh`. @@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ Running such a dependency-tree analysis may look as follows: github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/registries: github.com/containers/libpod/vendor/github.com/containers/image/pkg/sysregistriesv2, github.com/containers/libpod/vendor/github.com/containers/image/types, github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/rootless, github.com/containers/libpod/vendor/github.com/docker/distribution/reference, github.com/containers/libpod/vendor/github.com/pkg/errors, os, path/filepath, strings ``` -As shown above, the script's output can then be used to query for specific packages. +As shown above, the script's output can then be used to query for specific packages (e.g, with `grep`). |