Various CMake cleanups

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -40,45 +40,32 @@ set(
 )
 
 option(BUILD_ONLY_DOCS "Build only docs" OFF)
-option(BUILD_MDNS_SERVICE "Build mDNS service" ON)
-option(BUILD_CAPTURE_SERVICE "Build Capture service" ON)
-cmake_dependent_option(BUILD_PCAP_LIB "Build pcap library" ON BUILD_CAPTURE_SERVICE OFF)
 option(BUILD_HOSTAPD "Build hostapd" OFF)
 option(BUILD_SQLITE_LIB "Build sqlite3 library" ON)
-option(BUILD_OPENSSL_LIB "Build OpenSSL" ON)
 option(BUILD_CMOCKA_LIB "Build cmocka library" OFF)
-# off by default since we should apt install libmnl-dev
-option(BUILD_MNL_LIB "Build mnl library" OFF)
-option(BUILD_NETLINK_LIB "Build netlink library" OFF)
-option(BUILD_NL_LIB "Build nl library" OFF)
 option(BUILD_UUID_LIB "Build uuid library" ON)
 
+option(BUILD_CAPTURE_SERVICE "Build Capture service" ON)
+cmake_dependent_option(BUILD_PCAP_LIB "Build pcap library" ON BUILD_CAPTURE_SERVICE OFF)
+cmake_dependent_option(BUILD_MDNS_SERVICE "Build mDNS service" ON BUILD_CAPTURE_SERVICE OFF)
+
 option(USE_NETLINK_SERVICE "Use netlink service" OFF)
+cmake_dependent_option(BUILD_MNL_LIB "Build mnl library" ON USE_NETLINK_SERVICE OFF)
+cmake_dependent_option(BUILD_NETLINK_LIB "Build netlink library" ON USE_NETLINK_SERVICE OFF)
 option(USE_UCI_SERVICE "Use OpenWRT uci service" ON)
-option(USE_GENERIC_IP_SERVICE "Use generic ip service" OFF)
-option(USE_CRYPTO_SERVICE "Use the crypto service" OFF)
-option(USE_SQLITE3_LIB "Use sqlite3 library" ON)
-option(USE_UUID_LIB "Use uuid library" ON)
-option(USE_ZYMKEY4_HSM "Use the Zymkey4 HSM" OFF)
-
 cmake_dependent_option(BUILD_UCI_LIB "Build OpenWRT UCI library" ON USE_UCI_SERVICE OFF)
+option(USE_GENERIC_IP_SERVICE "Use generic ip service" OFF)
+if (USE_NETLINK_SERVICE AND USE_UCI_SERVICE AND USE_GENERIC_IP_SERVICE)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Only USE_NETLINK_SERVICE or USE_UCI_SERVICE allowed.")
+endif ()
 
+option(USE_CRYPTO_SERVICE "Use the crypto service" OFF)
+cmake_dependent_option( BUILD_OPENSSL_LIB "Build OpenSSL" ON USE_CRYPTO_SERVICE OFF)
 if (USE_CRYPTO_SERVICE)
   add_compile_definitions(TEST_CRYPTO_SERVICE_KEY="12345")
 endif ()
 
-if (USE_NETLINK_SERVICE AND USE_UCI_SERVICE AND USE_GENERIC_IP_SERVICE)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Only USE_NETLINK_SERVICE or USE_UCI_SERVICE allowed.")
-endif ()
-
-# CMake hides $ENV{MAKEFLAGS}, so we need to define it ourselves
-set(LIB_MAKEFLAGS "--jobs=2" CACHE STRING "Flags to pass to make for building libraries (e.g. -j12)")
-if(LIB_MAKEFLAGS OR TRUE)
-  # set makeflags so that OpenSSL can build in parallel
-  # Prefix with LIB_*, so it only applies when we use
-  # MAKEFLAGS="$LIB_MAKEFLAGS" in our compile_*.sh scripts
-  set(ENV{LIB_MAKEFLAGS} "${LIB_MAKEFLAGS}")
-endif()
+option(USE_ZYMKEY4_HSM "Use the Zymkey4 HSM" OFF)
 
 # Set a default build type if none was specified
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)

CMakePresets.json

@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
         "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": {
           "type": "STRING",
           "value": "Debug"
-        },
-        "LIB_MAKEFLAGS": {
-          "type": "STRING",
-          "value": "-j$(shell nproc)"
         }
       }
     },
@@ -28,10 +24,8 @@
       "displayName": "Linux",
       "description": "Default build for Linux (uses netlink)",
       "cacheVariables": {
-        "CROSS_COMPILE_EDGESEC": false,
         "BUILD_MNL_LIB": true,
         "BUILD_NETLINK_LIB": true,
-        "BUILD_NL_LIB": true,
         "USE_NETLINK_SERVICE": true,
         "USE_UCI_SERVICE": false,
         "USE_GENERIC_IP_SERVICE": false,
@@ -49,7 +43,6 @@
       "cacheVariables": {
         "BUILD_MNL_LIB": false,
         "BUILD_NETLINK_LIB": false,
-        "BUILD_NL_LIB": false,
         "USE_NETLINK_SERVICE": false,
         "USE_UCI_SERVICE": true,
         "USE_GENERIC_IP_SERVICE": false,

debian/rules

@@ -10,29 +10,15 @@
 %:
 	dh $@
 
-# Add --jobs=x/ parallel flag to MAKEFLAGS
-# This is used both in the build step,
-# but we additionally pass it to cmake configure using
-# -DLIB_MAKEFLAGS, so that dependent libs (e.g. OpenSSL)
-# are compiled with parallel jobs,
-# as cmake configure ignores the MAKEFLAGS variable
-ifneq (,$(filter parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-    NUMJOBS = $(patsubst parallel=%,%,$(filter parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-    MAKEFLAGS += --jobs=$(NUMJOBS)
-endif
-
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- \
 	     -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE="$(DEB_TARGET_MULTIARCH)" \
 		 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-		 -DCROSS_COMPILE_EDGESEC=OFF \
 		 -DBUILD_MNL_LIB=ON\
 		 -DBUILD_NETLINK_LIB=ON\
-		 -DBUILD_NL_LIB=ON\
 		 -DUSE_NETLINK_SERVICE=ON\
 		 -DUSE_UCI_SERVICE=OFF\
-		 -DBUILD_HOSTAPD=ON\
-		 "-DLIB_MAKEFLAGS=--jobs=$(NUMJOBS)"
+		 -DBUILD_HOSTAPD=ON
 
 # make sure to tell dh_shlibdeps about our private shared libs
 override_dh_shlibdeps:

docs/docusaurus/docs/compilation.md

@@ -38,18 +38,10 @@ Configure `cmake` in the `build/` directory by running the following:
 
 ```bash
 # or for old versions of cmake, do: mkdir build/ && cd build/ && cmake ..
-cmake -S . -B build -DLIB_MAKEFLAGS="--jobs=$(nproc)"
+cmake -S . -B build
 ```
 
-The configure stage will download and compile most of the EDGESec dependencies,
-so this may take a while.
-
-Setting `-DLIB_MAKEFLAGS="--jobs=$(nproc)"` will mean that while compiling library dependencies,
-`make` commands will run using all CPU cores, greatly speeding this building (set a lower number if you have less RAM).
-
-```bash
-cmake -S . -B build -DLIB_MAKEFLAGS="--jobs=$(nproc)"
-```
+The configure stage will download some of the EDGESec dependencies, so this may take a while.
 
 ### Building
 
@@ -85,7 +77,7 @@ cmake --install build/
 Set `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<YOUR-LOCATION-HERE>` to build for a different location:
 
 ```bash
-MAKEFLAGS="--jobs=$(nproc)" cmake -B build/ -S . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/example-build
+cmake -B build/ -S . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/example-build
 cmake --build build/ --target install -j4
 ```
 

lib/libnetlink/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ endif()
 # libmnl0 linking doesn't work properly, unless we setup RPATHs
 SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN" "$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:MNL::mnl>")
 
-set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
+# Set a default build type if none was specified
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+  message(STATUS "Setting build type to 'Debug' as none was specified.")
+  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build." FORCE)
+  # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui
+  set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "Debug" "Release"
+    "MinSizeRel" "RelWithDebInfo")
+endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -D_GNU_SOURCE")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -DHAVE_LIBMNL")

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ add_subdirectory(capture)
 
 
 add_library(sqlhook SHARED sqlhook.c)
-target_compile_options(sqlhook PRIVATE -fPIC)
 target_link_libraries(sqlhook PRIVATE domain os SQLite::SQLite3)
 
 add_library(engine engine.c)

src/utils/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 add_library(log log.c)
-target_compile_options(log PRIVATE -fPIC)
+set_property(TARGET log PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 add_library(allocs allocs.c)
 
 if (USE_CRYPTO_SERVICE)
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ add_library(base64 base64.c)
 target_link_libraries(base64 PRIVATE os log)
 
 add_library(os os.c)
-target_compile_options(os PRIVATE -fPIC)
+set_property(TARGET os PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 target_link_libraries(os PRIVATE allocs log LibUUID::LibUUID)
 
 add_library(ifaceu ifaceu.c)