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anematodeandJoost VandeVondele c3bcf74925 Universal binary for x86-64 Linux and Windows
We maintain support for quite a few x86 ISA extensions but relied on the end
user to select the binary that is best for their system.  We can detect at
runtime which architecture to use, and ship a single binary (per OS/ISA
combination). This PR does so, maintaining performance.

This is what I've landed on after quite a few iterations. Basically, we build
each arch separately, use `cpuid` to select one, and jump to that arch's main
function. Some details:

- The preprocessor macro `UNIVERSAL_BINARY` is defined when building for the universal binary.

- The Makefile target `universal-object-[no]pgo` is added, which produces a `stockfish.o` in each arch's build directory.

- To prevent symbol collisions between the multiple builds, we `#define Stockfish Stockfish_[arch]`. Furthermore we wrap the `main` function in `namespace Stockfish { }`.

- We can still get PGO data by linking to a per-arch binary, with `Stockfish_x86_64_avx2::main` as `main`, and running `bench`.
    - For arches not supported by the host we can use Intel SDE – this is what we do in CI.

- When embedding the NNUE, we use C++26/C23 `#embed` instead of `INCBIN`. The issue with `INCBIN` is that it injects assembly directives that we have no control over.
    - To ensure there's only one copy of the networks in the final binary, we define the network data as weak symbols in each per-arch build. Then, in the final link, we add a special nnue_embed.cpp which provides strong symbols.
    - This does require GCC 15. Statically linking libstdc++ allows the binary to still run on older OSes though. And latest msys2 already does static linking + is based off GCC 15.2.0

building can be as simple as

make -j profile-build ARCH=x86-64-universal

or using the sde if the host doesn't support all architectures supported in the
universal binary, and the default host compiler is not recent enough.

make -j profile-build ARCH=x86-64-universal RUN_PREFIX="/path/to/sde -future --" CXX=g++-15

This change is also integrated in CI, so universal binaries are available as
downloadable artifacts.

Next we could also do ARM64, especially Android (all Apple silicon users use
the same binary). It also might be worth getting this to work with clang.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/6740

No functional change
2026-04-19 07:07:11 +02:00

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name: Compilation
on:
workflow_call:
inputs:
matrix:
type: string
required: true
jobs:
Compilation:
name: ${{ matrix.config.name }} ${{ matrix.binaries }}
runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
env:
COMPCXX: ${{ matrix.config.compiler }}
COMP: ${{ matrix.config.comp }}
EXT: ${{ matrix.config.ext }}
NAME: ${{ matrix.config.simple_name }}
BINARY: ${{ matrix.binaries }}
SDE: ${{ matrix.config.sde }}
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix: ${{ fromJson(inputs.matrix) }}
defaults:
run:
working-directory: src
shell: ${{ matrix.config.shell }}
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
persist-credentials: false
- name: Install fixed GCC on Linux
if: runner.os == 'Linux'
uses: egor-tensin/setup-gcc@eaa888eb19115a521fa72b65cd94fe1f25bbcaac # @v1.3
with:
version: 11
- name: Setup msys and install required packages
if: runner.os == 'Windows'
uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
with:
msystem: ${{ matrix.config.msys_sys }}
install: mingw-w64-${{ matrix.config.msys_env }} make git zip
- name: Download SDE package
if: runner.os == 'Linux' || runner.os == 'Windows'
uses: petarpetrovt/setup-sde@f0fa5971dc275704531e94264dd23250c442aa41 # @v2.4
with:
environmentVariableName: SDE_DIR
sdeVersion: 9.33.0
- name: Download the used network from the fishtest framework
run: make net
- name: Check compiler
run: $COMPCXX -v
- name: Test help target
run: make help
- name: Check git
run: git --version
- name: Check compiler
run: $COMPCXX -v
- name: Show compiler cpu info
run: |
if [[ "$COMPCXX" == clang* ]]; then
$COMPCXX -E - -march=native -###
else
$COMPCXX -Q -march=native --help=target
fi
# x86-64 with newer extensions tests
- name: Compile ${{ matrix.config.binaries }} build
run: |
make clean
make -j4 profile-build ARCH=$BINARY COMP=$COMP RUN_PREFIX="$SDE"
make strip ARCH=$BINARY COMP=$COMP
RUN_PREFIX="$SDE" ../tests/signature.sh $benchref
mv ./stockfish$EXT ../stockfish-$NAME-$BINARY$EXT
- name: Remove non src files
run: git clean -fx
- name: Upload artifact for (pre)-release
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: ${{ matrix.config.simple_name }} ${{ matrix.binaries }}
path: |
.
!.git
!.output
UniversalLinux:
name: Ubuntu x86-64 Universal
runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
defaults:
run:
shell: bash
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
persist-credentials: false
fetch-depth: 0
- name: Install GCC 15
uses: egor-tensin/setup-gcc@eaa888eb19115a521fa72b65cd94fe1f25bbcaac # @v1.3
with:
version: 15
- name: Download SDE package
uses: petarpetrovt/setup-sde@f0fa5971dc275704531e94264dd23250c442aa41 # @v2.4
with:
environmentVariableName: SDE_DIR
sdeVersion: 9.33.0
- name: Build universal binary
run: make -j4 -C src ARCH=x86-64-universal profile-build RUN_PREFIX="$SDE_DIR/sde -future --"
- name: Strip binary
run: strip src/stockfish
- name: Rename binary
run: mv src/stockfish stockfish-ubuntu-x86-64-universal
- name: Extract the bench number from the commit history
run: |
for hash in $(git rev-list -100 HEAD); do
benchref=$(git show -s $hash | tac | grep -m 1 -o -x '[[:space:]]*\b[Bb]ench[ :]\+[1-9][0-9]\{5,7\}\b[[:space:]]*' | sed 's/[^0-9]//g') && break || true
done
[[ -n "$benchref" ]] && echo "benchref=$benchref" >> $GITHUB_ENV && echo "From commit: $hash" && echo "Reference bench: $benchref" || echo "No bench found"
- name: Check arch selection under SDE
run: ./scripts/check_universal.sh ./stockfish-ubuntu-x86-64-universal "$SDE_DIR/sde" "$benchref"
- name: Upload artifact for (pre)-release
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: ubuntu x86-64-universal
path: stockfish-ubuntu-x86-64-universal
UniversalWindows:
name: Windows x86-64 Universal
runs-on: windows-2022
defaults:
run:
shell: msys2 {0}
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
persist-credentials: false
fetch-depth: 0
- name: Setup msys and install required packages
uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
with:
msystem: mingw64
install: mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc make git zip
- name: Download SDE package
uses: petarpetrovt/setup-sde@f0fa5971dc275704531e94264dd23250c442aa41 # @v2.4
with:
environmentVariableName: SDE_DIR
sdeVersion: 9.33.0
- name: Build universal binary
run: |
SDE_PATH=$(cygpath "$SDE_DIR")
make -j4 -C src ARCH=x86-64-universal profile-build RUN_PREFIX="$SDE_PATH/sde.exe -future --"
- name: Strip binary
run: strip src/stockfish.exe
- name: Rename binary
run: mv src/stockfish.exe stockfish-windows-x86-64-universal.exe
- name: Extract the bench number from the commit history
run: |
for hash in $(git rev-list -100 HEAD); do
benchref=$(git show -s $hash | tac | grep -m 1 -o -x '[[:space:]]*\b[Bb]ench[ :]\+[1-9][0-9]\{5,7\}\b[[:space:]]*' | sed 's/[^0-9]//g') && break || true
done
[[ -n "$benchref" ]] && echo "benchref=$benchref" >> $GITHUB_ENV && echo "From commit: $hash" && echo "Reference bench: $benchref" || echo "No bench found"
- name: Check arch selection under SDE
run: ./scripts/check_universal.sh ./stockfish-windows-x86-64-universal.exe "$SDE_DIR/sde" "$benchref"
- name: Upload artifact for (pre)-release
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: windows x86-64-universal
path: stockfish-windows-x86-64-universal.exe