perf(detect-libc): faster musl check by looking for ldd file

benchmark/call-familySync.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const performance = require('perf_hooks').performance;
+const libc = require('..');
+
+const now = performance.now();
+libc.familySync();
+
+console.log(`[family] Time Spent ${performance.now() - now}ms`);

benchmark/call-isNonGlibcLinuxSync.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const performance = require('perf_hooks').performance;
+const libc = require('..');
+
+const now = performance.now();
+libc.isNonGlibcLinuxSync();
+
+console.log(`[isNonGlibcLinux] Time Spent ${performance.now() - now}ms`);

benchmark/call-versionSync.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const performance = require('perf_hooks').performance;
+const libc = require('..');
+
+const now = performance.now();
+libc.versionSync();
+
+console.log(`[versionSync] Time Spent ${performance.now() - now}ms`);

benchmark/detect-libc.js

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+const Benchmark = require('benchmark');
+const suite = new Benchmark.Suite();
+const libc = require('../');
+
+suite.add('family', async function () {
+  await libc.family();
+});
+
+suite.add('familySync', function () {
+  libc.familySync();
+});
+
+suite.add('version', async function () {
+  await libc.version();
+});
+
+suite.add('versionSync', function () {
+  libc.versionSync();
+});
+
+suite.add('isNonGlibcLinux', async function () {
+  await libc.isNonGlibcLinux();
+});
+
+suite.add('isNonGlibcLinuxSync', function () {
+  libc.isNonGlibcLinuxSync();
+});
+
+suite
+  // add listeners
+  .on('cycle', function (event) {
+    console.log(String(event.target));
+  })
+  .on('complete', function () {
+    console.log('Fastest operation is ' + this.filter('fastest').map('name'));
+  })
+  .run({
+    async: true
+  });

lib/detect-libc.js

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 
 const childProcess = require('child_process');
 const { isLinux, getReport } = require('./process');
+const { LDD_PATH, readFile, readFileSync } = require('./filesystem');
+
+let cachedFamilyFilesystem;
+let cachedVersionFilesystem;
 
 const command = 'getconf GNU_LIBC_VERSION 2>&1 || true; ldd --version 2>&1 || true';
 let commandOut = '';
@@ -39,13 +43,31 @@ const safeCommandSync = () => {
  */
 const GLIBC = 'glibc';
 
+/**
+ * A Regexp constant to get the GLIBC Version.
+ * @type {string}
+ */
+const RE_GLIBC_VERSION = /GLIBC\s(\d+\.\d+)/;
+
 /**
  * A String constant containing the value `musl`.
  * @type {string}
  * @public
  */
 const MUSL = 'musl';
 
+/**
+ * This string is used to find if the {@link LDD_PATH} is GLIBC
+ * @type {string}
+ */
+const GLIBC_ON_LDD = GLIBC.toUpperCase();
+
+/**
+ * This string is used to find if the {@link LDD_PATH} is musl
+ * @type {string}
+ */
+const MUSL_ON_LDD = MUSL.toLowerCase();
+
 const isFileMusl = (f) => f.includes('libc.musl-') || f.includes('ld-musl-');
 
 const familyFromReport = () => {
@@ -72,14 +94,51 @@ const familyFromCommand = (out) => {
   return null;
 };
 
+const getFamilyFromLddContent = (content) => {
+  if (content.includes(MUSL_ON_LDD)) {
+    return MUSL;
+  }
+  if (content.includes(GLIBC_ON_LDD)) {
+    return GLIBC;
+  }
+  return null;
+};
+
+const familyFromFilesystem = async () => {
+  if (cachedFamilyFilesystem !== undefined) {
+    return cachedFamilyFilesystem;
+  }
+  cachedFamilyFilesystem = null;
+  try {
+    const lddContent = await readFile(LDD_PATH);
+    cachedFamilyFilesystem = getFamilyFromLddContent(lddContent);
+  } catch (e) {}
+  return cachedFamilyFilesystem;
+};
+
+const familyFromFilesystemSync = () => {
+  if (cachedFamilyFilesystem !== undefined) {
+    return cachedFamilyFilesystem;
+  }
+  cachedFamilyFilesystem = null;
+  try {
+    const lddContent = readFileSync(LDD_PATH);
+    cachedFamilyFilesystem = getFamilyFromLddContent(lddContent);
+  } catch (e) {}
+  return cachedFamilyFilesystem;
+};
+
 /**
  * Resolves with the libc family when it can be determined, `null` otherwise.
  * @returns {Promise<?string>}
  */
 const family = async () => {
   let family = null;
   if (isLinux()) {
-    family = familyFromReport();
+    family = await familyFromFilesystem();
+    if (!family) {
+      family = familyFromReport();
+    }
     if (!family) {
       const out = await safeCommand();
       family = familyFromCommand(out);
@@ -95,7 +154,10 @@ const family = async () => {
 const familySync = () => {
   let family = null;
   if (isLinux()) {
-    family = familyFromReport();
+    family = familyFromFilesystemSync();
+    if (!family) {
+      family = familyFromReport();
+    }
     if (!family) {
       const out = safeCommandSync();
       family = familyFromCommand(out);
@@ -116,6 +178,36 @@ const isNonGlibcLinux = async () => isLinux() && await family() !== GLIBC;
  */
 const isNonGlibcLinuxSync = () => isLinux() && familySync() !== GLIBC;
 
+const versionFromFilesystem = async () => {
+  if (cachedVersionFilesystem !== undefined) {
+    return cachedVersionFilesystem;
+  }
+  cachedVersionFilesystem = null;
+  try {
+    const lddContent = await readFile(LDD_PATH);
+    const versionMatch = lddContent.match(RE_GLIBC_VERSION);
+    if (versionMatch) {
+      cachedVersionFilesystem = versionMatch[1];
+    }
+  } catch (e) {}
+  return cachedVersionFilesystem;
+};
+
+const versionFromFilesystemSync = () => {
+  if (cachedVersionFilesystem !== undefined) {
+    return cachedVersionFilesystem;
+  }
+  cachedVersionFilesystem = null;
+  try {
+    const lddContent = readFileSync(LDD_PATH);
+    const versionMatch = lddContent.match(RE_GLIBC_VERSION);
+    if (versionMatch) {
+      cachedVersionFilesystem = versionMatch[1];
+    }
+  } catch (e) {}
+  return cachedVersionFilesystem;
+};
+
 const versionFromReport = () => {
   const report = getReport();
   if (report.header && report.header.glibcVersionRuntime) {
@@ -144,7 +236,10 @@ const versionFromCommand = (out) => {
 const version = async () => {
   let version = null;
   if (isLinux()) {
-    version = versionFromReport();
+    version = await versionFromFilesystem();
+    if (!version) {
+      version = versionFromReport();
+    }
     if (!version) {
       const out = await safeCommand();
       version = versionFromCommand(out);
@@ -160,7 +255,10 @@ const version = async () => {
 const versionSync = () => {
   let version = null;
   if (isLinux()) {
-    version = versionFromReport();
+    version = versionFromFilesystemSync();
+    if (!version) {
+      version = versionFromReport();
+    }
     if (!version) {
       const out = safeCommandSync();
       version = versionFromCommand(out);

lib/filesystem.js

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+/**
+ * The path where we can find the ldd
+ */
+const LDD_PATH = '/usr/bin/ldd';
+
+/**
+ * Read the content of a file synchronous
+ *
+ * @param {string} path
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+const readFileSync = path => fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf-8');
+
+/**
+ * Read the content of a file
+ *
+ * @param {string} path
+ * @returns {Promise<string>}
+ */
+const readFile = path => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  fs.readFile(path, 'utf-8', (err, data) => {
+    if (err) {
+      reject(err);
+    } else {
+      resolve(data);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+module.exports = {
+  LDD_PATH,
+  readFileSync,
+  readFile
+};

package.json

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
     "index.d.ts"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "semistandard && nyc --reporter=lcov --check-coverage --branches=100 ava test/unit.js"
+    "test": "semistandard && nyc --reporter=lcov --check-coverage --branches=100 ava test/unit.js",
+    "bench": "node benchmark/detect-libc",
+    "bench:calls": "node benchmark/call-familySync.js && sleep 1 && node benchmark/call-isNonGlibcLinuxSync.js && sleep 1 && node benchmark/call-versionSync.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "devDependencies": {
     "ava": "^2.4.0",
+    "benchmark": "^2.1.4",
     "nyc": "^15.1.0",
     "proxyquire": "^2.1.3",
     "semistandard": "^14.2.3"

test/fixtexture-file.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1