Add a stub Rust crate

.dockerignore

@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 # things to include
 !docker
 !synapse
+!rust
 !README.rst
 !pyproject.toml
 !poetry.lock
+!build_rust.py
+
+rust/target
 
 **/__pycache__

.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ on:
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
-  
+
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
@@ -89,17 +89,62 @@ jobs:
           name: debs
           path: debs/*
 
-  build-sdist:
-    name: "Build pypi distribution files"
-    uses: "matrix-org/backend-meta/.github/workflows/packaging.yml@v1"
+  build-wheels:
+    name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-10.15]
+        is_pr: [${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/pull/') }}]
+
+        exclude:
+          # Don't build macos wheels on PR CI.
+          - is_pr: true
+            os: "macos-10.15"
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+
+      - name: Install cibuildwheel
+        run: python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.9.0 poetry==1.2.0
+
+      # Only build a single wheel in CI.
+      - name: Set env vars.
+        run: |
+          echo "CIBW_BUILD="cp37-manylinux_x86_64"" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/pull/')
+
+      - name: Build wheels
+        run: python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
+        env:
+          # Skip testing for platforms which various libraries don't have wheels
+          # for, and so need extra build deps.
+          CIBW_TEST_SKIP: pp39-* *i686* *musl* pp37-macosx*
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Wheel
+          path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
+
+      - name: Build sdist
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu' && matrix.python-version == 'cp310'
+        run: python -m build --sdist
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: Sdist
+          path: dist/*.tar.gz
+
 
   # if it's a tag, create a release and attach the artifacts to it
   attach-assets:
     name: "Attach assets to release"
     if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
     needs:
       - build-debs
-      - build-sdist
+      - build-wheels
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download all workflow run artifacts

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -134,11 +134,17 @@ jobs:
   trial-olddeps:
     # Note: sqlite only; no postgres
     if: ${{ !cancelled() && !failure() }} # Allow previous steps to be skipped, but not fail
-    needs: linting-done
+    # needs: linting-done
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+      - name: Install Rust
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+            toolchain: stable
+            override: true
+
       # There aren't wheels for some of the older deps, so we need to install
       # their build dependencies
       - run: |
@@ -175,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.7'
           extras: "all test"
 
-      - run: poetry run trial -j 2 tests
+      - run: poetry run trial tests
       - name: Dump logs
         # Logs are most useful when the command fails, always include them.
         if: ${{ always() }}
@@ -247,6 +253,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Prepare test blacklist
         run: cat sytest-blacklist .ci/worker-blacklist > synapse-blacklist-with-workers
+      - name: Install Rust
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+            toolchain: stable
+            override: true
       - name: Run SyTest
         run: /bootstrap.sh synapse
         working-directory: /src
@@ -353,6 +364,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: synapse
 
+      - name: Install latest nightly
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+            toolchain: stable
+            override: true
+
       - name: Prepare Complement's Prerequisites
         run: synapse/.ci/scripts/setup_complement_prerequisites.sh
 

.gitignore

@@ -60,3 +60,10 @@ book/
 # complement
 /complement-*
 /master.tar.gz
+
+# rust
+/target/
+/synapse/*.so
+
+# Poetry will create a setup.py, which we don't want to include.
+/setup.py

Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# We make the whole Synapse folder a workspace so that we can run `cargo`
+# commands from the root (rather than having to cd into rust/).
+
+[workspace]
+members = ["rust"]

build_rust.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# A build script for poetry that adds the rust extension.
+
+import os
+
+from setuptools_rust import Binding, RustExtension
+
+
+def build(setup_kwargs):
+    original_project_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+    cargo_toml_path = os.path.join(original_project_dir, "rust", "Cargo.toml")
+
+    extension = RustExtension(
+        target="synapse.synapse_rust",
+        path=cargo_toml_path,
+        binding=Binding.PyO3,
+        py_limited_api=True,
+    )
+    setup_kwargs.setdefault("rust_extensions", []).append(extension)
+    setup_kwargs["zip_safe"] = False

changelog.d/12595.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add a stub Rust crate.

debian/build_virtualenv

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ dh_virtualenv \
     --extras="all,systemd,test" \
     --requirements="exported_requirements.txt"
 
-PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR="debian/matrix-synapse-py3"
+PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR="$(pwd)/debian/matrix-synapse-py3"
 VIRTUALENV_DIR="${PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR}${DH_VIRTUALENV_INSTALL_ROOT}/matrix-synapse"
 TARGET_PYTHON="${VIRTUALENV_DIR}/bin/python"
 
@@ -78,9 +78,14 @@ case "$DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS" in
 
         cp -r tests "$tmpdir"
 
+        # To avoid pulling in the unbuilt Synapse in the local directory
+        pushd /
+
         PYTHONPATH="$tmpdir" \
             "${TARGET_PYTHON}" -m twisted.trial --reporter=text -j2 tests
 
+        popd
+
         ;;
 esac
 

debian/changelog

@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@ matrix-synapse-py3 (1.66.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.66.0~rc2+nmu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  [ Jörg Behrmann ]
   * Update debhelper to compatibility level 12.
   * Drop the preinst script stopping synapse.
   * Allocate a group for the system user.
   * Change dpkg-statoverride to --force-statoverride-add.
 
+  [ Erik Johnston ]
+  * Disable `dh_auto_configure` as it broke during Rust build.
+
  -- Jörg Behrmann <behrmann@physik.fu-berlin.de>  Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:17:00 +0100
 
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.66.0~rc2) stable; urgency=medium

debian/rules

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ override_dh_installsystemd:
 # we don't really want to strip the symbols from our object files.
 override_dh_strip:
 
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+
 # many libraries pulled from PyPI have allocatable sections after
 # non-allocatable ones on which dwz errors out. For those without the issue the
 # gains are only marginal
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ override_dh_shlibdeps:
 	    -X site-packages/PIL/.libs \
 	    -X site-packages/Pillow.libs \
 	    -X site-packages/psycopg2
+        # TODO: Do we need to add our rust package here?
 
 override_dh_virtualenv:
 	./debian/build_virtualenv

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -92,11 +92,20 @@ RUN \
     libxml++2.6-dev \
     libxslt1-dev \
     openssl \
-    rustc \
     zlib1g-dev \
     git \
+    curl \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+
+# Install rust and ensure its in the PATH
+ENV RUSTUP_HOME=/rust
+ENV CARGO_HOME=/cargo
+ENV PATH=/cargo/bin:/rust/bin:$PATH
+RUN mkdir /rust /cargo
+
+RUN curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --no-modify-path --default-toolchain stable
+
 # To speed up rebuilds, install all of the dependencies before we copy over
 # the whole synapse project, so that this layer in the Docker cache can be
 # used while you develop on the source
@@ -108,8 +117,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
 
 # Copy over the rest of the synapse source code.
 COPY synapse /synapse/synapse/
+COPY rust /synapse/rust/
 # ... and what we need to `pip install`.
-COPY pyproject.toml README.rst /synapse/
+COPY pyproject.toml README.rst build_rust.py /synapse/
 
 # Repeat of earlier build argument declaration, as this is a new build stage.
 ARG TEST_ONLY_IGNORE_POETRY_LOCKFILE

docker/Dockerfile-dhvirtualenv

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq -o Acquire::Languages=none \
     && env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install \
         -yqq --no-install-recommends -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-unsafe-io \
         build-essential \
+        curl \
         debhelper \
         devscripts \
         libsystemd-dev \
@@ -85,6 +86,15 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq -o Acquire::Languages=none \
         libpq-dev \
         xmlsec1
 
+# Install rust and ensure its in the PATH
+ENV RUSTUP_HOME=/rust
+ENV CARGO_HOME=/cargo
+ENV PATH=/cargo/bin:/rust/bin:$PATH
+RUN mkdir /rust /cargo
+
+RUN curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --no-modify-path --default-toolchain stable
+
+
 COPY --from=builder /dh-virtualenv_1.2.2-1_all.deb /
 
 # install dhvirtualenv. Update the apt cache again first, in case we got a

docs/deprecation_policy.md

@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ documented at [https://endoflife.date/python](https://endoflife.date/python) and
 [https://endoflife.date/postgresql](https://endoflife.date/postgresql).
 
 
+A Rust compiler is required to build Synapse from source. For any given release
+the minimum required version may be bumped up to a recent Rust version, and so
+people building from source should ensure they can fetch recent versions of Rust
+(e.g. by using [rustup](https://rustup.rs/)).
+
+
 Context
 -------
 
@@ -31,3 +37,9 @@ long process.
 By following the upstream support life cycles Synapse can ensure that its
 dependencies continue to get security patches, while not requiring system admins
 to constantly update their platform dependencies to the latest versions.
+
+For Rust, the situation is a bit different given that a) the Rust foundation
+does not generally support older Rust versions, and b) the library ecosystem
+generally bump their minimum support Rust versions frequently. In general, the
+Synapse team will try to avoid updating Rust to the absolute latest version, but
+introducing a formal policy is hard given the constraints of the ecosystem.

docs/development/contributing_guide.md

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ The source code of Synapse is hosted on GitHub. You will also need [a recent ver
 
 For some tests, you will need [a recent version of Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/).
 
+A recent version of the Rust compiler is needed to build the native modules. The
+easiest way of installing the latest version is to use [rustup](https://rustup.rs/).
+
 
 # 3. Get the source.
 
@@ -114,6 +117,11 @@ Some documentation also exists in [Synapse's GitHub
 Wiki](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/wiki), although this is primarily
 contributed to by community authors.
 
+When changes are made to any Rust code then you must call either `poetry install`
+or `maturin develop` (if installed) to rebuild the Rust code. Using [`maturin`](https://github.com/PyO3/maturin)
+is quicker than `poetry install`, so is recommended when making frequent
+changes to the Rust code.
+
 
 # 8. Test, test, test!
 <a name="test-test-test"></a>
@@ -195,7 +203,7 @@ The database file can then be inspected with:
 sqlite3 _trial_temp/test.db
 ```
 
-Note that the database file is cleared at the beginning of each test run. Thus it 
+Note that the database file is cleared at the beginning of each test run. Thus it
 will always only contain the data generated by the *last run test*. Though generally
 when debugging, one is only running a single test anyway.
 

docs/setup/installation.md

@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ System requirements:
 - Python 3.7 or later, up to Python 3.10.
 - At least 1GB of free RAM if you want to join large public rooms like #matrix:matrix.org
 
+If building on an uncommon architecture for which pre-built wheels are
+unavailable, you will need to have a recent Rust compiler installed. The easiest
+way of installing the latest version is to use [rustup](https://rustup.rs/).
+
 To install the Synapse homeserver run:
 
 ```sh