spcl/serverless-benchmarks

Support arm64 for C++ benchmarks

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#265 opened on Dec 6, 2025

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Description

Currently, we only support x86 deployments for C++ benchmarks. To properly support C++ benchmarks, we need to make our current container fleet (build, dependencies) platform-dependent. We can achieve it in two ways:

  • Cross-compilation.
  • Container emulation.

All dependencies need to be recompiled. Also, we need to make our build images to be architecture-dependent; currently, we only offer x86 as all deployed langues (Java, Node.js, Python) are platform-independent and we can just tell the package mangers to install arm packages (like with PyPI).

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Research direction
Investigate existing cross compilation toolchains for arm64 on x86 builders, and evaluate container emulation with QEMU for building arm64 container images. Compare both approaches for integration into the current build pipeline.
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cppdocker
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devopsinfrastructurebuild system
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
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DockerC++Build systems
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25