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build: revert passing sanitizer flags to libsecp256k1 - #7930
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It is part of bitcoin#28875, backported in dashpay#7503. Since that merge every sanitizer job compiles libsecp256k1 with -fsanitize, so the TSan job instruments all of secp256k1's ECDSA code. It reverts _only_ libsecp256k1 sanitizer, other C code in the repo is still profiled. The UBSan suppression lines that came with the backport are kept: they are harmless without the instrumentation.
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🟡 Minor · Keep sanitizer flags out of libsecp256k1's inherited CFLAGS. · configure.ac:2062-2067
configure.ac:2062-2067
🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winKeep sanitizer flags out of libsecp256k1's inherited
CFLAGS.The MSAN workflow passes
CFLAGS='${MSAN_FLAGS}'while configuring with--with-sanitizers=memory.AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRSpasses thoseCFLAGStosrc/secp256k1, and itsAM_CFLAGSis prepended to userCFLAGS. Removing theSECP_CFLAGSappend therefore does not remove-fsanitize=memoryfrom libsecp256k1. Pass sanitizer-freeCFLAGSto the subconfigure while preserving the original flags for the parent build.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 2062-2067: Update the libsecp256k1 subconfigure setup around
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| if test -n "$use_sanitizers"; then | ||
| export SECP_CFLAGS="$SECP_CFLAGS $SANITIZER_CFLAGS" | ||
| fi | ||
| dnl The ECDH module is required by the wallet's Platform key provider |
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When using the documented libFuzzer configuration (doc/fuzzing.md:11) or the CI fuzz configuration (ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz.sh:18), removing this propagation means --with-sanitizers no longer reaches AM_CFLAGS in src/secp256k1/Makefile.am. Consequently libFuzzer gets no branch feedback, and ASan/UBSan add no checks, inside secp256k1 even for the dedicated secp256k1_* fuzz targets, silently losing coverage of the cryptographic code; retain the propagation when enable_fuzz=yes while omitting it from the ASan/TSan regression-test builds whose runtime this change targets.
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intentionally done as this code is backported from bitcoin core as it is and instrumented there.
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Final review — Phase 1 only (trivial change)
Verified the single-file change at ed00641. Removing the sanitizer export also removes libsecp256k1 instrumentation from documented fuzz builds; preserving it conditionally would retain fuzz feedback without affecting the targeted ASan/TSan unit-test speedup. Current CI reports successful builds and lint, with ASan, TSan, and multiprocess tests still pending; the supplied base drift does not touch configure.ac or introduce conflicts.
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Source: reviewer 1: glm-5.3-flash (agent: phase1-reviewer, role: general); reviewer 2: glm-5.3-flash (agent: phase1-reviewer, role: dash-core-commit-history); final verifier: gpt-6.1-sol (agent: sol-gate-verifier, role: final-verifier)
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trivialbygpt-6.1-sol(effort low) — This is a three-line configure.ac build-configuration revert that only stops passing sanitizer flags to libsecp256k1 and does not change production behavior. - Phase 1 reviewers:
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In `configure.ac`:
- [SUGGESTION] configure.ac:2064-2065: Preserve libsecp256k1 instrumentation in fuzz builds
The removed export supplies libsecp256k1's sanitizer flags through SECP_CFLAGS, which its Makefile uses in AM_CFLAGS. Removing it also affects the documented --enable-fuzz --with-sanitizers=address,fuzzer,undefined configuration and ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz.sh: library internals reached by fuzz targets lose compiler-inserted coverage feedback and ASan/UBSan checks. The DER wrappers themselves remain instrumented because ec_seckey_import_der/ec_seckey_export_der and ecdsa_signature_parse_der_lax are implemented in src/key.cpp and src/pubkey.cpp, not in the separately compiled library; the regression is specifically in the libsecp256k1 calls beneath those wrappers and other fuzz targets. Restore the export only when enable_fuzz=yes and sanitizers are requested. This preserves library instrumentation for fuzzing without restoring its cost in the ASan/TSan unit-test builds this PR targets.
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| if test -n "$use_sanitizers"; then | ||
| export SECP_CFLAGS="$SECP_CFLAGS $SANITIZER_CFLAGS" | ||
| fi | ||
| dnl The ECDH module is required by the wallet's Platform key provider |
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🟡 Suggestion: Preserve libsecp256k1 instrumentation in fuzz builds
The removed export supplies libsecp256k1's sanitizer flags through SECP_CFLAGS, which its Makefile uses in AM_CFLAGS. Removing it also affects the documented --enable-fuzz --with-sanitizers=address,fuzzer,undefined configuration and ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz.sh: library internals reached by fuzz targets lose compiler-inserted coverage feedback and ASan/UBSan checks. The DER wrappers themselves remain instrumented because ec_seckey_import_der/ec_seckey_export_der and ecdsa_signature_parse_der_lax are implemented in src/key.cpp and src/pubkey.cpp, not in the separately compiled library; the regression is specifically in the libsecp256k1 calls beneath those wrappers and other fuzz targets. Restore the export only when enable_fuzz=yes and sanitizers are requested. This preserves library instrumentation for fuzzing without restoring its cost in the ASan/TSan unit-test builds this PR targets.
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Issue being fixed or feature implemented
bitcoin#28875 adds sanitizer's options for secp256k1.
Only regression tests are noticeable affected; functional tests is negligible slower.
We use their library as it is and benefits for having sanitizer flags on CI are close to 0.
What was done?
These changes are part of bitcoin#28875, backported in #7503.
Since that merge every sanitizer job compiles libsecp256k1 with -fsanitize, so the TSan job instruments all of secp256k1's ECDSA code.
It reverts only libsecp256k1 sanitizer, other C code in the repo is still profiled.
How Has This Been Tested?
Tested in local copy of repo on github's CI: 6 minutes for Tsan [unit test step] against develop's 16 minutes; 9 minutes for Asan [unit test step] agains develop's 15 minutes.
Breaking Changes
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