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zstd-rs/rust/README.md
ddidderr fef5f4478a feat(rust): port benchmark loop and CLI bench mode
Move the implementation of programs/benchfn.c into rust/src/benchfn.rs and
wire benchmark mode (-b/-e/-i) into the Rust CLI frontend, which previously
rejected those options as not yet implemented. `zstd -b1 -i0 FILE` and range
runs like `zstd -b5e6 -i0 FILE` work again, including the synthetic-sample
benchmark when no file is given.

benchfn.rs is a faithful port of the run/timing state machine:
BMK_benchFunction keeps the exact loop accounting (first-loop blockResults
and errorFn checks, dstSize summed on the first loop only, 0xE5 warm-up of
result buffers, nbLoops minimum of 1) and BMK_benchTimedFn keeps the same
convergence behavior (x10 workload growth for short runs, budget-based
nbLoops estimation, runs below half the run budget re-tried rather than
reported, best qualifying run returned). Arithmetic that C leaves to
unsigned wrap-around uses wrapping operations so debug builds cannot panic
where release C would wrap.

ABI notes: BMK_runTime_t and BMK_runOutcome_t are returned by value across
the C boundary and BMK_benchParams_t is passed by value, so all three are
repr(C) mirrors of benchfn.h; their field offsets are pinned by const
asserts in Rust and matching C static asserts in the benchfn.c shim, which
is now declaration-only. BMK_timedFnState_t stays opaque, fits the 64-byte
BMK_timedFnState_shell (compile-time checked), and is malloc/free-managed
so creation and destruction remain interchangeable with C callers.

The CLI parses -b (bench mode), -e (range end, digits attach directly,
defaulting to 0 like readU32FromChar) and -i (duration in seconds), then
dispatches through a new ZSTD_rust_cli_bench bridge in the zstdcli.c shim.
The bridge exists because benchmark availability is a C preprocessor
property (ZSTD_NOBENCH): orchestration and reporting stay in C benchzstd.c,
stripped variants (zstd-small, zstd-compress, zstd-decompress) compile the
stub branch and report "benchmark mode is not available in this build", and
the Rust side never references benchmark symbols directly. Level clamping
against ZSTD_maxCLevel() happens in the bridge, where the symbol is
guaranteed to exist whenever benchmarking is compiled in. -T selects the
worker count, defaulting to single-threaded like the C bench path; -S
(separate files) and --priority=rt remain unimplemented.

Makefile updates only extend the Rust source prerequisite lists with
benchfn.rs; the helpers-archive plumbing from the timefn commit already
links fullbench(-lib/-dll/32) and paramgrill, the benchfn consumers among
the C tests. Original C test sources are untouched.

Known pre-existing issues, unchanged by this commit: tests/fullbench-lib
fails to link at the base commit too (libzstd.a precedes fullbench.c in its
link line), and the cli-tests basic/help.sh, compression/levels.sh,
compression/golden.sh, and decompression/pass-through.sh scripts fail
identically with a base-commit binary because the Rust CLI frontend is
still a partial reimplementation.

Test Plan:
- cd rust && cargo fmt --check && cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
  && cargo test --all-targets && cargo build --release
- cd rust/cli && cargo fmt --check && cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D
  warnings && cargo test --all-targets; repeat tests with
  --no-default-features plus features compression / decompression / (none)
- make -C programs zstd; ./programs/zstd -b1 -i0 lib/common/xxhash.c;
  ./programs/zstd -b5e6 -i0 programs/fileio.c; ./programs/zstd -b1 -i0
  (synthetic); echo roundtrip via zstd | zstd -d
- make -C programs zstd-small zstd-compress zstd-decompress zstd-nolegacy
  zstd-dictBuilder; zstd-small -b reports benchmark unavailable; compress/
  decompress roundtrip across the split binaries
- make -C tests fullbench fuzzer zstreamtest paramgrill decodecorpus
  poolTests fullbench32 fuzzer32; ./tests/fullbench -i0 (exercises Rust
  BMK_benchTimedFn from C); ./tests/fullbench32 -i0; ./tests/fuzzer -i1
  --no-big-tests; ./tests/poolTests; make -C tests test-rust-lib-smoke
- cli-tests subset: basic/version.sh, compression/basic.sh,
  compression/multiple-files.sh pass; failing scripts match the base commit

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# Rust rewrite
This directory contains the in-progress Rust replacement for the zstd library
and command-line program. During the migration, the crate is built as a static
library and linked into the original C test programs. Production C translation
units become declaration-only shims as their implementations move to Rust; the
original C tests remain unchanged and provide compatibility coverage.
## Component map
The crate is organized from low-level representation helpers toward the public
zstd ABI:
- Common primitives
- `mem`, `bits`, `bitstream`, and `cpu` implement byte-order, bitstream, and
target-feature operations used by the codecs.
- `errors`, `debug`, `xxhash`, and `zstd_common` provide common exported ABI
functions and state.
- `common` contains shared frame constants and internal data types.
- Entropy coding
- `entropy_common` reads FSE normalized counts and Huffman statistics.
- `fse_decompress` builds FSE decoding tables and decodes FSE streams.
- `fse_compress` normalizes counts, writes FSE headers, builds compression
tables, and encodes FSE streams.
- `huf_compress` builds Huffman compression tables, writes table headers,
and encodes one- and four-stream Huffman payloads.
- `huf_decompress` builds Huffman decoding tables and decodes X1 and X2
Huffman streams.
- Compression primitives
- `hist` counts byte frequencies for FSE and Huffman compression.
- `zstd_presplit` chooses split points for full compression blocks.
- `zstd_compress_literals` emits raw, RLE, and Huffman literal sections
while preserving the compressor's Huffman-table repeat state.
- `zstd_compress_frame` serializes frame headers, skippable frames, and the
last empty block; it takes scalar frame parameters so the C-owned
`ZSTD_CCtx_params` layout never crosses the language boundary.
- `zstd_compress_params` owns the compression-level tables (formerly
`clevels.h`), parameter bounds, clamping, validation, table selection,
source/dictionary adjustment, and match-state/CDict size estimation.
The C integration layer keeps the public `ZSTD_*` symbols and feeds the
leaves configuration-owned scalars: the excluded-block-compressor
strategy cascade, struct sizes, and sanitizer redzone policy.
- `zstd_fast` and `zstd_double_fast` implement the single- and two-table
fast block match finders, including attached and external dictionary paths.
- `zstd_lazy` implements greedy, lazy, lazy2, and binary-tree matching,
including row-based and dictionary search variants.
- `zstd_opt_tree` maintains the binary-tree index used by optimal matching;
the dynamic-programming optimal parser itself remains in C for now.
- `zstd_ldm` implements long-distance-match parameter selection, table
maintenance, sequence generation, and sequence consumption.
- Dictionary building
- `divsufsort` constructs the suffix array that drives the legacy `ZDICT`
trainer (`ZDICT_trainFromBuffer_legacy`). The sample analysis and
dictionary assembly in `zdict.c`, `cover.c`, and `fastcover.c` remain C.
- Runtime support
- `threading` provides platform pthread wrappers required by zstd headers.
- `pool` implements the bounded worker pool used by multithreaded compression.
- Dictionary support
- `zstd_ddict` owns, loads, copies, and references decode dictionaries.
- Block decompression
- `zstd_decompress_block` decodes literal and sequence sections, maintains
FSE/Huffman repeat state, and executes compressed-block sequences.
- `zstd_decompress` owns the public decompression context, one-shot,
dictionary, parameter, and streaming state machines. Its C shim retains
configuration-dependent context allocation plus legacy and trace leaves.
- Command-line frontend
- `zstd_cli` owns the Rust parser, safety policy, and dispatch. It is built
by the separate `cli/` static-library package only for program archives,
so library builds do not acquire program-only dependencies. The C
`fileio` backend still owns file opening, safe replacement, sparse writes,
metadata, and streaming I/O.
- `timefn` provides the monotonic nanosecond clock behind `UTIL_time_t`,
and `benchfn` owns the benchmark run/timing loop (`BMK_benchFunction`,
`BMK_benchTimedFn`) used by the CLI benchmark mode and by C test tools.
Both live in the `cli/` package, but C test binaries (fullbench, fuzzer,
zstreamtest, paramgrill, ...) link a helpers-only build of that archive,
produced without the package's `cli` feature, because the parser layer
requires the C `fileio` backend that tests do not compile. Benchmark
orchestration and reporting (`benchzstd.c`) remain C, reached from the
Rust parser through the `ZSTD_NOBENCH`-gated bridge in `zstdcli.c`.
The optimal block matcher, high-level frame compression, dictionary-building
except suffix-array construction, legacy decoding callbacks, benchmark
orchestration (`benchzstd`), and the CLI
file-I/O backend are still C. They must move before the rewrite is complete.
Keeping that boundary explicit prevents a passing hybrid build from being
mistaken for the final all-Rust result.
## Compatibility boundary
The public ABI continues to come from the existing headers under `lib/`.
Exported Rust functions therefore use C layout and calling conventions. A C
source file whose implementation has moved to Rust remains in the original
makefile source list as a small shim so header configuration and platform
preprocessor behavior stay available during the transition.
The library, test, and program makefiles select an archive directory for the
active C configuration: enabled compression/decompression/dictionary-builder
modules, default or forced HUF X1/X2, and the matching Rust target for 32-bit
C binaries. The
native static archive flattens Rust object members rather than nesting a Rust
archive, while the native shared library retains all migrated Rust exports.
When the HUF mode changes, the test and program paths also rebuild cached C
outputs before linking. This prevents original C tests from using a stale or
configuration-incompatible implementation.
## Validation
Run focused Rust checks from this directory:
```sh
cargo fmt --check
cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
cargo test --all-targets
cargo build --release
```
The program-only Rust archive has its own feature matrix and should be checked
from `rust/cli` as well:
```sh
cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
cargo test --all-targets
cargo test --no-default-features --features cli,compression --all-targets
cargo test --no-default-features --features cli,decompression --all-targets
cargo test --no-default-features --all-targets
```
Then run original compatibility tests from the repository root, starting with
the narrow target for the component being migrated. For example:
```sh
make -C tests fuzzer
./tests/fuzzer -i1 --no-big-tests
make -C tests test-rust-lib-smoke
```
Broader `tests/Makefile` targets remain the authoritative integration gates as
more of the library and CLI are rewritten.