Integrating Turbo-Locator x86 into Your Build Pipeline
Overview
Integrate Turbo-Locator x86 to automate address resolution and memory layout steps during builds, ensuring reproducible mappings and faster link-time workflows.
Preconditions (assumed)
- Build system: GNU Make or CMake (I’ll provide CMake example).
- Toolchain: x86 GCC toolchain.
- Turbo-Locator x86 installed at /usr/local/bin/turbo-locator-x86.
- Project uses ELF binaries and produces debug symbols.
Step-by-step (CMake)
- Add custom target to run Turbo-Locator after linking
cmake
# Assumes target ‘myapp’ exists add_custom_command(TARGET myapp POST_BUILD COMMAND /usr/local/bin/turbo-locator-x86 –input \(<</span><span>TARGET_FILE:myapp</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">></span><span> --out </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">\){CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARYDIR}/myapp.tloc COMMENT “Running Turbo-Locator x86 to generate memory layout” VERBATIM)
- Make build artifact depend on the generated mapping
cmake
add_custom_target(app_with_layout ALL DEPENDS \({</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(54, 172, 170);">CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">}</span><span>/myapp.tloc </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">\)<TARGET_FILE:myapp>) add_dependencies(app_withlayout myapp)
- Consume mapping in later steps (packaging / tests)
cmake
add_custom_command(TARGET app_with_layout POST_BUILD COMMAND \({</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(54, 172, 170);">CMAKE_COMMAND</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">}</span><span> -E copy </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">\){CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/myapp.tloc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARYDIR}/package/ COMMENT “Include Turbo-Locator mapping in package”)
CI Integration
- Add step in CI after build step:
- Run turbo-locator-x86 on produced binaries.
- Archive the .tloc file as build artifact.
- Optionally fail build if Turbo-Locator reports unresolved symbols (exit code non-zero).
Example (GitHub Actions snippet):
yaml
- name: Run Turbo-Locator run: /usr/local/bin/turbo-locator-x86 --input build/myapp --out build/myapp.tloc - name: Upload mapping uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4 with: name: myapp-mapping path: build/myapp.tloc
Best Practices
- Determinism: Run Turbo-Locator on deterministic builds (strip timestamps).
- Fail-fast: Treat non-zero exit codes as CI failures for early detection.
- Version pinning: Install a specific Turbo-Locator version in CI to avoid incompatibilities.
- Storage: Archive mappings with build metadata (commit SHA, build ID).
- Security: Run on trusted runners; sanitize inputs to Turbo-Locator.
Troubleshooting
- If turbo-locator-x86 reports missing symbols, ensure debug symbols are present (keep .debug or use -g).
- Permission errors: verify executable path and runner permissions.
- Path differences across platforms: make the tool path configurable via CMake variable or environment variable.
Date: February 8, 2026
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