feat: precompile EXLA in CI base image to prevent OOM kills
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Add Dockerfile.ci that extends the hexpm/elixir image with precompiled
EXLA NIF cached at ~/.cache/xla/. When mix test runs, EXLA's cached_make
finds the precompiled libexla.so and skips the OOM-prone g++ C++
compilation entirely.

- Dockerfile.ci: two-stage build — builder compiles EXLA into cache;
  final stage copies the cache and installs test deps (cdo)
- .forgejo/workflows/build-ci-image.yaml: builds and pushes prop-ci
  image on mix.exs/mix.lock/vendor changes + weekly cron
- .forgejo/workflows/build.yaml: test step uses prop-ci:latest instead
  of raw hexpm/elixir image, removing apt-get + hex/rebar install steps
This commit is contained in:
Graham McIntire 2026-08-05 09:13:50 -05:00
parent a7e099e0e7
commit 08175fc6ae
3 changed files with 149 additions and 6 deletions

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name: Build CI test image
on:
push:
branches:
- main
paths:
- 'mix.exs'
- 'mix.lock'
- 'vendor/**'
- 'Dockerfile.ci'
- '.forgejo/workflows/build-ci-image.yaml'
schedule:
- cron: '0 8 * * 1'
workflow_dispatch:
env:
REGISTRY: git.mcintire.me
OWNER: graham
IMAGE_NAME: prop-ci
DOCKER_CLI_VERSION: '28.5.2'
BUILDX_VERSION: '0.35.0'
concurrency:
group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
cancel-in-progress: false
jobs:
build-and-push:
name: Build and push CI image
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Install Docker CLI and buildx
run: |
set -euo pipefail
curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 \
"https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/x86_64/docker-${DOCKER_CLI_VERSION}.tgz" \
| tar xz --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/bin docker/docker
mkdir -p "$HOME/.docker/cli-plugins"
curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 \
-o "$HOME/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx" \
"https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/download/v${BUILDX_VERSION}/buildx-v${BUILDX_VERSION}.linux-amd64"
chmod +x "$HOME/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx"
docker version
docker buildx version
- name: Build and push
env:
REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FORGEJO_TOKEN }}
run: |
set -euo pipefail
IMAGE="${REGISTRY}/${OWNER}/${IMAGE_NAME}"
SHA_TAG="${GITHUB_SHA::7}"
echo "$REGISTRY_TOKEN" | docker login "$REGISTRY" -u "$OWNER" --password-stdin
DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
--file Dockerfile.ci \
--build-arg BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1 \
--cache-from "${IMAGE}:latest" \
--tag "${IMAGE}:${SHA_TAG}" \
--tag "${IMAGE}:latest" \
.
docker push "${IMAGE}:${SHA_TAG}"
docker push "${IMAGE}:latest"
{
echo "### CI image pushed"
echo ""
echo "- \`${IMAGE}:${SHA_TAG}\`"
echo "- \`${IMAGE}:latest\`"
} >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
docker image rm "${IMAGE}:${SHA_TAG}" "${IMAGE}:latest" 2>/dev/null || true
docker logout "$REGISTRY" || true

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-cf - . | \
docker run --rm -i \
-e MIX_ENV=test \
-e MAKEFLAGS="-j1" \
--network host \
-w /app \
docker.io/hexpm/elixir:1.20.1-erlang-29.0.2-debian-trixie-20260518-slim \
git.mcintire.me/graham/prop-ci:latest \
sh -euc '\
mkdir -p /app && cd /app && tar xf - && \
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq git curl ca-certificates build-essential cdo && \
mix local.hex --force && \
mix local.rebar --force && \
mix deps.get && \
mix ecto.create --quiet && \
mix ecto.migrate --quiet && \

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# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.6
#
# Pre-built CI test image. Extends the hexpm/elixir image with:
# * build-essential + git + curl + ca-certificates + cdo
# * hex + rebar
# * Precompiled EXLA NIF cached at ~/.cache/xla/
#
# When mix test runs with this image, EXLA's cached_make finds the
# precompiled libexla.so and skips the OOM-prone g++ C++ compilation
# entirely. Rebuild this image whenever mix.exs changes elixir/exla/xla
# versions or c_src/ files change (the cache key auto-invalidates).
#
# Built by .forgejo/workflows/build-ci-image.yaml.
ARG ELIXIR_IMAGE="docker.io/hexpm/elixir:1.20.1-erlang-29.0.2-debian-trixie-20260518-slim"
FROM ${ELIXIR_IMAGE} AS builder
# Install build tools and runtime test deps (cdo is needed by tests).
RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
apt-get update -qq && \
apt-get install -y -qq git curl ca-certificates build-essential cdo && \
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
# Install hex + rebar
RUN mix local.hex --force && mix local.rebar --force
# Precompile EXLA to populate ~/.cache/xla/ with both the downloaded
# XLA archive and the compiled libexla.so. We only need mix.exs +
# mix.lock + vendor + minimal config — no full project checkout.
WORKDIR /tmp/exla_warm
# Copy only what's needed for deps.get + deps.compile exla
COPY mix.exs mix.lock /tmp/exla_warm/
COPY vendor /tmp/exla_warm/vendor
# Minimal config — nx needs :default_backend to exist
RUN mkdir -p /tmp/exla_warm/config && \
printf 'import Config\nconfig :nx, :default_backend, EXLA.Backend\n' > /tmp/exla_warm/config/config.exs
# Fetch deps and compile EXLA. The cached_make compiler downloads the XLA
# archive, extracts it, compiles the C++ NIF, and caches libexla.so at
# ~/.cache/xla/exla/{cache_key}/libexla.so. This layer is cached by
# Docker until mix.exs/mix.lock/vendor change.
RUN mix deps.get && mix deps.compile exla
# Clean up the temp project — the cache in ~/.cache/xla/ persists in
# the image and is what matters.
RUN rm -rf /tmp/exla_warm
FROM ${ELIXIR_IMAGE} AS final
# Install runtime test deps
RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
apt-get update -qq && \
apt-get install -y -qq git curl ca-certificates build-essential cdo && \
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
# Install hex + rebar
RUN mix local.hex --force && mix local.rebar --force
# Copy the precompiled EXLA cache from the builder stage. This is the
# ~/.cache/xla/ directory containing the XLA archive download and the
# compiled libexla.so keyed by exact Elixir/ERTS/exla/xla/c_src versions.
COPY --from=builder /root/.cache/xla /root/.cache/xla
WORKDIR /app