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+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package noder_test
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
+	exec "internal/execabs"
+	"os"
+	"reflect"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var (
+	flagPkgs     = flag.String("pkgs", "std", "list of packages to compare")
+	flagAll      = flag.Bool("all", false, "enable testing of all GOOS/GOARCH targets")
+	flagParallel = flag.Bool("parallel", false, "test GOOS/GOARCH targets in parallel")
+)
+
+// TestUnifiedCompare implements a test similar to running:
+//
+//	$ go build -toolexec="toolstash -cmp" std
+//
+// The -pkgs flag controls the list of packages tested.
+//
+// By default, only the native GOOS/GOARCH target is enabled. The -all
+// flag enables testing of non-native targets. The -parallel flag
+// additionally enables testing of targets in parallel.
+//
+// Caution: Testing all targets is very resource intensive! On an IBM
+// P920 (dual Intel Xeon Gold 6154 CPUs; 36 cores, 192GB RAM), testing
+// all targets in parallel takes about 5 minutes. Using the 'go test'
+// command's -run flag for subtest matching is recommended for less
+// powerful machines.
+func TestUnifiedCompare(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping test in short mode")
+	}
+
+	targets, err := exec.Command("go", "tool", "dist", "list").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, target := range strings.Fields(string(targets)) {
+		t.Run(target, func(t *testing.T) {
+			parts := strings.Split(target, "/")
+			goos, goarch := parts[0], parts[1]
+
+			if !(*flagAll || goos == runtime.GOOS && goarch == runtime.GOARCH) {
+				t.Skip("skipping non-native target (use -all to enable)")
+			}
+			if *flagParallel {
+				t.Parallel()
+			}
+
+			pkgs1 := loadPackages(t, goos, goarch, "-d=unified=0 -d=inlfuncswithclosures=0")
+			pkgs2 := loadPackages(t, goos, goarch, "-d=unified=1 -d=inlfuncswithclosures=0")
+
+			if len(pkgs1) != len(pkgs2) {
+				t.Fatalf("length mismatch: %v != %v", len(pkgs1), len(pkgs2))
+			}
+
+			for i := range pkgs1 {
+				pkg1 := pkgs1[i]
+				pkg2 := pkgs2[i]
+
+				path := pkg1.ImportPath
+				if path != pkg2.ImportPath {
+					t.Fatalf("mismatched paths: %q != %q", path, pkg2.ImportPath)
+				}
+
+				// Packages that don't have any source files (e.g., packages
+				// unsafe, embed/internal/embedtest, and cmd/internal/moddeps).
+				if pkg1.Export == "" && pkg2.Export == "" {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				if pkg1.BuildID == pkg2.BuildID {
+					t.Errorf("package %q: build IDs unexpectedly matched", path)
+				}
+
+				// Unlike toolstash -cmp, we're comparing the same compiler
+				// binary against itself, just with different flags. So we
+				// don't need to worry about skipping over mismatched version
+				// strings, but we do need to account for differing build IDs.
+				//
+				// Fortunately, build IDs are cryptographic 256-bit hashes,
+				// and cmd/go provides us with them up front. So we can just
+				// use them as delimeters to split the files, and then check
+				// that the substrings are all equal.
+				file1 := strings.Split(readFile(t, pkg1.Export), pkg1.BuildID)
+				file2 := strings.Split(readFile(t, pkg2.Export), pkg2.BuildID)
+				if !reflect.DeepEqual(file1, file2) {
+					t.Errorf("package %q: compile output differs", path)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+type pkg struct {
+	ImportPath string
+	Export     string
+	BuildID    string
+	Incomplete bool
+}
+
+func loadPackages(t *testing.T, goos, goarch, gcflags string) []pkg {
+	args := []string{"list", "-e", "-export", "-json", "-gcflags=all=" + gcflags, "--"}
+	args = append(args, strings.Fields(*flagPkgs)...)
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("go", args...)
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GOOS="+goos, "GOARCH="+goarch)
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var res []pkg
+	for dec := json.NewDecoder(stdout); dec.More(); {
+		var pkg pkg
+		if err := dec.Decode(&pkg); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if pkg.Incomplete {
+			t.Fatalf("incomplete package: %q", pkg.ImportPath)
+		}
+		res = append(res, pkg)
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
+func readFile(t *testing.T, name string) string {
+	buf, err := os.ReadFile(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return string(buf)
+}