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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
+project(tcmalloc
+    LANGUAGES CXX ASM
+    VERSION 0.0.0
+)
+
+## dependencies
+if(NOT TARGET absl::base)
+    include(FetchContent)
+    set(ABSL_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "")  # this should suffice!!
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "") # this makes me sad :(
+    FetchContent_Declare(abseil_github
+        GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp.git
+        GIT_TAG a76698790753d2ec71f655cdc84d61bcb27780d4
+        GIT_PROGRESS TRUE
+    )
+    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(abseil_github)
+endif()
+
+## common parts of tcmalloc
+add_library(tcmalloc_common STATIC
+    tcmalloc/arena.cc
+    tcmalloc/background.cc
+    tcmalloc/central_freelist.cc
+    tcmalloc/common.cc
+    tcmalloc/cpu_cache.cc
+    tcmalloc/experiment.cc
+    tcmalloc/experimental_56_size_class.cc
+    tcmalloc/guarded_page_allocator.cc
+    tcmalloc/huge_address_map.cc
+    tcmalloc/huge_allocator.cc
+    tcmalloc/huge_cache.cc
+    tcmalloc/huge_page_aware_allocator.cc
+    tcmalloc/legacy_size_classes.cc
+    tcmalloc/malloc_extension.cc
+    tcmalloc/noruntime_size_classes.cc
+    tcmalloc/page_allocator.cc
+    tcmalloc/page_allocator_interface.cc
+    tcmalloc/page_heap.cc
+    tcmalloc/pagemap.cc
+    tcmalloc/parameters.cc
+    tcmalloc/peak_heap_tracker.cc
+    tcmalloc/runtime_size_classes.cc
+    tcmalloc/sampler.cc
+    tcmalloc/size_classes.cc
+    tcmalloc/span.cc
+    tcmalloc/stack_trace_table.cc
+    tcmalloc/static_vars.cc
+    tcmalloc/stats.cc
+    tcmalloc/system-alloc.cc
+    tcmalloc/thread_cache.cc
+    tcmalloc/transfer_cache.cc
+    tcmalloc/want_hpaa.cc
+    tcmalloc/want_hpaa_subrelease.cc
+    tcmalloc/want_legacy_spans.cc
+    tcmalloc/want_no_hpaa.cc
+
+    tcmalloc/internal/environment.cc
+    tcmalloc/internal/logging.cc
+    tcmalloc/internal/memory_stats.cc
+    tcmalloc/internal/mincore.cc
+    tcmalloc/internal/percpu.cc
+    #TODO add switch for arch
+    #tcmalloc/internal/percpu_rseq_aarch64.S
+    #tcmalloc/internal/percpu_rseq_asm.S
+    #tcmalloc/internal/percpu_rseq_ppc.S
+    #tcmalloc/internal/percpu_rseq_unsupported.cc
+    tcmalloc/internal/percpu_rseq_x86_64.S
+    tcmalloc/internal/proc_maps.cc
+    tcmalloc/internal/util.cc
+)
+
+target_include_directories(tcmalloc_common PUBLIC . )
+target_compile_features(tcmalloc_common PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
+target_link_libraries(tcmalloc_common PUBLIC
+    # These libraries are in the PUBLIC interface to allow other
+    # applications/libs including `tcmalloc` to use all functions
+    # defined in headers. Those libs are potentially part of
+    # the interface and not just used internally.
+    #
+    # TODO: Check how much of `absl` is in the `tcmalloc` interface.
+
+    absl::base
+    absl::debugging
+    absl::flags
+)
+add_library(tcmalloc::common ALIAS tcmalloc_common)
+
+## overrides
+# always
+add_library(tcmalloc_always STATIC
+    tcmalloc/tcmalloc.cc
+)
+target_include_directories(tcmalloc_always PUBLIC . )
+target_compile_features(tcmalloc_always PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
+target_link_libraries(tcmalloc_always PUBLIC
+    # See above comment about PUBLIC link interface.
+    tcmalloc_common
+)
+add_library(tcmalloc::always ALIAS tcmalloc_always)