[BUG] Build failing with go version 1.23

[aychocho]

Seid version

This bug happens when installing/building v4.1.4-evm-devnet

Bug description

Attempting to run

make install

while utilizing Go version 1.23 throws the following error

link: github.com/fjl/memsize: invalid reference to runtime.stopTheWorld
make: *** [Makefile:69: install] Error 1 

This appears to be a known issue with the memsize package, checking the memsize README might provide a solution:

NOTE: As of Go 1.23, memsize no longer works because of a restriction added by the
Go toolchain. The Go 1.23 compiler no longer allows access to runtime symbols via
go:linkname, which prevents memsize from accessing the Stop-the-World
functionality of the Go runtime.

If your program depends on memsize, you can disable the restriction when building
your program:

go build -ldflags=-checklinkname=0

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Run make install within sei-chain whilst Go 1.23 is installed

Additional context

Building with Go version 1.22.8 works fine

[cordt-sei]

          It's a known issue.

Originally posted by @fjl in ethereum/go-ethereum#30100 (comment)

[galaxy-tbehrens]

I suggest to re-open this. It's easily fixed by applying the upstream patch: ethereum/go-ethereum@e467577

That's how Go-Ethereum and dependent projects have solved it, by removing memsize. The memsize author tried to get Go maintainers to allow memsize to work in 1.23, and that was not successful.

Go 1.22 goes EOL in February 2025.

@cordt-sei