CMake: add WITH_LINKER_LLD option for unix platforms

Can give considerably faster linking, especially for debug builds.

This may be enabled by default but needs to be more thoroughly tested.
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Nathan Craddock 2020-04-27 14:10:56 +10:00 committed by Campbell Barton
parent 13abd3784a
commit 490c32c425
2 changed files with 15 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ endif()
if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
option(WITH_LINKER_GOLD "Use ld.gold linker which is usually faster than ld.bfd" ON)
mark_as_advanced(WITH_LINKER_GOLD)
option(WITH_LINKER_LLD "Use ld.lld linker which is usually faster than ld.gold" OFF)
mark_as_advanced(WITH_LINKER_LLD)
endif()
if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")

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@ -575,6 +575,19 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
unset(LD_VERSION)
endif()
if(WITH_LINKER_LLD)
execute_process(
COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -fuse-ld=lld -Wl,--version
ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_VARIABLE LD_VERSION)
if("${LD_VERSION}" MATCHES "LLD")
set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=lld")
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=lld")
else()
message(STATUS "LLD linker isn't available, using the default system linker.")
endif()
unset(LD_VERSION)
endif()
# CLang is the same as GCC for now.
elseif(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
set(PLATFORM_CFLAGS "-pipe -fPIC -funsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing")