Toolchain+CI: Link LLVM with LLD if available

According to most benchmarks, LLD is faster than GNU ld and the macOS
linker, so let's use it if possible in order to speed up the toolchain
build.
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Daniel Bertalan 2022-01-08 12:59:14 +01:00 committed by Ali Mohammad Pur
parent d21c38a72d
commit 162606f358
2 changed files with 14 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ steps:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-server/server-backports
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ccache e2fsprogs gcc-11 g++-11 libstdc++-11-dev libmpfr-dev libmpc-dev ninja-build qemu-utils qemu-system-i386 unzip
sudo apt-get install ccache e2fsprogs gcc-11 g++-11 libstdc++-11-dev libmpfr-dev libmpc-dev ninja-build qemu-utils qemu-system-i386 unzip lld
displayName: 'Install Dependencies'
- ${{ if eq(parameters.os, 'Linux') }}:

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@ -130,6 +130,18 @@ then
exit 1
fi
link_lld=
buildstep dependencies echo "Checking whether the LLD linker is available..."
if ${CXX:-c++} -o /dev/null -fuse-ld=lld -xc - >/dev/null 2>/dev/null << 'PROGRAM'
int main() {}
PROGRAM
then
link_lld=1
buildstep dependencies echo "Using LLD for linking LLVM."
else
buildstep dependencies echo "LLD not found. Using the default linker."
fi
# === CHECK CACHE AND REUSE ===
pushd "$DIR"
@ -254,6 +266,7 @@ pushd "$DIR/Build/clang"
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$PREFIX" \
-DSERENITY_MODULE_PATH="$DIR/CMake" \
-C "$DIR/CMake/LLVMConfig.cmake" \
${link_lld:+"-DLLVM_ENABLE_LLD=ON"} \
${dev:+"-DLLVM_CCACHE_BUILD=ON"} \
${ci:+"-DLLVM_CCACHE_BUILD=ON"} \
${ci:+"-DLLVM_CCACHE_DIR=$LLVM_CCACHE_DIR"} \