serviceability agent : problems when using gcc LTO (link time optimization)
Baesken, Matthias
matthias.baesken at sap.com
Wed Jan 15 16:00:38 UTC 2020
Hello, I used the "normal" linker so I think what
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31688069/requirements-to-use-flto
says is true , one can use also the "normal" linker .
Haven't checked for any performance (or other) improvements when using gold instead .
Best regards, Matthias
> On 2020-01-15 07:29, Volker Simonis wrote:
> > Do you know if newer versions of GCC use the gold linker by default? I
> > remember from some experiments which I did many years ago that gold
> was
> > considerably faster compared to the default ld linker.
>
> The default linker is system configured so it depends on your Linux
> distro. The devkits generated by the current devkit makefiles configures
> gold as default.
>
> /Erik
>
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