[llvm-dev] [help] How to speed up compilation?

Renato Golin via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Tue Oct 18 10:38:21 PDT 2016


On 18 October 2016 at 18:31, Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> If you are doing a debug build and hit swap, the cmake-based Makefiles
> are a lot more aggressive about concurrent jobs. In that case, the
> swapping can make the system a lot slower overall.

Right, I always override the build/link jobs (to N cores / RAM)
because of how ninja trashes the machine. When I run on a build
server, I don't mind much, but on my laptop (or ARM boards)... :)

cheers,
--renato


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