[PATCH] D26919: Update document. It is not an overstatement that LLD is 2x faster than gold.

Rui Ueyama via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Mon Nov 21 09:47:29 PST 2016


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LLD is getting faster even though it was very fast from the beginning.
I think it is now fair to say that it is generally about 2x faster than gold.


https://reviews.llvm.org/D26919

Files:
  docs/NewLLD.rst


Index: docs/NewLLD.rst
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--- docs/NewLLD.rst
+++ docs/NewLLD.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 The ELF support is in progress and is able to link large programs
 such as Clang or LLD itself. Unless your program depends on linker scripts,
 you can expect it to be linkable with LLD.
-It is currently about 1.2x to 2x faster than GNU gold linker.
+It is about 2x faster than GNU gold linker.
 We aim to make it a drop-in replacement for the GNU linker.
 
 We expect that FreeBSD is going to be the first large system


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