[llvm] e545e11 - [gn build] Use LLD as host linker by default on macOS if clang_base_path is set

[Nico Weber via llvm-commits]

Author: Nico Weber
Date: 2021-10-27T09:44:00-04:00
New Revision: e545e11a9ee428f047833ca48e7e213d831fbad8

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/e545e11a9ee428f047833ca48e7e213d831fbad8
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/e545e11a9ee428f047833ca48e7e213d831fbad8.diff

LOG: [gn build] Use LLD as host linker by default on macOS if clang_base_path is set

lld/mac should be stable enough to use it as host linker. I've been
using `use_lld=true` in my local args.gn for many months now and it
works fine (and links much faster than ld64).

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D112622

Added: 
    

Modified: 
    llvm/utils/gn/build/toolchain/compiler.gni

Removed: 
    


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diff  --git a/llvm/utils/gn/build/toolchain/compiler.gni b/llvm/utils/gn/build/toolchain/compiler.gni
index 572fa22774c5d..28efe991bee86 100644
--- a/llvm/utils/gn/build/toolchain/compiler.gni
+++ b/llvm/utils/gn/build/toolchain/compiler.gni
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ declare_args() {
   is_clang = host_os == "mac" || clang_base_path != ""
 
   # Set this to true to link with LLD instead of the default linker.
-  use_lld = clang_base_path != "" && host_os != "mac"
+  use_lld = clang_base_path != ""
 }