[lld] [lld][MachO]Multi-threaded i/o. Twice as fast linking a large project. (PR #147134)

John Holdsworth via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Thu Jul 17 14:55:45 PDT 2025


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@@ -282,11 +284,82 @@ static void saveThinArchiveToRepro(ArchiveFile const *file) {
           ": Archive::children failed: " + toString(std::move(e)));
 }
 
-static InputFile *addFile(StringRef path, LoadType loadType,
-                          bool isLazy = false, bool isExplicit = true,
-                          bool isBundleLoader = false,
-                          bool isForceHidden = false) {
-  std::optional<MemoryBufferRef> buffer = readFile(path);
+class DeferredFile {
+public:
+  DeferredFile(StringRef path, bool isLazy, MemoryBufferRef buffer)
+      : path(path), isLazy(isLazy), buffer(buffer) {}
+  StringRef path;
+  bool isLazy;
+  MemoryBufferRef buffer;
+};
+using DeferredFiles = std::vector<DeferredFile>;
+
+// Most input files have been mapped but not yet paged in.
+// This code forces the page-ins on multiple threads so
+// the process is not stalled waiting on disk buffer i/o.
+void multiThreadedPageInBackground(const DeferredFiles &deferred) {
+  static const size_t pageSize = Process::getPageSizeEstimate();
+  static size_t totalBytes = 0;
+  std::atomic_int index = 0;
+
+  parallelFor(0, config->readThreads, [&](size_t I) {
+    while (index < (int)deferred.size()) {
+      const StringRef &buff = deferred[index].buffer.getBuffer();
+      totalBytes += buff.size();
+      index += 1;
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johnno1962 wrote:

I had a run time error trying this. TBH I don't understand std::atomic_int as yet. Let me get back to you.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/147134


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