Enable whole-program virtual function optimization in LTO mode.

build/config/compiler/BUILD.gn

 # Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import("//build/config/android/config.gni")
 import("//build/config/chrome_build.gni")
 import("//build/config/compiler/compiler.gni")
 import("//build/config/nacl/config.gni")
 import("//build/toolchain/cc_wrapper.gni")
+import("//build/toolchain/toolchain.gni")
 
 if (current_cpu == "arm") {
   import("//build/config/arm.gni")
 }
 if (current_cpu == "mipsel" || current_cpu == "mips64el") {
   import("//build/config/mips.gni")
 }
 if (is_win) {
   import("//build/config/win/visual_studio_version.gni")
 }
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     cflags_cc += [ "-stdlib=libc++" ]
     ldflags += [ "-stdlib=libc++" ]
     if (!is_component_build && !is_asan) {
       ldflags += [
         "-L",
         rebase_path("//third_party/libc++-static", root_build_dir),
       ]
     }
   }
 
+  # Add flags for link-time optimization. These flags enable
+  # optimizations/transformations that require whole-program visibility at link
+  # time, so they need to be applied to all translation units, and we may end up
+  # with miscompiles if only part of the program is compiled with LTO flags. For
+  # that reason, we cannot allow targets to enable or disable these flags, for
+  # example by disabling the optimize configuration.
+  # TODO(pcc): Make this conditional on is_official_build rather than on gn
+  # flags for specific features.
+  if (!is_debug && (allow_posix_link_time_opt || is_cfi) && !is_nacl) {
+    cflags += [ "-flto" ]
+    ldflags += [ "-flto" ]
+
+    # Apply a lower LTO optimization level as the default is too slow.
+    if (is_linux) {
+      ldflags += [ "-Wl,-plugin-opt,O1" ]
+    } else if (is_mac) {
+      ldflags += [ "-Wl,-mllvm,-O1" ]
+    }
+
+    # Work-around for http://openradar.appspot.com/20356002
+    if (is_mac) {
+      ldflags += [ "-Wl,-all_load" ]
+    }
+
+    # Allows the linker to apply ICF to the LTO object file. Also, when targeting

[brettw, 2016/04/06 06:25:36]

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[pcc1, 2016/04/06 21:42:01]

Done.

+    # ARM, without this flag, LTO produces a .text section that is larger than the
+    # maximum call displacement, preventing the linker from relocating calls
+    # (http://llvm.org/PR22999).
+    if (is_linux) {
+      ldflags += [ "-Wl,-plugin-opt,-function-sections" ]
+    }
+
+    # TODO(pcc): Make these flags work correctly with CFI.
+    if (!is_cfi) {
+      cflags += [
+        "-fwhole-program-vtables",
+
+        # TODO(pcc): Remove this flag once the upstream interface change
+        # (http://reviews.llvm.org/D18635) lands.
+        "-fwhole-program-vtables-blacklist=" +
+            rebase_path("//tools/cfi/blacklist.txt", root_build_dir),
+      ]
+      ldflags += [ "-fwhole-program-vtables" ]
+    }
+  }
+
   # Pass the same C/C++ flags to the objective C/C++ compiler.
   cflags_objc += cflags_c
   cflags_objcc += cflags_cc
 
   # Assign any flags set for the C compiler to asmflags so that they are sent
   # to the assembler. The Windows assembler takes different types of flags
   # so only do so for posix platforms.
   if (is_posix) {
     asmflags += cflags
     asmflags += cflags_c
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   if (symbol_level == 0) {
     configs = [ ":no_symbols" ]
   } else if (symbol_level == 1) {
     configs = [ ":minimal_symbols" ]
   } else if (symbol_level == 2) {
     configs = [ ":symbols" ]
   } else {
     assert(false)
   }
 }