Use gold and the bundled binutils on x86 by default

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")
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   binutils_path = rebase_path("//third_party/binutils/Linux_x64/Release/bin",
                               root_build_dir)
 
   # Compile in such a way as to make it possible for the profiler to unwind full
   # stack frames. Setting this flag has a large effect on the performance of the
   # generated code than just setting profiling, but gives the profiler more
   # information to analyze.
   # Requires profiling to be set to true.
   enable_full_stack_frames_for_profiling = false
 
-  # TODO(GYP): We should be using 64-bit gold for linking on both 64-bit Linux
-  # and 32-bit linux; 32-bit Gold runs out of address-space on 32-bit builds.
-  # However, something isn't quite working right on the 32-bit builds.
-  use_gold =
-      is_linux && (current_cpu == "x64" || current_cpu == "arm") && !use_lld
+  use_gold = is_linux && (current_cpu == "x64" || current_cpu == "x86" ||
+                          current_cpu == "arm") && !use_lld
 
   # When we are going to use gold we need to find it.
   # This is initialized below, after use_gold might have been overridden.
   gold_path = false
 
   # use_debug_fission: whether to use split DWARF debug info
   # files. This can reduce link time significantly, but is incompatible
   # with some utilities such as icecc and ccache. Requires gold and
   # gcc >= 4.8 or clang.
   # http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/DebugFission
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     #  ldflags += [
     #    "-Wl,--detect-odr-violations",
     #  ]
     #}
   } else if (linux_use_bundled_binutils) {
     # Gold is the default linker for the bundled binutils so we explicitly
     # enable the bfd linker when use_gold is not set.
     ldflags += [ "-fuse-ld=bfd" ]
   }
 
-  if (is_posix && (use_gold || (use_lld && !is_nacl)) && !using_sanitizer &&
-      !(is_android && use_order_profiling)) {
+  if (is_posix &&
+      ((use_gold && current_cpu != "x86") || (use_lld && !is_nacl)) &&
+      !using_sanitizer && !(is_android && use_order_profiling)) {
     ldflags += [ "-Wl,--icf=all" ]
   }
 
   if (linux_use_bundled_binutils) {
     cflags += [ "-B$binutils_path" ]
   }
 
   # Clang-specific compiler flags setup.
   # ------------------------------------
   if (is_clang) {
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 if (is_ios || is_mac) {
   # On Mac and iOS, this enables support for ARC (automatic ref-counting).
   # See http://clang.llvm.org/docs/AutomaticReferenceCounting.html.
   config("enable_arc") {
     common_flags = [ "-fobjc-arc" ]
     cflags_objc = common_flags
     cflags_objcc = common_flags
   }
 }