👻 Reland of Merge android's use_gold settings with the main use_gold GN arg logic

build/config/compiler/compiler.gni

Index: build/config/compiler/compiler.gni
diff --git a/build/config/compiler/compiler.gni b/build/config/compiler/compiler.gni
index 88ea3d2b0fc1f40866da2785102a49fe880ba317..c2e56e4a5b311594e5f2f69d21bdc05ddc811f79 100644
--- a/build/config/compiler/compiler.gni
+++ b/build/config/compiler/compiler.gni
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import("//build/config/android/config.gni")
 import("//build/config/chrome_build.gni")
 import("//build/config/chromecast_build.gni")
 import("//build/config/sanitizers/sanitizers.gni")
+import("//build/toolchain/toolchain.gni")
 
 declare_args() {
   # How many symbols to include in the build. This affects the performance of
@@ -33,6 +34,15 @@ declare_args() {
   full_wpo_on_official = false
 }
 
+declare_args() {
+  # Whether to use the gold linker from binutils instead of lld or bfd.
+  use_gold = !use_lld &&
+             ((is_linux && (current_cpu == "x64" || current_cpu == "x86" ||
+                            current_cpu == "arm")) ||
+              (is_android && (current_cpu == "x86" || current_cpu == "x64" ||
+                              current_cpu == "arm")))
+}
+
 # If it wasn't manually set, set to an appropriate default.
 assert(symbol_level >= -1 && symbol_level <= 2, "Invalid symbol_level")
 if (symbol_level == -1) {