Default components to static libraries in GN build

chrome/browser/BUILD.gn

 # Copyright 2014 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/chrome_build.gni")
 import("//build/config/crypto.gni")
 import("//build/config/features.gni")
 import("//build/config/ui.gni")
 import("//chrome/common/features.gni")
 import("//media/media_options.gni")
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   # If you want to link gnome-keyring directly (use only for unit tests)
   # ADDITIONALLY add this config on top of ":gnome_keyring". pkg-config is a
   # bit slow, so prefer not to run it again. In practice, gnome-keyring's libs
   # are just itself and common gnome ones we link already, so we can get away
   # with additionally just coding the library name here.
   config("gnome_keyring_direct") {
     libs = [ "gnome-keyring" ]
   }
 }
 
-source_set("browser") {
+# Use a static library here because many test binaries depend on this but don't
+# require many files from it. This makes linking more efficient. However, on
+# x64 official builds the static library will be too large (> 32-bits) so use
+# source sets in that case.
+if (is_mac || (current_cpu == "x64" && is_official_build)) {
+  # TODO(brettw) bug 618797: Remove the mac condition. On Mac making this
+  # target a static_library causes a crash on startup and the browser_tests all
+  # fail. My guess is this is due to a required static initializer not being
+  # brought in.
+  chrome_browser_target_type = "source_set"
+} else {
+  chrome_browser_target_type = "static_library"
+}
+target(chrome_browser_target_type, "browser") {
   configs += [
     "//build/config/compiler:wexit_time_destructors",
     "//build/config:precompiled_headers",
     "//third_party/WebKit/public:debug_devtools",
   ]
   defines = []
   sources = []
   libs = []
   ldflags = []
 
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     args = rebase_path(sources, root_build_dir) +
            rebase_path(outputs, root_build_dir)
   }
 } else {
   group("chrome_internal_resources_gen") {
     # Empty placeholder.
   }
 }
 
 # In GYP this is part of test_support_common.
-source_set("test_support") {
+#
+# Use a static library here because many test binaries depend on this but don't
+# require many files from it. This makes linking more efficient.
+static_library("test_support") {
   testonly = true
 
   # Always include this via the main test support target.
   visibility = [ "//chrome/test:test_support" ]
 
   sources = [
     "browsing_data/mock_browsing_data_appcache_helper.cc",
     "browsing_data/mock_browsing_data_appcache_helper.h",
     "browsing_data/mock_browsing_data_cache_storage_helper.cc",
     "browsing_data/mock_browsing_data_cache_storage_helper.h",
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   # linking all of the test support.
   source_set("pepper_cdm_test_constants") {
     testonly = true
     visibility = [ "//chrome/*" ]
     sources = [
       "media/pepper_cdm_test_constants.cc",
       "media/pepper_cdm_test_constants.h",
     ]
   }
 }