For building v8 using gn on aix_ppc64, linux_s390x and linux_ppc64.

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/chromecast_build.gni")
 import("//build/config/compiler/compiler.gni")
 import("//build/config/nacl/config.gni")
 import("//build/toolchain/cc_wrapper.gni")
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   if (is_win) {
     configs += [ "//build/config/win:compiler" ]
   } else if (is_android) {
     configs += [ "//build/config/android:compiler" ]
   } else if (is_linux) {
     configs += [ "//build/config/linux:compiler" ]
   } else if (is_nacl) {
     configs += [ "//build/config/nacl:compiler" ]
   } else if (is_ios || is_mac) {
     configs += [ "//build/config/mac:compiler" ]
+  } else if (current_os == "aix") {
+    configs += [ "//build/config/aix:compiler" ]
   }
 
   # See the definitions below.
   configs += [
     ":compiler_cpu_abi",
     ":compiler_codegen",
   ]
 
   # In general, Windows is totally different, but all the other builds share
   # some common GCC configuration.
   if (!is_win) {
     # Common GCC compiler flags setup.
     # --------------------------------
-    cflags += [ "-fno-strict-aliasing" ]  # See http://crbug.com/32204
-    cflags_cc += [
-      # Not exporting C++ inline functions can generally be applied anywhere
-      # so we do so here. Normal function visibility is controlled by
-      # //build/config/gcc:symbol_visibility_hidden.
-      "-fvisibility-inlines-hidden",
-    ]
+    if (!is_power_or_z) {

[brettw, 2017/04/26 20:07:42]

Why does this condition exist?

[Dirk Pranke, 2017/04/26 23:32:13]

I believe these flags don't work on the IBM versions of gcc. Perhaps add some
comment to that effect?

[rayb, 2017/04/27 19:29:45]

So for the -fno-strict-aliasing one, I wasn't sure if we needed it as the
justification provided in the gyp files for v8 is  -
"# Some versions of GCC 4.5 seem to need -fno-strict-aliasing.". Also the linked
Issue dates back to 2010 (and mostly talks about chromium-code), so I wasn't
sure if this was still a thing. But by your comment, I am assuming it is still
relevant, so I am adding it back now. (Initially I was aiming for the smallest
subset of flags to get everything built properly on the mentioned platforms, if
that makes sense. And there doesn't seem to be any errors caused by the
exclusion of the flag, at least on the platforms I have been testing on.)

As for the "-fvisibility-inlines-hidden" flag, I can confirm that gcc on AIX
does not have support for the visibility attribute. It was a mistake from my
part to exclude that one from the p/Linux and z/Linux builds though. Thanks for
catching that. Fixed now.

+      cflags += [ "-fno-strict-aliasing" ]  # See http://crbug.com/32204
+      cflags_cc += [
+        # Not exporting C++ inline functions can generally be applied anywhere
+        # so we do so here. Normal function visibility is controlled by
+        # //build/config/gcc:symbol_visibility_hidden.
+        "-fvisibility-inlines-hidden",
+      ]
+    }
 
     # Stack protection.
     if (is_mac) {
       # The strong variant of the stack protector significantly increases
       # binary size, so only enable it in debug mode.
       if (is_debug) {
         cflags += [ "-fstack-protector-strong" ]
       } else {
         cflags += [ "-fstack-protector" ]
       }
     } else if (is_posix && !is_chromeos && !is_nacl) {
       # TODO(phajdan.jr): Use -fstack-protector-strong when our gcc supports it.
       # See also https://crbug.com/533294
       cflags += [ "--param=ssp-buffer-size=4" ]
 
       # The x86 toolchain currently has problems with stack-protector.
       if (is_android && current_cpu == "x86") {
         cflags += [ "-fno-stack-protector" ]
-      } else {
+      } else if (current_os != "aix") {
+        # Not available on aix.
         cflags += [ "-fstack-protector" ]
       }
     }
 
     # Linker warnings.
     if (fatal_linker_warnings && !(is_chromeos && current_cpu == "arm") &&
-        !(is_android && use_order_profiling) && !is_mac && !is_ios) {
+        !(is_android && use_order_profiling) && !is_mac && !is_ios &&
+        current_os != "aix") {
       # TODO(jochen): Enable this on chromeos on arm. http://crbug.com/356580
       # TODO(lizeb,pasko): Fix link errors when linking with order_profiling=1
       # crbug.com/485542
       ldflags += [ "-Wl,--fatal-warnings" ]
     }
   }
 
   # Eliminate build metadata (__DATE__, __TIME__ and __TIMESTAMP__) for
   # deterministic build.  See https://crbug.com/314403
   if (!is_official_build) {
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   # clang-cl (used if is_win) doesn't expose this flag.
   # Currently disabled for nacl since its toolchain lacks this flag (too old).
   # TODO(zforman): Once nacl's toolchain is updated, remove check.
   if (is_clang && is_linux && strip_absolute_paths_from_debug_symbols) {
     absolute_path = rebase_path("//.")
     cflags += [ "-fdebug-prefix-map=$absolute_path=." ]
   }
 
   # C++11 compiler flags setup.
   # ---------------------------
-  if (is_linux || is_android || (is_nacl && is_clang)) {
+  if (is_linux || is_android || (is_nacl && is_clang) || current_os == "aix") {
     # gnu++11 instead of c++11 is needed because some code uses typeof() (a
     # GNU extension).
     # TODO(thakis): Eventually switch this to c++11 instead,
     # http://crbug.com/427584
     cflags_cc += [ "-std=gnu++11" ]
   } else if (!is_win && !is_nacl) {
     # TODO(mcgrathr) - the NaCl GCC toolchain doesn't support either gnu++11
     # or c++11; we technically don't need this toolchain any more, but there
     # are still a few buildbots using it, so until those are turned off
     # we need the !is_nacl clause and the (is_nacl && is_clang) clause, above.
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     }
 
     # In Chromium code, we define __STDC_foo_MACROS in order to get the
     # C99 macros on Mac and Linux.
     defines = [
       "__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS",
       "__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS",
     ]
 
     if (!is_debug && !using_sanitizer &&
-        (!is_linux || !is_clang || is_official_build)) {
+        (!is_linux || !is_clang || is_official_build) && !is_power_or_z) {
       # _FORTIFY_SOURCE isn't really supported by Clang now, see
       # http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=16821.
       # It seems to work fine with Ubuntu 12 headers though, so use it in
       # official builds.
       #
       # Non-chromium code is not guaranteed to compile cleanly with
       # _FORTIFY_SOURCE. Also, fortified build may fail when optimizations are
       # disabled, so only do that for Release build.
       defines += [ "_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" ]
     }
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         "-Wl,--warn-shared-textrel",
       ]
     }
   }
 
   if (is_mac || is_ios) {
     if (symbol_level == 2) {
       # Mac dead code stripping requires symbols.
       common_optimize_on_ldflags += [ "-Wl,-dead_strip" ]
     }
-  } else {
+  } else if (current_os != "aix") {
     # Non-Mac Posix flags.
+    # Aix does not support these.
 
     common_optimize_on_cflags += [
       # Don't emit the GCC version ident directives, they just end up in the
       # .comment section taking up binary size.
       "-fno-ident",
 
       # Put data and code in their own sections, so that unused symbols
       # can be removed at link time with --gc-sections.
       "-fdata-sections",
       "-ffunction-sections",
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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
   }
 }