Effectively unlimited linking.

gyp_skia

 #!/usr/bin/python
 
 # Copyright 2011 The Android Open Source Project
 #
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 # This script is a wrapper which invokes gyp with the correct --depth argument,
 # and supports the automatic regeneration of build files if all.gyp is
 # changed (Linux-only).
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   # By default, we build 'most' instead of 'all' or 'everything'. See skia.gyp.
   args.extend(['-Gdefault_target=most'])
 
   # Fail if any files specified in the project are missing
   if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
     gyp_generator_flags = os.getenv(ENVVAR_GYP_GENERATOR_FLAGS, '')
     if not 'msvs_error_on_missing_sources' in gyp_generator_flags:
       os.environ[ENVVAR_GYP_GENERATOR_FLAGS] = (
           gyp_generator_flags + ' msvs_error_on_missing_sources=1')
 
+  # GYP is very conservative about how many concurrent linker calls it allows,
+  # to fit in RAM. We don't need to be nearly as conservative as Chrome.  We'll
+  # just turn that feature off.
+  os.environ['GYP_LINK_CONCURRENCY'] = '9001'
+
   print 'Updating projects from gyp files...'
   sys.stdout.flush()
 
   if '--dry-run' in args:
     args.remove('--dry-run')
     print gyp_source_dir, ' '.join(args)
   else:
     # Off we go...
     sys.exit(gyp.main(args))