On Sun, 2 Apr 2023 07:00:51 GMT, Julian Waters <jwat...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Currently, Link Time Optimization is only available for Java Virtual Machines > compiled with gcc. Since the Java VM is the most performance critical part of > the Java Platform for obvious reasons, it follows that optimized executables > produced for Windows (as Visual C++ is currently the only compiler available > for Windows as [JDK-8288293](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8288293) is > still under heavy development) would grant a significant performance boost > for Java on Windows as a whole. Flags used for link time optimizations are > set to make compiling with it enabled as fast as possible, to avoid the > pitfall of very long compile times > > Depends on [JDK-8304893](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8304893) being > integrated first, to prove that link time optimization is viable as an option Ah, I was thinking that the tests could be used to verify the build times of the new option, I guess it isn't needed then. It's still the same default of false, it's just that the option now has a new implementation for a new compiler ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13280#issuecomment-1508705873
