> 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
Julian Waters has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision: Revert ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13280/files - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13280/files/034acc4f..b6b40622 Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=13280&range=01 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=13280&range=00-01 Stats: 16 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 15 del; 1 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13280.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/13280/head:pull/13280 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13280
