> [JDK-8374507](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8374507) forced me to look 
> into debug info sizes again. And I remembered that GCC actually have 
> debug-level support, which can select what kind of diagnostic data is in the 
> debug info. See: 
> https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.5.0/gcc/Debugging-Options.html
> 
> Allowing users to configure the debug level allows two major deviations from 
> the default level (2):
>  level=1: significantly reduce the debug info size, but still allow backtrace 
> reconstruction
>  level=3: add even more debugging info, like macro expansion, into the debug 
> data
> 
> This RFE upstreams the variant the patch that I have been using in 
> builds.shipilev.net binaries: the fastdebug variants there are done with GCC 
> level=1, greatly optimizing the debug binary sizes, while still maintaining 
> the major benefit of debug binaries -- rich crash diagnostics.
> 
> I threw in this option into current GHA builds to conserve more disk space on 
> runners and/or transfers. 
> 
> I am open for bikeshedding on the option name :)

Aleksey Shipilev has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
commit since the last revision:

  --with-debug-info-level

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29056/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29056/files/ebca865c..4971365c

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=29056&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=29056&range=00-01

  Stats: 21 lines in 5 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 21 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29056.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/29056/head:pull/29056

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29056

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