Incremental linking setup for GN Windows build.

Makes chrome.dll on Windows not use incremental linking since the ilk files get too large.

This refactors the incremental linking configuration to make it easier to change the default.

BUG=

Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/1019353004

Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#321585}

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/build/config/win/BUILD.gn b/build/config/win/BUILD.gn
index 3e98c1a..4ca22f7 100644
--- a/build/config/win/BUILD.gn
+++ b/build/config/win/BUILD.gn
@@ -106,11 +106,42 @@ config("windowed") {
 
 # Incremental linking ----------------------------------------------------------
 
+incremental_linking_on_switch = [ "/INCREMENTAL" ]
+incremental_linking_off_switch = [ "/INCREMENTAL:NO" ]
+
+# Applies incremental linking or not depending on the current configuration.
+config("default_incremental_linking") {
+  if (is_debug) {
+    ldflags = incremental_linking_on_switch
+  } else {
+    ldflags = incremental_linking_off_switch
+  }
+}
+
+# Explicitly on or off incremental linking
 config("incremental_linking") {
-  ldflags = [ "/INCREMENTAL" ]
+  ldflags = incremental_linking_on_switch
 }
 config("no_incremental_linking") {
-  ldflags = [ "/INCREMENTAL:NO" ]
+  ldflags = incremental_linking_off_switch
+}
+
+# Some large modules can't handle incremental linking in some situations. This
+# config should be applied to large modules to turn off incremental linking
+# when it won't work.
+config("default_large_module_incremental_linking") {
+  if (!is_debug) {
+    # Default is always off in release build.
+    ldflags = incremental_linking_off_switch
+  } else if ((symbol_level == 0 || symbol_level == 1) &&
+             (current_cpu == "x86" || !is_component_build)) {
+    # When full symbols are on, don't do incremental linking for large modules
+    # on 32-bit or in non-component mode as the toolchain fails due to the size
+    # of the .ilk files.
+    ldflags = incremental_linking_off_switch
+  } else {
+    ldflags = incremental_linking_on_switch
+  }
 }
 
 # Character set ----------------------------------------------------------------