Previously we emitted 20-byte SHA1 hashes. This is overkill
for identifying debug info records, and has the negative side
effect of making object files bigger and links slower. By
using only the last 8 bytes of a SHA1, we get smaller object
files and ~10% faster links.
This modifies the format of the .debug$H section by adding a new
value for the hash algorithm field, so that the linker will still
work when its object files have an old format.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D46855
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Currently this is an LLVM extension to the COFF spec which is
experimental and intended to speed up linking. For now it is
behind a hidden cl::opt flag, but in the future we can move it
to a "real" cc1 flag and have the driver pass it through whenever
it is appropriate.
The patch to actually make use of this section in lld will come
in a followup.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D40917
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