On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:12:06 GMT, Matthias Baesken <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The dead_strip linker option on macOS removes functions and data that are >> unreachable by the entry point or exported symbols. >> Setting it can reduce the size of some binaries we generate quite a lot, for >> example (product build, Xcode 15 is used) : >> (before -> after setting the option) >> >> 1.4M -> 1.1M images/jdk/lib/libfontmanager.dylib >> 264K -> 248K images/jdk/lib/libjavajpeg.dylib >> 152K -> 132K images/jdk/lib/libjli.dylib >> 388K -> 296K images/jdk/lib/liblcms.dylib >> 164K -> 128K images/jdk/lib/libzip.dylib >> >> >> and libjvm : >> >> 20M -> 18M images/jdk/lib/server/libjvm.dylib >> 146M -> 137M images/jdk/lib/server/libjvm.dylib.dSYM > > Matthias Baesken has updated the pull request incrementally with one > additional commit since the last revision: > > Use dead_strip on macOS arrch64 AND x86_64 Looks good, finally. Lots of discussion for such a tiny change... :-) ------------- Marked as reviewed by lucy (Reviewer). PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28319#pullrequestreview-3510772202
