We recently had some XP issues on chromium.win after https://codereview.chromium.org/19384011/.
This might fix it - quote: "The most likely cause of the problem is a gyp (or similar) change that resulted in v8.dll linking against the release version of the crt (for a debug build). There are two MS VC related files: the crt and the c++ std lib (MSVCR100.DLL and MSVCP100D.DLL). The former is set to release, the latter to debug."
I am not entirely sure if this change fits to the linker options for debug level 2.
R=jkummerow@chromium.org
Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/21776002
git-svn-id: http://v8.googlecode.com/svn/branches/bleeding_edge@16026 ce2b1a6d-e550-0410-aec6-3dcde31c8c00
This patch changes the definition of v8_optimized_debug==1 to match the release-mode compiler optimization settings (generally, going from -O1 to -O3 on Linux, similar switches for Mac/Win). This produces a minor speed up on Linux, but significant speedups on Mac and Win. This may make it much harder to debug, though.
It also adds a v8_optimized_debug==2 that, in addition to the compiler optimizations, undef's DEBUG and defines DEBUG. This leaves V8_ENABLE_CHECKS alone (so that the assertions are still enabled), but otherwise basically matches a release mode build.
Builds with v8_optimized_debug==2 roughly match a Release mode build for speed; the V8_ENABLE_CHECKS checks appear to have minimal performance impact (maybe 5-10%, unlike what was previously thought). In addition, switching from the previous optimization settings makes a significant improvement on Mac and Win (50% or more), and switching from DEBUG to NDEBUG makes a significant improvement (another 50% or more).
Note that using v8_optimized_debug==2 may also cause some v8 tests to fail. This is currently is believed to be acceptable.
R=machenbach@chromium.org
BUG=254188
Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/19384011
Patch from Dirk Pranke <dpranke@chromium.org>.
git-svn-id: http://v8.googlecode.com/svn/branches/bleeding_edge@15937 ce2b1a6d-e550-0410-aec6-3dcde31c8c00