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LLVM linker

• LLD is a linker from the LLVM project that is a drop-in replacement for system linkers and runs much faster than them

Features

• Drop-in replacement for the GNU linkers
• Fast
• Always a cross-linker - supports all targets however it was built
• Link-time optimization (LTO) - supported by default
• Small in size

Adoption

• Default in Android NDK - r22 onwards.
• Default linker in FreeBSD systems

See also

• LLVM Toolchain: [llvm]] ](/AshokBhat/notes/wiki/[llvm-libc) | [lldb]] | [libc++]] ](/AshokBhat/notes/wiki/[[compiler-rt)
• [GNU Toolchain]] : [[gcc]] ](/AshokBhat/notes/wiki/[glibc) | [binutils]] | [libstdc++]] ](/AshokBhat/notes/wiki/[[libgcc)