Before, use of a function in the static calls table of a Code object
would cause it to be retained. Now, like dispatch table use, we only
retain such functions if there are other uses like dynamic function
lookup that needs the function object or if the
--retain-function-objects flag is enabled.
In most modes, --retain-function-objects is enabled by default.
It is only disabled by default in product mode when
--dwarf-stack-traces is enabled, since otherwise the removed
function objects may be needed for debugging platforms like the
Observatory or when creating symbolic stack traces.
Changes on flutter gallery in release mode:
Default:
arm7: isolate: +6.65%, total: +1.30%
arm8: isolate: +6.67%, total: +1.28%
(The increase is due to changing back to all function objects
being retained as the default when using symbolic stack traces.)
With --no-retain-function-objects:
arm7: isolate: -9.95%, total: -1.73%
arm8: isolate: -10.04%, total: -1.77%
(This measures how much dropping static call function objects
when possible affects the size compared to just dropping
function objects for dispatch table entries when possible.)
Bug: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/41052
Change-Id: I3c834b14b0c58ccfdbaca3f154df536df29c13ef
Cq-Include-Trybots: luci.dart.try:vm-kernel-precomp-linux-release-x64-try,vm-kernel-precomp-linux-product-x64-try
Reviewed-on: https://dart-review.googlesource.com/c/sdk/+/142146
Commit-Queue: Tess Strickland <sstrickl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ryan Macnak <rmacnak@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin Kustermann <kustermann@google.com>
Teagan Strickland
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