When iterating on core library changes or changes in the AOT compiler
many seconds are wasted waiting on gen_kernel/compile_platform to
parse Dart code. This happens because we are running these tools
from sources on prebuilt Dart SDK.
This CL allows SDK developer to opt-in into AOT compiling these
tools by adding `precompile_tools=true` to their DART_GN_ARGS.
AOT compilation is performed using prebuilt SDK - so these
executables do not need to be recompiled if core libraries or
VM changes reducing iteration cycles.
pkg/vm/tool/precompiler2 is tweaked to detect when DART_GN_ARGS
contains `precompile_tools=true` and use precompiled
gen_kernel.exe instead of running it from source.
Using precompiled compile_platform takes vm_platform_strong.dill
build from 20 seconds to 3 seconds.
Using precompiled gen_kernel takes small benchmark build from
~10 seconds to 2 seconds.
TEST=manually tested
Change-Id: Ieec6ad4e1081023d140eb744f0a3cd0c754414ca
Reviewed-on: https://dart-review.googlesource.com/c/sdk/+/367940
Commit-Queue: Slava Egorov <vegorov@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin Kustermann <kustermann@google.com>
Vyacheslav Egorov
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