Add remove_v8base_debug_symbols to GN

Re-introduce the option that makes it possible for us to disable debug-
symbols in v8base.

Change-Id: I24617e157f94f2b469326db04a8b528e2938da27
Reviewed-by: Michael Brüning <michael.bruning@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Allan Sandfeld Jensen <allan.jensen@qt.io>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/chromium/v8/BUILD.gn b/chromium/v8/BUILD.gn
index 4b48f7d6874..d11045fd5da 100644
--- a/chromium/v8/BUILD.gn
+++ b/chromium/v8/BUILD.gn
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ declare_args() {
   # Similar to the ARM hard float ABI but on MIPS.
   v8_use_mips_abi_hardfloat = true
 
+  # If true, doesn't compile debug symbols into v8base reducing the
+  # size of the binary and increasing the speed of gdb.
+  remove_v8base_debug_symbols = false
+
   # Controls the threshold for on-heap/off-heap Typed Arrays.
   v8_typed_array_max_size_in_heap = 64
 
@@ -2627,6 +2631,11 @@ v8_source_set("v8_base") {
     sources += [ "$target_gen_dir/debug-support.cc" ]
     deps += [ ":postmortem-metadata" ]
   }
+
+  if (remove_v8base_debug_symbols) {
+    v8_remove_configs += [ "//build/config/compiler:default_symbols" ]
+    v8_add_configs += [ "//build/config/compiler:no_symbols" ]
+  }
 }
 
 v8_component("v8_libbase") {