[PATCH] lto.inc: introduce LTO_DEFAULT variable to support per-package overrides with Clang

mark.yang
2026-01-30T09:55:09Z

From: "mark.yang" <mark.yang@lge.com>

Currently, LTO variable is set with a toolchain-clang override directly.

This causes priority issues where package-specific overrides (e.g., LTO:pn-perl = "")
are ignored when the Clang toolchain is active, making it difficult to disable LTO
for specific failing recipes.

This patch refactors the logic by introducing an intermediate `LTO_DEFAULT` variable.
- `LTO_DEFAULT` handles the toolchain-specific flags (GCC vs Clang).
- `LTO` is assigned `LTO_DEFAULT` as a default value.

This structure allows `LTO` to be cleanly overridden by recipe-specific overrides
(like `pn-${PN}`) regardless of the active toolchain.

Added a toolchain-gcc override for alsa-lib because -flto-partition=none is not
supported by Clang.

Signed-off-by: mark.yang <mark.yang@lge.com>
---
meta/conf/distro/include/lto.inc | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/lto.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/lto.inc
index 227f0c5c2a1..8752249685a 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/lto.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/lto.inc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ LTO:pn-grub-efi = ""
# Custom LTO flags
# disable partitioning/streaming algorithm since its uses ASM
# constructs not compatible with lto
-LTOEXTRA:pn-alsa-lib = "-flto-partition=none"
+LTOEXTRA:pn-alsa-lib:toolchain-gcc = "-flto-partition=none"

LTOEXTRA ?= ""

@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ LTOEXTRA ?= ""
# -fuse-linker-plugin
# ensures that libraries participate in LTO by supplying intermediate
# code from .a files to linker
-LTO ?= "-flto -ffat-lto-objects -fuse-linker-plugin ${LTOEXTRA}"
+LTO_DEFAULT = "-flto -ffat-lto-objects -fuse-linker-plugin ${LTOEXTRA}"

-LTO:toolchain-clang = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'thin-lto', '-flto=thin ${LTOEXTRA}', '-flto ${LTOEXTRA}', d)}"
+LTO_DEFAULT:toolchain-clang = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'thin-lto', '-flto=thin ${LTOEXTRA}', '-flto ${LTOEXTRA}', d)}"
+
+LTO ?= "${LTO_DEFAULT}"

SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION:append = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'lto', ' ${LTO}', '', d)}"
TARGET_LDFLAGS:append:class-target = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'lto', ' ${LTO}', '', d)}"