[PULL 56/57] configure: fix performance regression due to PIC objects

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

Because most files in QEMU are grouped into static libraries, Meson conservatively
compiles them with -fPIC.  This is overkill and produces slowdowns up to 20% on
some TCG tests.

As a stopgap measure, use the b_staticpic option to limit the slowdown to
--enable-pie.  https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/7760 will allow
us to use b_staticpic=false and let Meson do the right thing.

Reported-by: Ahmed Karaman <ahmedkrmn@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20200919155639.1045857-1-pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 configure | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3757e48b17..dfecfd6c16 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7849,6 +7849,7 @@ NINJA=${ninja:-$PWD/ninjatool} $meson setup \
         -Dwerror=$(if test "$werror" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \
         -Dstrip=$(if test "$strip_opt" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \
         -Db_pie=$(if test "$pie" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \
+        -Db_staticpic=$(if test "$pie" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \
         -Db_coverage=$(if test "$gcov" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \
 	-Dmalloc=$malloc -Dmalloc_trim=$malloc_trim \
 	-Dcocoa=$cocoa -Dmpath=$mpath -Dsdl=$sdl -Dsdl_image=$sdl_image \
-- 
2.26.2