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diff --git a/cmake/QtFeature.cmake b/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
index 3ade942f17..bca31660b9 100644
--- a/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
@@ -1118,6 +1118,62 @@ function(qt_config_compiler_supports_flag_test name)
set(TEST_${name} "${TEST_${name}}" CACHE INTERNAL "${label}")
endfunction()
+# gcc expects -fuse-ld=mold (no absolute path can be given) (gcc >= 12.1)
+# or an 'ld' symlink to 'mold' in a dir that is passed via -B flag (gcc < 12.1)
+#
+# clang expects -fuse-ld=mold
+# or -fuse-ld=<mold-abs-path>
+# or --ldpath=<mold-abs-path> (clang >= 12)
+# https://github.com/rui314/mold/#how-to-use
+# TODO: In the gcc < 12.1 case, the qt_internal_check_if_linker_is_available(mold) check will
+# always return TRUE because gcc will not error out if it is given a -B flag pointing to an
+# invalid dir, as well as when the the symlink to the linker in the -B dir is not actually
+# a valid linker.
+# It would be nice to handle that case in a better way, but it's not that important
+# given that gcc > 12.1 now supports -fuse-ld=mold
+# NOTE: In comparison to clang, in the gcc < 12.1 case, we pass the full path to where mold is
+# and that is recorded in PlatformCommonInternal's INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS target.
+# Moving such a Qt to a different machine and trying to build another repo won't
+# work because the recorded path will be invalid. This is not a problem with
+# the gcc >= 12.1 case
+function(qt_internal_get_mold_linker_flags out_var)
+ cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 1 arg "ERROR_IF_EMPTY" "" "")
+
+ find_program(QT_INTERNAL_LINKER_MOLD mold)
+
+ set(flag "")
+ if(QT_INTERNAL_LINKER_MOLD)
+ if(GCC)
+ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "12.1")
+ set(flag "-fuse-ld=mold")
+ else()
+ set(mold_linker_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.qt_linker")
+ set(mold_linker_path "${mold_linker_dir}/ld")
+ if(NOT EXISTS "${mold_linker_dir}")
+ file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${mold_linker_dir}")
+ endif()
+ if(NOT EXISTS "${mold_linker_path}")
+ file(CREATE_LINK
+ "${QT_INTERNAL_LINKER_MOLD}"
+ "${mold_linker_path}"
+ SYMBOLIC)
+ endif()
+ set(flag "-B${mold_linker_dir}")
+ endif()
+ elseif(CLANG)
+ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "12")
+ set(flag "--ld-path=mold")
+ else()
+ set(flag "-fuse-ld=mold")
+ endif()
+ endif()
+ endif()
+ if(arg_ERROR_IS_EMPTY AND NOT flag)
+ message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not determine the flags to use the mold linker.")
+ endif()
+ set(${out_var} "${flag}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
function(qt_internal_get_active_linker_flags out_var)
set(flags "")
if(GCC OR CLANG)
@@ -1127,6 +1183,9 @@ function(qt_internal_get_active_linker_flags out_var)
list(APPEND flags "-fuse-ld=bfd")
elseif(QT_FEATURE_use_lld_linker)
list(APPEND flags "-fuse-ld=lld")
+ elseif(QT_FEATURE_use_mold_linker)
+ qt_internal_get_mold_linker_flags(mold_flags ERROR_IF_EMPTY)
+ list(APPEND flags "${mold_flags}")
endif()
endif()
set(${out_var} "${flags}" PARENT_SCOPE)