CMake: clean up setting of platform specific linker flags

Set flags directly on the target, and use common function for all cases.
This refactoring helps with the next commit for test executables.

Ref D8714

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -840,11 +840,10 @@ set(CXX_WARNINGS)
 set(C_REMOVE_STRICT_FLAGS)
 set(CXX_REMOVE_STRICT_FLAGS)
 
-# libraries to link the binary with passed to target_link_libraries()
-# known as LLIBS to scons
+# Libraries to link to targets in setup_platform_linker_libs
 set(PLATFORM_LINKLIBS "")
 
-# Added to linker flags in setup_liblinks
+# Added to target linker flags in setup_platform_linker_flags
 # - CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS
 # - CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG
 set(PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS "")

build_files/cmake/Modules/GTestTesting.cmake

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ macro(BLENDER_SRC_GTEST_EX)
     add_definitions(${GLOG_DEFINES})
 
     add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${ARG_SRC} ${MANIFEST})
+    setup_platform_linker_flags(${TARGET_NAME})
     target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC "${TEST_INC}")
     target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} SYSTEM PUBLIC "${TEST_INC_SYS}")
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${ARG_EXTRA_LIBS} ${PLATFORM_LINKLIBS})

build_files/cmake/macros.cmake

@@ -514,33 +514,18 @@ function(SETUP_LIBDIRS)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
-macro(setup_platform_linker_flags)
-  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS}")
-  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_RELEASE}")
-  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_DEBUG}")
-endmacro()
+# Platform specific linker flags for targets.
+function(setup_platform_linker_flags
+  target)
+  set_property(TARGET ${target} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS " ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS}")
+  set_property(TARGET ${target} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS_RELEASE " ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_RELEASE}")
+  set_property(TARGET ${target} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS_DEBUG " ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_DEBUG}")
+endfunction()
 
-function(setup_liblinks
+# Platform specific libraries for targets.
+function(setup_platform_linker_libs
   target
   )
-
-  # NOTE: This might look like it affects global scope, accumulating linker flags on every call
-  # to setup_liblinks, but this isn't how CMake works. These flags will only affect current
-  # directory from where the function is called.
-  # This means that setup_liblinks() called for ffmpeg_test will not affect blender, and each
-  # of thsoe targets will have single set of linker flags.
-  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_DEBUG}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_RELEASE}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-
-  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_DEBUG}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_RELEASE}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-
-  set(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-  set(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_DEBUG}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-  set(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_RELEASE}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-
   # jemalloc must be early in the list, to be before pthread (see T57998)
   if(WITH_MEM_JEMALLOC)
     target_link_libraries(${target} ${JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES})

intern/cycles/test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ include_directories(${INC})
 
 cycles_link_directories()
 
-set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS}")
-set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_DEBUG}")
-
 CYCLES_TEST(render_graph_finalize "${ALL_CYCLES_LIBRARIES};bf_intern_numaapi")
 cycles_target_link_libraries(cycles_render_graph_finalize_test)
 CYCLES_TEST(util_aligned_malloc "cycles_util")

source/blender/blenlib/tests/performance/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -26,8 +26,5 @@ set(INC
 setup_libdirs()
 include_directories(${INC})
 
-set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS}")
-set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_DEBUG}")
-
 BLENDER_TEST_PERFORMANCE(BLI_ghash_performance "bf_blenlib")
 BLENDER_TEST_PERFORMANCE(BLI_task_performance "bf_blenlib")

source/blender/blentranslation/msgfmt/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -33,15 +33,12 @@ set(SRC
 setup_libdirs()
 add_cc_flags_custom_test(msgfmt)
 
-if(APPLE)
-  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS}")
-endif()
-
 if(WIN32)
   set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} /nodefaultlib:MSVCRT.lib")
 endif()
 
 add_executable(msgfmt ${SRC})
+setup_platform_linker_flags(msgfmt)
 
 target_link_libraries(msgfmt bf_blenlib)
 target_link_libraries(msgfmt bf_intern_guardedalloc)

source/blender/datatoc/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if(NOT WITH_HEADLESS)
   set(SRC
     datatoc_icon.c
   )
-  setup_platform_linker_flags()
+  setup_platform_linker_flags(datatoc)
   if(WIN32)
     include_directories(
       ../blenlib

source/blender/makesdna/intern/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ endif()
 # SRC_DNA_INC is defined in the parent dir
 
 add_cc_flags_custom_test(makesdna)
-setup_platform_linker_flags()
 
 add_executable(makesdna ${SRC} ${SRC_DNA_INC})
+setup_platform_linker_flags(makesdna)
 
 if(WIN32 AND NOT UNIX)
   target_link_libraries(makesdna ${PTHREADS_LIBRARIES})

source/blender/makesrna/intern/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ blender_include_dirs(
 )
 
 add_cc_flags_custom_test(makesrna)
-setup_platform_linker_flags()
 
 add_executable(makesrna ${SRC} ${SRC_RNA_INC} ${SRC_DNA_INC})
+setup_platform_linker_flags(makesrna)
 
 target_link_libraries(makesrna bf_dna)
 target_link_libraries(makesrna bf_dna_blenlib)

source/creator/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -256,13 +256,7 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON_MODULE)
   )
 
   if(APPLE)
-    set_target_properties(
-      blender
-      PROPERTIES
-        MACOSX_BUNDLE TRUE
-        LINK_FLAGS_RELEASE "${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS}"
-        LINK_FLAGS_DEBUG "${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS_DEBUG}"
-    )
+    set_target_properties(blender PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE TRUE)
   endif()
 
   if(WIN32)
@@ -1127,7 +1121,8 @@ add_dependencies(blender makesdna)
 target_link_libraries(blender ${LIB})
 unset(LIB)
 
-setup_liblinks(blender)
+setup_platform_linker_flags(blender)
+setup_platform_linker_libs(blender)
 
 if(APPLE)
   set_target_properties(blender PROPERTIES LINK_DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/osx_locals.map)
@@ -1162,9 +1157,9 @@ if(WIN32)
       # CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE. This can be simplified by target_link_options and the $<CONFIG>
       # generator expression in newer cmake (2.13+) but until that time this fill have suffice.
       if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-        set_property(TARGET blender APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS  " /PDBSTRIPPED:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/blender_public.pdb")
+        set_property(TARGET blender APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS  " /PDBSTRIPPED:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/blender_public.pdb")
       else()
-        set_property(TARGET blender APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS  " /PDBSTRIPPED:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/blender_public.pdb")
+        set_property(TARGET blender APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS  " /PDBSTRIPPED:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/blender_public.pdb")
       endif()
   endif()
 endif()

tests/gtests/runner/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ BLENDER_SRC_GTEST_EX(
   EXTRA_LIBS "${TEST_LIBS}"
   SKIP_ADD_TEST
 )
-setup_liblinks(blender_test)
+setup_platform_linker_libs(blender_test)
 
 if(WIN32)
   foreach(_lib ${_test_libs})