Index: cfe/trunk/lib/Driver/MSVCToolChain.cpp =================================================================== --- cfe/trunk/lib/Driver/MSVCToolChain.cpp +++ cfe/trunk/lib/Driver/MSVCToolChain.cpp @@ -408,7 +408,10 @@ SmallString<128> FilePath(PathSegment); llvm::sys::path::append(FilePath, "cl.exe"); - if (llvm::sys::fs::can_execute(FilePath.c_str()) && + // Checking if cl.exe exists is a small optimization over calling + // can_execute, which really only checks for existence but will also do + // extra checks for cl.exe.exe. These add up when walking a long path. + if (llvm::sys::fs::exists(FilePath.c_str()) && !llvm::sys::fs::equivalent(FilePath.c_str(), clangProgramPath)) { // If we found it on the PATH, use it exactly as is with no // modifications.