[PATCH] D97510: [AArch64][Docs] Release notes 12.x on outline atomics

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Description for AArch64 -moutline-atomics, -mno-outline-atomics
options added to release notes.


Repository:
  rG LLVM Github Monorepo

https://reviews.llvm.org/D97510

Files:
  clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst


Index: clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
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--- clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
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@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@
 
 - ...
 
+- AArch64 options ``-moutline-atomics``, ``-mno-outline-atomics`` to enable
+  and disable calls to helper functions implementing atomic operations. These
+  out-of-line helpers like '__aarch64_cas8_relax' will detect at runtime
+  AArch64 Large System Extensions (LSE) availability and either use their
+  atomic instructions, or falls back to LL/SC loop. These options do not apply,
+  if compilation target supports LSE. Atomic instruction are used directly in
+  that case. The options behaviour mirrors GCC, the helpers are implemented
+  both in compiler-rt and libgcc.
+
 - -fpch-codegen and -fpch-debuginfo generate shared code and/or debuginfo
   for contents of a precompiled header in a separate object file. This object
   file needs to be linked in, but its contents do not need to be generated


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