[clang] 256914b - [AIX] Update release notes regarding -mxcoff-build-id and the profile runtime

[Wael Yehia via cfe-commits]

Author: Wael Yehia
Date: 2023-03-28T14:53:12Z
New Revision: 256914bf1c13a7f2dc1343b9761cae15b8b37e00

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/256914bf1c13a7f2dc1343b9761cae15b8b37e00
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/256914bf1c13a7f2dc1343b9761cae15b8b37e00.diff

LOG: [AIX] Update release notes regarding -mxcoff-build-id and the profile runtime

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Modified: 
    clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
    llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst

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diff  --git a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 34cfb8e672ef5..aabaab5ca5dc2 100644
--- a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -338,6 +338,11 @@ CUDA Support
 
 AIX Support
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
+- Add an AIX-only link-time option, `-mxcoff-build-id=0xHEXSTRING`, to allow users
+  to embed a hex id in their binary such that it's readable by the program itself.
+  This option is an alternative to the `--build-id=0xHEXSTRING` GNU linker option
+  which is currently not supported by the AIX linker.
+
 
 WebAssembly Support
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

diff  --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 6f78497644479..3791d5116124e 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ Changes to the PowerPC Backend
   RO data section. This option should be used with the ``-fdata-sections``
   option, and is not supported with ``-fno-data-sections``. The option is
   only supported on AIX.
+* On AIX, teach the profile runtime to check for a build-id string; such string
+  can be created by the -mxcoff-build-id option.
 
 Changes to the RISC-V Backend
 -----------------------------