[clang] [clang][doc][SYCL] Add SYCL driver and device library release notes to ReleaseNotes.md (PR #211949)
Alexey Bader via cfe-commits
cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri Jul 24 21:04:31 PDT 2026
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@@ -493,6 +493,32 @@ features cannot lower the translation-unit ABI level;
#### Improvements
+- SYCL compilations now default to `-std=c++17` when no explicit language
+ standard is specified. Standards below C++17 are rejected with a diagnostic.
+
+- Clang now assumes the default target for SYCL device compilation is 64-bit
+ SPIR-V and diagnoses if a non-supporting target is specified on the command
+ line. (#GH167358)
+
+- The SYCL runtime shared library has been renamed from `libsycl.so` to
+ `libLLVMSYCL.so` to align with LLVM naming conventions.
+
+- SYCL header include paths are now added automatically for both host and
+ device compilations.
+
+- SYCL runtime library linking is now supported on Windows. When `-fsycl` is
+ specified, Clang automatically adds `/MD` if no explicit CRT flag is present,
+ links the appropriate debug (`LLVMSYCLd.lib`) or release (`LLVMSYCL.lib`)
+ library, and rejects static CRT flags (`/MT`, `/MTd`) with a diagnostic. Use
+ `-nolibsycl` to suppress automatic library linking.
+
+- Fixed `-nolibsycl` being silently ignored on Linux: the SYCL runtime library
+ was unconditionally added to the link line even when the flag was passed.
+
+- SYCL device compilations targeting SPIR-V now automatically link
+ `libclang_rt.builtins.bc` at compile time via `-mlink-builtin-bitcode`.
+ Pass `--no-offloadlib` to opt out.
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bader wrote:
I think the internal option is less important to the clang users than the functionality enabled by the library.
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/211949
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