[llvm-branch-commits] [lld] d3f1f58 - [Docs] Add/update release notes for D71913 (LTO WPD changes)

[Teresa Johnson via llvm-branch-commits]

Author: Teresa Johnson
Date: 2020-09-15T08:51:56-07:00
New Revision: d3f1f588f902a968f102d6cdaf052674efc257aa

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/d3f1f588f902a968f102d6cdaf052674efc257aa
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/d3f1f588f902a968f102d6cdaf052674efc257aa.diff

LOG: [Docs] Add/update release notes for D71913 (LTO WPD changes)

This adds documentation for the options added / changed by D71913, which
enabled aggressive WPD under LTO. The lld release notes already
mentioned it, but I expanded the note.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D86958

Added: 
    

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

Removed: 
    


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diff  --git a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index ee257194d57f..d90b8f182ef9 100644
--- a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ Modified Compiler Flags
 - -mcpu is now supported for RISC-V, and recognises the generic-rv32,
   rocket-rv32, sifive-e31, generic-rv64, rocket-rv64, and sifive-u54 target
   CPUs.
-
+- ``-fwhole-program-vtables`` (along with ``-flto*``) now prepares all classes for possible whole program visibility if specified during the LTO link.
+  (`D71913 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D71913>`_)
 
 New Pragmas in Clang
 --------------------

diff  --git a/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 466a7f707354..880f933e51be 100644
--- a/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ELF Improvements
 
 * ``--lto-emit-asm`` is added to emit assembly output for debugging purposes.
   (`D77231 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D77231>`_)
-* ``--lto-whole-program-visibility`` is added to support LTO whole-program devirtualization.
+* ``--lto-whole-program-visibility`` is added to specify that classes have hidden LTO visibility in LTO and ThinLTO links of source files compiled with ``-fwhole-program-vtables``. See `LTOVisibility <https://clang.llvm.org/docs/LTOVisibility.html>`_ for details.
   (`D71913 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D71913>`_)
 * ``--print-archive-stats=`` is added to print the number of members and the number of fetched members for each archive.
   The feature is similar to GNU gold's ``--print-symbol-counts=``.

diff  --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 0d5e0137bbc4..e87bf3d146f5 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@ Changes to the Debug Info
   passed to the callee. The feature improves the debugging user experience when
   debugging optimized code.
 
+Changes to the Gold Plugin
+--------------------------
+
+* ``--plugin-opt=whole-program-visibility`` is added to specify that classes have hidden LTO visibility in LTO and ThinLTO links of source files compiled with ``-fwhole-program-vtables``. See `LTOVisibility <https://clang.llvm.org/docs/LTOVisibility.html>`_ for details.
+  (`D71913 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D71913>`_)
+
 Changes to the LLVM tools
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