[llvm] r232677 - Update 3.7 Release Note mentionning the non-optionality of the DataLayout
Mehdi Amini
mehdi.amini at apple.com
Wed Mar 18 15:01:44 PDT 2015
Author: mehdi_amini
Date: Wed Mar 18 17:01:44 2015
New Revision: 232677
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=232677&view=rev
Log:
Update 3.7 Release Note mentionning the non-optionality of the DataLayout
From: Mehdi Amini <mehdi.amini at apple.com>
Modified:
llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst?rev=232677&r1=232676&r2=232677&view=diff
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--- llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst Wed Mar 18 17:01:44 2015
@@ -44,10 +44,14 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in thi
* The minimum required Visual Studio version for building LLVM is now 2013
Update 4.
-* A new documentation page, :doc:`Frontend/PerformanceTips`, contains a
- collection of tips for frontend authors on how to generate IR which LLVM is
+* A new documentation page, :doc:`Frontend/PerformanceTips`, contains a
+ collection of tips for frontend authors on how to generate IR which LLVM is
able to effectively optimize.
+* The DataLayout is no longer optional. All the IR level optimizations expects
+ it to be present and the API has been changed to use a reference instead of
+ a pointer to make it explicit. The Module owns the datalayout and it has to
+ match the one attached to the TargetMachine for generating code.
* ... next change ...
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