[PATCH] D75216: [lld][ELF] Add some release notes

[Fangrui Song via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

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Index: lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
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 * Relax MIPS ``jalr``and ``jr`` instructions marked by the ``R_MIPS_JALR``
   relocation.
+* For certain "undefined symbol" errors, a definition with a close spelling will be suggested.
+  (`D67039 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D67039>`_)
+* ``extern "C"`` is suggested if an undefined reference is mangled(unmangled) while there
+  is a likely unmangled(mangled) definition.
+  (`D69592 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D69592>`_ `D69650 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D69650>`_)
+* New ``-z noseparate-code``, ``-z separate-code`` and ``-z separate-loadable-segments``.
+  ``-z noseparate-code`` is the default, which can reduce sizes of linked binaries by up to
+  3 times maxpagesize.
+  (`D64903 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D64903>`_ `D67481 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D67481>`_)
+* ``-z force-bti`` and ``-z pac-plt`` are added for AArch64 Branch Target Identification and Pointer Authentication.
+  (`D62609 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D62609>`_)
+* ``--fix-cortex-a8`` is added to fix erratum 657417.
+  (`D67284 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D67284>`_)
+* ``-z force-ibt`` and ``-z shstk`` are added for Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology.
+  (`D59780 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D59780>`_)
+* ``PT_GNU_PROPERTY`` is added to help loaders locate the ``.note.gnu.property`` section.
+  It may be used by a future Linux kernel.
+  (`D70961 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D70961>`_)
+* For ``--compress-debug-sections=zlib``, ``-O0`` and ``-O1`` enable compression level 1
+  while ``-O2`` enables compression level 6. ``-O1`` (default) is faster than before.
+  (`D70658 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D70658>`_)
+* Range extension thunks with addends are implemented for AArch64, PowerPC32 and PowerPC64.
+  (`D70637 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D70637>`_ `D70937 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D70937>`_
+  `D73424 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D73424>`_)
+* ``R_RISCV_ALIGN`` will be errored because linker relaxation for RISC-V is not supported.
+  Pass ``-mno-relax`` to disable ``R_RISCV_ALIGN``.
+  (`D71820 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D71820>`_)
+* The ARM port will no longer insert interworking thunks for non STT_FUNC symbols.
+  (`D73474 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D73474>`_)
+* The ARM port will no longer interwork via changing a BL to a BLX for non STT_FUNC symbols. A warning will be given if this results in a change from previous LLD releases.
+  (`D73542 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D73542>`_)
+* The quality of PowerPC32 port has been greatly improved (canonical PLT, copy
+  relocations, non-preemptible IFUNC, range extension thunks with addends).
+  It can link FreeBSD 13.0 userland.
+* The PowerPC64 port supports non-preemptible IFUNC.
+  (`D71509 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D71509>`_)
+* lld creates a RO PT_LOAD and a RX PT_LOAD without a linker script.
+  lld creates a unified RX PT_LOAD with a linker script.
+  A future release will eliminate this difference and use a RO PT_LOAD and a RX PT_LOAD by default.
+  The linker script case will require ``--no-rosegment`` to restore the current behavior.
+* GNU style compressed debug sections ``.zdebug`` (obsoleted by ``SHF_COMPRESSED``)
+  are supported for input files, but not for the output.
+  A future release may drop ``.zdebug`` support.
 
-* Reduced size of linked MIPS binaries.
+Breaking changes
+----------------
+
+* ``-Ttext=0`` is no longer supported.
+  See https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44715 for migration information.
+  (`D67325 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D67325>`_)
+* ``-Ttext-segment`` is no longer supported. Its meaning was different from GNU ld's and
+  could cause subtle bugs.
+  (`D70468 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D70468>`_)
 
 COFF Improvements
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