[PATCH] D111472: [docs] Mention in release notes that we now support 2^32 alignment
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Missed in D110451 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D110451>.
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https://reviews.llvm.org/D111472
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llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
Index: llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
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--- llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
will be removed after LLVM 14. In the meantime, only minimal effort will be
made to maintain the legacy pass manager for the optimization pipeline.
* Max allowed integer type was reduced from 2^24-1 bits to 2^23 bits.
+* Max allowed alignment was increased from 2^29 to 2^32.
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Index: llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
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--- llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
+++ llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@
case, the extra alignment could be observable: for example, code could
assume that the globals are densely packed in their section and try to
iterate over them as an array, alignment padding would break this
-iteration. The maximum alignment is ``1 << 29``.
+iteration. The maximum alignment is ``1 << 32``.
For global variables declarations, as well as definitions that may be
replaced at link time (``linkonce``, ``weak``, ``extern_weak`` and ``common``
@@ -9736,7 +9736,7 @@
the number of elements allocated, otherwise "NumElements" is defaulted
to be one. If a constant alignment is specified, the value result of the
allocation is guaranteed to be aligned to at least that boundary. The
-alignment may not be greater than ``1 << 29``. If not specified, or if
+alignment may not be greater than ``1 << 32``. If not specified, or if
zero, the target can choose to align the allocation on any convenient
boundary compatible with the type.
@@ -9826,7 +9826,7 @@
to ensure that the alignment information is correct. Overestimating the
alignment results in undefined behavior. Underestimating the alignment
may produce less efficient code. An alignment of 1 is always safe. The
-maximum possible alignment is ``1 << 29``. An alignment value higher
+maximum possible alignment is ``1 << 32``. An alignment value higher
than the size of the loaded type implies memory up to the alignment
value bytes can be safely loaded without trapping in the default
address space. Access of the high bytes can interfere with debugging
@@ -9961,7 +9961,7 @@
to ensure that the alignment information is correct. Overestimating the
alignment results in undefined behavior. Underestimating the
alignment may produce less efficient code. An alignment of 1 is always
-safe. The maximum possible alignment is ``1 << 29``. An alignment
+safe. The maximum possible alignment is ``1 << 32``. An alignment
value higher than the size of the stored type implies memory up to the
alignment value bytes can be stored to without trapping in the default
address space. Storing to the higher bytes however may result in data
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