[llvm] [AArch64] Update LangRef to reference GHC calling convention (PR #72760)

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Author: Aiden Grossman (boomanaiden154)

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AArch64 has supported the GHC calling convention for quite a few years at this point (https://reviews.llvm.org/D6877), but the LangRef never got updated noting that this was implemented on AArch64.

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/72760.diff


1 Files Affected:

- (modified) llvm/docs/LangRef.rst (+8-5) 


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diff --git a/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst b/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
index bc1eab1e0b7a07f..886e0c8e6edd7c8 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
@@ -317,13 +317,16 @@ added in the future:
     not be used lightly but only for specific situations such as an
     alternative to the *register pinning* performance technique often
     used when implementing functional programming languages. At the
-    moment only X86 supports this convention and it has the following
-    limitations:
+    moment only X86 and AArch64 support this convention. The following
+    limitations exist:
 
-    -  On *X86-32* only supports up to 4 bit type parameters. No
+    -  On *X86-32* only up to 4 bit type parameters are supported. No
        floating-point types are supported.
-    -  On *X86-64* only supports up to 10 bit type parameters and 6
-       floating-point parameters.
+    -  On *X86-64* only up to 10 bit type parameters and 6
+       floating-point parameters are supported.
+    -  On *AArch64* only up to 4 32-bit floating-point parameters,
+       4 64-bit floating-point parameters, and 10 bit type parameters
+       are supported.
 
     This calling convention supports `tail call
     optimization <CodeGenerator.html#tail-call-optimization>`_ but requires

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/72760


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