[llvm] [LLVM] Doc sret only works with void returns (PR #112167)

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/112167.diff


1 Files Affected:

- (modified) llvm/docs/LangRef.rst (+4-2) 


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diff --git a/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst b/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
index 6fa35486669d69..d835ab0d2a93f1 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
@@ -1309,12 +1309,14 @@ Currently, only the following parameter attributes are defined:
     structure that is the return value of the function in the source
     program. This pointer must be guaranteed by the caller to be valid:
     loads and stores to the structure may be assumed by the callee not
-    to trap and to be properly aligned. This is not a valid attribute
-    for return values.
+    to trap and to be properly aligned.
 
     The sret type argument specifies the in memory type, which must be
     the same as the pointee type of the argument.
 
+    A function that accepts an ``sret`` argument must return ``void``.
+    A return value may not be ``sret``.
+
 .. _attr_elementtype:
 
 ``elementtype(<ty>)``

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/112167