[llvm] [BOLT][docs] Add commands to identify BOLT-ed binaries (PR #171458)

[David Spickett via llvm-commits]

https://github.com/DavidSpickett created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/171458

These have been useful to me in the past and I don't see any docs referencing the `bolt_info` note either.

There is a test checking that it is emitted, so I assume it's something we are ok with people looking for.

>From 321c3cef31508b06276b9fd0524724d89200e57f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Spickett <david.spickett at linaro.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 15:39:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [BOLT][docs] Add commands to identify BOLT-ed binaries

These have been useful to me in the past and I don't see
any docs referencing the `bolt_info` note either.

There is a test checking that it is emitted, so I assume
it's something we are ok with people looking for.
---
 bolt/README.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bolt/README.md b/bolt/README.md
index 55f742c5019f5..3544f58e0d580 100644
--- a/bolt/README.md
+++ b/bolt/README.md
@@ -202,6 +202,27 @@ $ merge-fdata *.fdata > combined.fdata
 Use `combined.fdata` for **Step 3** above to generate a universally optimized
 binary.
 
+## Identifying a Binary Modified By BOLT
+
+A binary that has been modified by BOLT will include a `bolt_info` note and may
+have extra sections with `bolt` in their name.
+
+You can use `readelf` to find these:
+```
+$ llvm-readelf -S <your-binary> | grep bolt
+  [11] .bolt.org.eh_frame PROGBITS <...>
+<...>
+  [39] .note.bolt_info   NOTE <...>
+```
+The note can be displayed with:
+```
+$ llvm-readelf -n <your-binary>
+<...>
+Displaying notes found in: .note.bolt_info
+  <...>
+    Version: BOLT revision: <...>
+```
+
 ## License
 
 BOLT is licensed under the [Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions](./LICENSE.TXT).