[llvm-dev] [Release-testers] [11.0.0 Release] Please help writing release notes!

Mon Oct 5 04:39:37 PDT 2020

Thanks, added in f80e6d63423008ca24aa5d5d9939d0e35a2d7d02,

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 10:24 AM Yvan Roux <yvan.roux at linaro.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Hans,
>
> I think that for ARM we can add a word on the support of the Machine
> Outliner, maybe something like:
>
> * The Machine Outliner is now supported for ARM and Thumb2, it is not
> turned on by default and can be enabled with the -moutline clang flag
>
> Yvan
>
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 at 09:23, Hans Wennborg via llvm-dev
> <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> >
> > Committed to 11.x as b6efbd6b5f22d0a251d2fba9a5d24ac21760b1cc. Thanks!
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 3:29 AM Lang Hames <lhames at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Hans,
> > >
> > > Apologies if I got here too late, but just in case I didn't here are some JIT release notes for 11.0.0:
> > >
> > > - LLJIT now supports execution of static inits / deinits via the LLJIT::initialize and LLJIT::deinitialize methods
> > > - Static libraries can now be added to a JITDylib using the StaticLibraryDefinitionGenerator class
> > > - A C API has been added for OrcV2 (llvm-project/llvm/include/llvm-c/Orc.h)
> > > - Several OrcV2 example projects have been added to llvm-project/llvm/examples/OrcV2Examples
> > > - Many bug fixes and API improvements
> > >
> > > -- Lang.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 11:19 AM Hans Wennborg via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Thanks! Committed in 158581772fc8f3d6c601ceba14a08285e46cb7e9
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 4:23 PM Ahsan Saghir <saghir.ibm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > Hi Hans,
> > >> >              Here are the PowerPC release notes for 11.0.0:
> > >> >
> > >> > Optimization:
> > >> >
> > >> > Improved Loop Unroll-and-Jam legality checks, allowing it to handle more than two level loop nests
> > >> > Improved Loop Unroll to be able to unroll more loops
> > >> > Implemented an option to allow loop fusion to work on loops with different constant trip counts
> > >> >
> > >> > Codegen:
> > >> >
> > >> > POWER10 support
> > >> >
> > >> > Added PC Relative addressing
> > >> > Added __int128 vector bool support
> > >> >
> > >> > Security enhancement via probe-stack attribute support to protect against stack clash
> > >> > Floating point support enhancements
> > >> >
> > >> > Improved half precision and quad precision support, including GLIBC
> > >> > constrained FP operation support for arithmetic/rounding/max/min
> > >> > cleaning up fast math flags checks in DAGCombine, Legalizer, and Lowering
> > >> >
> > >> > Performance improvements from instruction exploitation, especially for vector permute on LE
> > >> > Scheduling enhancements
> > >> >
> > >> > Added MacroFusion for POWER8
> > >> > Added post-ra heuristics for POWER9
> > >> >
> > >> > Target dependent passes tuning
> > >> >
> > >> > Updated LoopStrengthReduce to use instruction number as first priority
> > >> > Enhanced MachineCombiner to expose more ILP
> > >> >
> > >> > Code quality and maintenance enhancements
> > >> >
> > >> > Enabled more machine verification passes
> > >> > Added ability to parse and emit additional extended mnemonics
> > >> > Numerous bug fixes
> > >> >
> > >> > AIX Support Improvements:
> > >> >
> > >> > Enabled compile and link such that a simple <stdio.h> "Hello World" program works with standard headers
> > >> > Added support for the C calling convention for non-vector code
> > >> > Implemented correct stack frame layout for functions
> > >> > In llvm-objdump, added support for relocations, improved selection of symbol labels, and added the --symbol-description option
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks,
> > >> >
> > >> > Regards,
> > >> > Ahsan Saghir.
> > >> >
> > >> > On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 14:00, Hans Wennborg via Release-testers <release-testers at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Hello everyone,
> > >> >>
> > >> >> With the release drawing near, it would be great to get the release
> > >> >> notes into better shape.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> You can see the notes from rc2 online here:
> > >> >> https://prereleases.llvm.org/11.0.0/#rc2
> > >> >>
> > >> >> The release notes are typically the first thing people look at after
> > >> >> the release, so it's a great opportunity to highlight the work that's
> > >> >> been done since the last release.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> If you can think of anything interesting that happened over the last
> > >> >> six months, please consider adding to the notes by sending me a patch,
> > >> >> committing directly to the notes on the release/11.x branch, or just
> > >> >> sending me some text in an email.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Thanks,
> > >> >> Hans
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