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@@ -5,17 +5,12 @@ LLD 6.0.0 Release Notes
.. contents::
:local:
-.. warning::
- These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 6.0.0 release.
- Release notes for previous releases can be found on
- `the Download Page <http://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_.
-
Introduction
============
-This document contains the release notes for the LLD linker, release 6.0.0.
-Here we describe the status of LLD, including major improvements
-from the previous release. All LLD releases may be downloaded
+This document contains the release notes for the lld linker, release 6.0.0.
+Here we describe the status of lld, including major improvements
+from the previous release. All lld releases may be downloaded
from the `LLVM releases web site <http://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
@@ -24,20 +19,81 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
ELF Improvements
----------------
-* Item 1.
+* A lot of bugs and compatibility issues have been identified and fixed as a
+ result of people using lld 5.0 as a standard system linker. In particular,
+ linker script and version script support has significantly improved that
+ it should be able to handle almost all scripts.
+
+* A mitigation for Spectre v2 has been implemented. If you pass ``-z
+ retpolineplt``, lld uses RET instruction instead of JMP instruction in PLT.
+ The option is available for x86 and x86-64.
+
+* Identical Code Folding (ICF) now de-duplicates .eh_frame entries, so lld now
+ generates slightly smaller outputs than before when you pass ``--icf=all``.
+
+* Analysis for ``--as-needed`` is now done after garbage collection. If garbage
+ collector eliminates all sections that use some library, that library is
+ eliminated from DT_NEEDED tags. Previously, the analysis ran before garbage
+ collection.
+
+* Size of code segment is now always rounded up to page size to make sure that
+ unused bytes at end of code segment is filled with trap instructions (such
+ as INT3) instead of zeros.
+
+* lld is now able to generate Android-style compact dynamic relocation table.
+ You can turn on the feature by passing ``--pack-dyn-relocs=android``.
+
+* Debug information is used in more cases when reporting errors.
+
+* ``--gdb-index`` gets faster than before.
+
+* String merging is now multi-threaded, which makes ``-O2`` faster.
+
+* ``--hash-style=both`` is now default instead of ``--hash-style=sysv`` to
+ match the behavior of recent versions of GNU linkers.
+
+* ARM PLT entries automatically use short or long variants.
+
+* lld can now identify and patch a code sequence that triggers AArch64 errata 843419.
+ Add ``--fix-cortex-a53-843419`` to enable the feature.
+
+* lld can now generate thunks for out of range thunks.
+
+* MIPS port now generates all output dynamic relocations using Elf_Rel format only.
+
+* Added handling of the R_MIPS_26 relocation in case of N32/N64 ABIs and
+ generating proper PLT entries.
+
+* The following options have been added: ``--icf=none`` ``-z muldefs``
+ ``--plugin-opt`` ``--no-eh-frame-hdr`` ``--no-gdb-index``
+ ``--orphan-handling={place,discard,warn,error}``
+ ``--pack-dyn-relocs={none,android}`` ``--no-omagic``
+ ``--no-print-gc-sections`` ``--ignore-function-address-equality`` ``-z
+ retpolineplt`` ``--print-icf-sections`` ``--no-pie``
COFF Improvements
-----------------
* A GNU ld style frontend for the COFF linker has been added for MinGW.
In MinGW environments, the linker is invoked with GNU ld style parameters;
- which LLD previously only supported when used as an ELF linker. When
+ which lld previously only supported when used as an ELF linker. When
a PE/COFF target is chosen, those parameters are rewritten into the
lld-link style parameters and the COFF linker is invoked instead.
* Initial support for the ARM64 architecture has been added.
-MachO Improvements
-------------------
+* New ``--version`` flag.
+
+* Significantly improved support for writing PDB Files.
+
+* New ``--rsp-quoting`` flag, like ``clang-cl``.
+
+* ``/manifestuac:no`` no longer incorrectly disables ``/manifestdependency:``.
+
+* Only write ``.manifest`` files if ``/manifest`` is passed.
+
+WebAssembly Improvements
+------------------------
-* Item 1.
+* Initial version of WebAssembly support has landed. You can invoke the
+ WebAssembly linker by ``wasm-ld``.