diff --git a/clang/docs/UsersManual.rst b/clang/docs/UsersManual.rst --- a/clang/docs/UsersManual.rst +++ b/clang/docs/UsersManual.rst @@ -843,6 +843,23 @@ option tells Clang to put double-quotes around the entire filename, which is the convention used by NMake and Jom. +.. option:: -femit-dwarf-unwind= + + When to emit DWARF unwind (EH frame) info. This is a Mach-O-specific flag. + + Valid values are: + + * ``no-compact-unwind`` - Only emit DWARF unwind when compact unwind encodings + aren't available. This is the default for AArch64. + * ``always`` - Always emit DWARF unwind regardless. + * ``default`` - Use the platform-specific default (``always`` for all + non-AArch64-platforms). + +``no-compact-unwind`` is a performance optimization -- Clang will emit smaller +object files that are more quickly processed by the linker. This may cause +binary compatibility issues on older x86_64 targets, however, so use it with +caution. + .. _configuration-files: Configuration files