diff --git a/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst --- a/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +++ b/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst @@ -35,8 +35,41 @@ * Relax MIPS ``jalr``and ``jr`` instructions marked by the ``R_MIPS_JALR`` relocation. - -* Reduced size of linked MIPS binaries. +* Alternative spellings are suggested for certain "undefined symbol" errors. + (`D67039 `_) +* New ``-z noseparate-code``, ``-z separate-code`` and ``-z separate-loadable-segments``. + ``-z noseparate-code`` is the default, which can reduce sizes of linked binaries by up to + 3 maxpagesize. + (`D64903 `_ `D67481 `_) +* ``-z force-bti`` and ``-z pac-plt`` are added for AArch64 Branch Target Identification and Pointer Authentication. + (`D62609 `_) +* ``--fix-cortex-a8`` is added to fix erratum 657417. + (`D67284 `_) +* ``-z force-ibt`` and ``-z shstk`` are added for Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology. + (`D59780 `_) +* ``PT_GNU_PROPERTY`` is added to help loaders locate the ``.note.gnu.property`` section. + It may be used by a future Linux kernel. + (`D70961 `_) +* ``-Ttext-segment`` is no longer supported. Its meaning was different from GNU ld's and + could cause subtle bugs. + (`D70468 `_) +* Range extension thunks with addens are implemented for AArch64, PowerPC32 and PowerPC64. + (`D70637 `_ `D70937 `_ + `D73424 `_) +* ``R_RISCV_ALIGN`` will be errored because linker relaxation for RISC-V is not supported. + Pass ``-mno-relax`` to disable ``R_RISCV_ALIGN``. + (`D71820 `_) +* The ARM port will not insert interworking thunks for non STT_FUNC symbols. + (`D73474 `_) +* The quality of PowerPC32 port has been greatly improved (canonical PLT, copy + relocations, non-preemptible IFUNC, range extension thunks with addends). + It can link most of FreeBSD 13.0 userland. +* lld creates a RO PT_LOAD and a RX PT_LOAD without a linker script. + lld creates a unified RX PT_LOAD with a linker script. + A future release will eliminate this difference and use a RO PT_LOAD and a RX PT_LOAD by default. + The linker script case will require ``--no-rosegment`` to restore the current behavior. +* GNU style compressed debug sections ``.zdebug`` are supported by input files, but not for the output. + A future release may delete ``.zdebug`` support. COFF Improvements -----------------