Loading llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +21 −13 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release * Added support for MSVC's ``__vectorcall`` calling convention as ``x86_vectorcallcc``. * ... next change ... .. NOTE If you would like to document a larger change, then you can add a subsection about it right here. You can copy the following boilerplate Loading Loading @@ -302,6 +300,7 @@ object::Binary doesn't own the file buffer It is now just a wrapper, which simplifies using object::Binary with other users of the underlying file. IR in object files is now supported ----------------------------------- Loading @@ -321,7 +320,7 @@ The new implementation is also lazier and has a ``save-temps`` option. Change in the representation of lazy loaded funcs ------------------------------------------------- Lazy loaded functions are now represented is a way that ``isDeclaration`` Lazy loaded functions are now represented in a way that ``isDeclaration`` returns the correct answer even before reading the body. Loading @@ -336,10 +335,11 @@ Python 2.7 is now required This was done to simplify compatibility with python 3. The leak detector has been removed ---------------------------------- In practice tools like asan and valgrind were finding way more bugs than In practice, tools like asan and valgrind were finding way more bugs than the old leak detector, so it was removed. Loading @@ -354,9 +354,10 @@ The syntax of comdats was changed to @g = global i32 0, comdat($c) @c = global i32 0, comdat The version without the parentheses is a syntatic sugar for a comdat with The version without the parentheses is a syntactic sugar for a comdat with the same name as the global. 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ABI ^^^ Loading Loading @@ -449,6 +446,7 @@ few notable ones: has been fixed when the fastcc calling convention is used with 64-bit FPU's and -mno-odd-spreg. LLVMLinux ^^^^^^^^^ Loading @@ -465,6 +463,7 @@ number of kernel patches. See the `LLVMLinux project * Added support for a number of directives used by Linux to the Integrated Assembler. Miscellaneous ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Loading @@ -481,6 +480,7 @@ Miscellaneous is in use and will be removed in LLVM 3.7. These names have never been supported by the GNU Assembler for these ABI's. Changes to the PowerPC Target ----------------------------- Loading @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ There are numerous improvements to the PowerPC target in this release: * LLVM now has a POWER8 instruction scheduling description. * Address Sanitizer (ASAN) support is now fully functional. * AddressSanitizer (ASan) support is now fully functional. * Performance of simple atomic accesses has been greatly improved. Loading @@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ There are numerous improvements to the PowerPC target in this release: * There have been many smaller bug fixes and performance improvements. Changes to the OCaml bindings ----------------------------- Loading @@ -532,12 +533,14 @@ Changes to the OCaml bindings * As usual, many more functions have been exposed to OCaml. Go bindings ----------- * A set of Go bindings based on `gollvm <https://github.com/go-llvm/llvm>`_ was introduced in this release. External Open Source Projects Using LLVM 3.6 ============================================ Loading @@ -545,6 +548,7 @@ An exciting aspect of LLVM is that it is used as an enabling technology for a lot of other language and tools projects. This section lists some of the projects that have already been updated to work with LLVM 3.6. Portable Computing Language (pocl) ---------------------------------- Loading @@ -557,6 +561,7 @@ statically parallelize multiple work-items with the kernel compiler, even in the presence of work-group barriers. This enables static parallelization of the fine-grained static concurrency in the work groups in multiple ways. TTA-based Co-design Environment (TCE) ------------------------------------- Loading @@ -575,11 +580,12 @@ new LLVM-based code generators "on the fly" for the designed processors and loads them in to the compiler backend as runtime libraries to avoid per-target recompilation of larger parts of the compiler chain. Likely ------ `Likely <http://www.liblikely.org>`_ is an embeddable just-in-time Lisp for image recognition and heterogenous computing. Algorithms are just-in-time image recognition and heterogeneous computing. Algorithms are just-in-time compiled using LLVM's MCJIT infrastructure to execute on single or multi-threaded CPUs and potentially OpenCL SPIR or CUDA enabled GPUs. Likely seeks to explore new optimizations for statistical learning Loading @@ -587,6 +593,7 @@ algorithms by moving them from an offline model generation step to the compile-time evaluation of a function (the learning algorithm) with constant arguments (the training data). LDC - the LLVM-based D compiler ------------------------------- Loading @@ -602,6 +609,7 @@ x86/x86_64 systems like Linux, OS X, FreeBSD and Windows and also Linux on PowerPC (32/64 bit). Ports to other architectures like ARM, AArch64 and MIPS64 are underway. LLVMSharp & ClangSharp ---------------------- Loading Loading
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Change in the representation of lazy loaded funcs ------------------------------------------------- Lazy loaded functions are now represented is a way that ``isDeclaration`` Lazy loaded functions are now represented in a way that ``isDeclaration`` returns the correct answer even before reading the body. Loading @@ -336,10 +335,11 @@ Python 2.7 is now required This was done to simplify compatibility with python 3. The leak detector has been removed ---------------------------------- In practice tools like asan and valgrind were finding way more bugs than In practice, tools like asan and valgrind were finding way more bugs than the old leak detector, so it was removed. Loading @@ -354,9 +354,10 @@ The syntax of comdats was changed to @g = global i32 0, comdat($c) @c = global i32 0, comdat The version without the parentheses is a syntatic sugar for a comdat with The version without the parentheses is a syntactic sugar for a comdat with the same name as the global. Added support for Win64 unwind information ------------------------------------------ Loading @@ -369,6 +370,7 @@ to unwind the stack using a standard frame pointer walk on Win64. Instead, users should call ``CaptureStackBackTrace``, or implement equivalent functionality by consulting the unwind tables present in the binary. Diagnostic infrastructure used by lib/Linker and lib/Bitcode ------------------------------------------------------------ Loading Loading @@ -401,12 +403,6 @@ We are expecting to migrate away from gc.root in the 3.8 time frame, but both mechanisms will be supported in 3.7. Changes to the ARM Backend -------------------------- During this release ... Changes to the MIPS Target -------------------------- Loading @@ -417,6 +413,7 @@ compile the Linux kernel for 32-bit targets. Additionally, LLD now supports microMIPS for the O32 ABI on little endian targets, and code generation for microMIPS is almost completely passing the test-suite. ABI ^^^ Loading Loading @@ -449,6 +446,7 @@ few notable ones: has been fixed when the fastcc calling convention is used with 64-bit FPU's and -mno-odd-spreg. LLVMLinux ^^^^^^^^^ Loading @@ -465,6 +463,7 @@ number of kernel patches. See the `LLVMLinux project * Added support for a number of directives used by Linux to the Integrated Assembler. Miscellaneous ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Loading @@ -481,6 +480,7 @@ Miscellaneous is in use and will be removed in LLVM 3.7. These names have never been supported by the GNU Assembler for these ABI's. Changes to the PowerPC Target ----------------------------- Loading @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ There are numerous improvements to the PowerPC target in this release: * LLVM now has a POWER8 instruction scheduling description. * Address Sanitizer (ASAN) support is now fully functional. * AddressSanitizer (ASan) support is now fully functional. * Performance of simple atomic accesses has been greatly improved. Loading @@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ There are numerous improvements to the PowerPC target in this release: * There have been many smaller bug fixes and performance improvements. Changes to the OCaml bindings ----------------------------- Loading @@ -532,12 +533,14 @@ Changes to the OCaml bindings * As usual, many more functions have been exposed to OCaml. Go bindings ----------- * A set of Go bindings based on `gollvm <https://github.com/go-llvm/llvm>`_ was introduced in this release. External Open Source Projects Using LLVM 3.6 ============================================ Loading @@ -545,6 +548,7 @@ An exciting aspect of LLVM is that it is used as an enabling technology for a lot of other language and tools projects. This section lists some of the projects that have already been updated to work with LLVM 3.6. Portable Computing Language (pocl) ---------------------------------- Loading @@ -557,6 +561,7 @@ statically parallelize multiple work-items with the kernel compiler, even in the presence of work-group barriers. This enables static parallelization of the fine-grained static concurrency in the work groups in multiple ways. TTA-based Co-design Environment (TCE) ------------------------------------- Loading @@ -575,11 +580,12 @@ new LLVM-based code generators "on the fly" for the designed processors and loads them in to the compiler backend as runtime libraries to avoid per-target recompilation of larger parts of the compiler chain. Likely ------ `Likely <http://www.liblikely.org>`_ is an embeddable just-in-time Lisp for image recognition and heterogenous computing. Algorithms are just-in-time image recognition and heterogeneous computing. Algorithms are just-in-time compiled using LLVM's MCJIT infrastructure to execute on single or multi-threaded CPUs and potentially OpenCL SPIR or CUDA enabled GPUs. Likely seeks to explore new optimizations for statistical learning Loading @@ -587,6 +593,7 @@ algorithms by moving them from an offline model generation step to the compile-time evaluation of a function (the learning algorithm) with constant arguments (the training data). LDC - the LLVM-based D compiler ------------------------------- Loading @@ -602,6 +609,7 @@ x86/x86_64 systems like Linux, OS X, FreeBSD and Windows and also Linux on PowerPC (32/64 bit). Ports to other architectures like ARM, AArch64 and MIPS64 are underway. LLVMSharp & ClangSharp ---------------------- Loading
