| =========================== |
| lld |release| Release Notes |
| =========================== |
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| .. contents:: |
| :local: |
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| .. only:: PreRelease |
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| .. warning:: |
| These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM |release| release. |
| Release notes for previous releases can be found on |
| `the Download Page <https://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_. |
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| Introduction |
| ============ |
| |
| This document contains the release notes for the lld linker, release |release|. |
| 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 <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_. |
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| Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release |
| ================================================= |
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| ELF Improvements |
| ---------------- |
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| * ``--compress-sections <section-glib>={none,zlib,zstd}[:level]`` is added to compress |
| matched output sections without the ``SHF_ALLOC`` flag. |
| (`#84855 <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/84855>`_) |
| (`#90567 <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/90567>`_) |
| * The default compression level for zlib is now independent of linker |
| optimization level (``Z_BEST_SPEED``). |
| * ``GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_PAUTH`` notes, ``R_AARCH64_AUTH_ABS64`` and |
| ``R_AARCH64_AUTH_RELATIVE`` relocations are now supported. |
| (`#72714 <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/72714>`_) |
| * ``--debug-names`` is added to create a merged ``.debug_names`` index |
| from input ``.debug_names`` sections. Type units are not handled yet. |
| (`#86508 <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/86508>`_) |
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| Breaking changes |
| ---------------- |
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| COFF Improvements |
| ----------------- |
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| MinGW Improvements |
| ------------------ |
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| MachO Improvements |
| ------------------ |
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| WebAssembly Improvements |
| ------------------------ |
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| Fixes |
| ##### |
