llvm-project/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
Fangrui Song 4a8de2832a [ELF] Add -z pack-relative-relocs
GNU ld 2.38 added -z pack-relative-relocs which is similar to
--pack-dyn-relocs=relr but synthesizes the `GLIBC_ABI_DT_RELR` version
dependency if a shared object named `libc.so.*` has a `GLIBC_2.*` version
dependency.

This is used to implement the (as some glibc folks call) version lockout
mechanism. Add this option, because glibc does not want to support
--pack-dyn-relocs=relr which does not add `GLIBC_ABI_DT_RELR`.
See https://maskray.me/blog/2021-10-31-relative-relocations-and-relr for
detail.

Close https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/53775

Reviewed By: peter.smith

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D120701
2022-03-10 19:54:21 -08:00

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===========================
lld |release| Release Notes
===========================
.. contents::
:local:
.. only:: PreRelease
.. 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>`_.
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/>`_.
Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
=================================================
ELF Improvements
----------------
* ``-z pack-relative-relocs`` is now available to support ``DT_RELR`` for glibc 2.36+.
(`D120701 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D120701>`_)
Breaking changes
----------------
* The GNU ld incompatible ``--no-define-common`` has been removed.
* The obscure ``-dc``/``-dp`` options have been removed.
* ``-d`` is now ignored.
COFF Improvements
-----------------
* Added autodetection of MSVC toolchain, a la clang-cl. Also added /winsysroot
support for explicit specification of MSVC toolchain location.
(`D118070 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D118070>`_)
* ...
MinGW Improvements
------------------
* ...
MachO Improvements
------------------
* Item 1.
WebAssembly Improvements
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