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lld {{ release | default("") }} Release Notes

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::::{only} PreRelease

:::{warning} These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM {{ release | default("") }} release. Release notes for previous releases can be found on the Download Page. ::: ::::

Introduction

This document contains the release notes for the lld linker, release {{ release | default("") }}. 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.

Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release

ELF Improvements

Breaking changes

COFF Improvements

MinGW Improvements

MachO Improvements

• __objc_stubs entries are now ordered by the priority of the sections that call them, so that stubs reached from prioritized code are laid out together. This applies whenever section priorities exist, such as with -order_file.

WebAssembly Improvements

• Added support for resolving and merging common data symbols (allocating them into .bss.common in executable/shared module links, or merging them with max size/alignment in relocatable -r links). See https://github.com/WebAssembly/tool-conventions/pull/267

Fixes