Document attribute target multiversioning.

Add attribute target multiversioning to the release notes. 
Additionally adds multiversioning support to the attribute
documentation for 'target'.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D41837

llvm-svn: 322043

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 749fd94282a..b29cd0627d0 100644
--- a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ Clang now supports the ...
 Attribute Changes in Clang
 --------------------------
 
+- Clang now supports function multiversioning with attribute 'target' on ELF
+  based x86/x86-64 environments by using indirect functions. This implementation
+  has a few minor limitations over the GCC implementation for the sake of AST
+  sanity, however it is otherwise compatible with existing code using this
+  feature for GCC. Consult the documentation for the target attribute for more
+  information.
 - ...
 
 Windows Support
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
index ecff329c4cc..7922a699a9a 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
@@ -1474,6 +1474,24 @@ for the function.
 Example "subtarget features" from the x86 backend include: "mmx", "sse", "sse4.2",
 "avx", "xop" and largely correspond to the machine specific options handled by
 the front end.
+
+Additionally, this attribute supports function multiversioning for ELF based
+x86/x86-64 targets, which can be used to create multiple implementations of the
+same function that will be resolved at runtime based on the priority of their
+``target`` attribute strings. A function is considered a multiversioned function
+if either two declarations of the function have different ``target`` attribute
+  strings, or if it has a ``target`` attribute string of ``default``.  For
+  example:
+
+  .. code-block:: c++
+  __attribute__((target("arch=atom")))
+  void foo() {} // will be called on 'atom' processors.
+  __attribute__((target("default")))
+  void foo() {} // will be called on any other processors.
+
+All multiversioned functions must contain a ``default`` (fallback)
+implementation, otherwise usages of the function are considered invalid.
+Additionally, a function may not become multiversioned after its first use.
 }];
 }