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diff --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst index 7b7972f3187..494efd4a65e 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst @@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release Makes programs 10x faster by doing Special New Thing. +Noteworthy optimizations +------------------------ + +* LLVM will now remove stores to constant memory (since this is a + contradiction) under the assumption the code in question must be dead. This + has proven to be problematic for some C/C++ code bases which expect to be + able to cast away 'const'. This is (and has always been) undefined + behavior, but up until now had not been actively utilized for optimization + purposes in this exact way. For more information, please see: + `bug 42763 <https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42763>_` and + `post commit discussion <http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20190422/646945.html>_`. + + Changes to the LLVM IR ---------------------- |
