lld 22.0.0git Release Notes¶

Warning

These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 22.0.0git 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 22.0.0git. 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 ¶

--print-gc-sections=<file> prints garbage collection section listing to a file. (#159706)

Breaking changes ¶

COFF Improvements ¶

MinGW Improvements ¶

MachO Improvements ¶

--separate-cstring-literal-sections emits cstring literal sections into sections defined by their section name. (#158720)
--tail-merge-strings enables tail merging of cstring literals. (#161262)

WebAssembly Improvements ¶

Fixes ¶