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diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/updating-llvm.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/updating-llvm.md index 0de0767b6..81ebbbb40 100644 --- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/updating-llvm.md +++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/updating-llvm.md @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ the branch we're already using. The steps for this are: 1. Make sure the bugfix is in upstream LLVM. 2. Identify the branch that rustc is currently using. The `src/llvm-project` submodule is always pinned to a branch of the - [rust-lang/llvm-project](https://github.com/rust-lang/llvm-project) repository. + [rust-lang/llvm-project repository]. 3. Fork the rust-lang/llvm-project repository 4. Check out the appropriate branch (typically named `rustc/a.b-yyyy-mm-dd`) 5. Cherry-pick the upstream commit onto the branch @@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ Example PRs look like: ## Feature updates -> Note that this information is as of the time of this writing <!-- date: -2021-10 --> (October 2021). The process for updating LLVM changes with +> Note that this information is as of the time of this writing, <!-- +date-check --> October 2021. The process for updating LLVM changes with practically all LLVM updates, so this may be out of date! Unlike bugfixes, updating to pick up a new feature of LLVM typically requires a @@ -146,9 +146,6 @@ easiest to land [`llvm-wrapper`] compatibility as a PR before actually updating interested in trying out the new LLVM can benefit from work you've done to update the C++ bindings. -[rust-lang/llvm-project repository]: https://github.com/rust-lang/llvm-project -[`llvm-wrapper`]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/compiler/rustc_llvm/llvm-wrapper - ### Caveats and gotchas Ideally the above instructions are pretty smooth, but here's some caveats to @@ -161,8 +158,6 @@ keep in mind while going through them: * Creating branches is a privileged operation on GitHub, so you'll need someone with write access to create the branches for you most likely. -[wg-llvm]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/187780-t-compiler.2Fwg-llvm - ## New LLVM Release Updates Updating to a new release of LLVM is very similar to the "feature updates" @@ -172,7 +167,7 @@ section above is generally around branch naming. The sequence of events typically looks like: 1. LLVM announces that its latest release version has branched. This will show - up as a branch in https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project typically named + up as a branch in the [llvm/llvm-project repository] typically named `release/$N.x` where `$N` is the version of LLVM that's being released. 2. We then follow the "feature updates" section above to create a new branch of @@ -192,3 +187,8 @@ typically looks like: to create a new branch in the rust-lang/llvm-project repository, this time with a new date. The commit history should look much cleaner as just a few Rust-specific commits stacked on top of stock LLVM's release branch. + +[rust-lang/llvm-project repository]: https://github.com/rust-lang/llvm-project +[llvm/llvm-project repository]: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project +[`llvm-wrapper`]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/compiler/rustc_llvm/llvm-wrapper +[wg-llvm]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/187780-t-compiler.2Fwg-llvm |