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diff --git a/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml index b6f9445373..f47868296a 100644 --- a/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,51 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to HiPE.</p> +<section><title>Hipe 3.18</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Optimize <c>receive</c> statements that are only waiting + for messages containing a reference created before the + receive. All messages that existed in the queue when the + reference was created will be bypassed, as they cannot + possibly contain the reference. This optimization has + existed for vanilla BEAM since OTP R14.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14785 Aux Id: PR-1632 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add validation pass to hipe compiler to detect internal + errors causing primop calls that may trigger an unsafe GC + at run-time. The pass can be disabled with option + <c>no_verify_gcsafe</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14900 Aux Id: PR-1685, PR-1621 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make hipe compiled code work on x86_64 (amd64) with OS + security feature PIE, where executable code can be loaded + into a random location. Old behavior, if hipe was + enabled, was to disable PIE build options for the VM.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14903</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Inline more type test BIFs; <c>is_number</c>, + <c>is_bitstring</c>, <c>is_map</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14941 Aux Id: PR-1718 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Hipe 3.17.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |