Tracking Issue for `-Z llvm-plugins`

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Steps

• Implement the option (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/86267).
• Adjust documentation (see instructions on rustc-dev-guide)
• Stabilization PR (see instructions on rustc-dev-guide)

Unresolved Questions

This option currently only works on targets that use an llvm dylib, which is just x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu. On other targets LLVM is linked statically, and symbols needed by plugins are not visible.

Implementation history

Originally implemented in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/86267.

Start with the rustc-dev-guide documentation and stabilization guides linked in the issue, then review the completed implementation PR #86267 for context on -Z llvm-plugins. Done means the documentation task is completed and the stabilization work has an appropriate PR, while accounting for the unresolved target limitations described here.