[LangRef/DataLayout] Spell out requirements for alignment values

llvm/docs/LangRef.rst

@@ -3109,8 +3109,7 @@ as follows:
 ``S<size>``
     Specifies the natural alignment of the stack in bits. Alignment
     promotion of stack variables is limited to the natural stack
-    alignment to avoid dynamic stack realignment. The stack alignment
-    must be a multiple of 8-bits. If omitted, the natural stack
+    alignment to avoid dynamic stack realignment. If omitted, the natural stack
     alignment defaults to "unspecified", which does not prevent any
     alignment promotions.
 ``P<address space>``
@@ -3136,8 +3135,8 @@ as follows:
     Defaults to the default address space of 0.
 ``p[n]:<size>:<abi>[:<pref>][:<idx>]``
     This specifies the *size* of a pointer and its ``<abi>`` and
-    ``<pref>``\erred alignments for address space ``n``. ``<pref>`` is optional
-    and defaults to ``<abi>``. The fourth parameter ``<idx>`` is the size of the
+    ``<pref>``\erred alignments for address space ``n``.
+    The fourth parameter ``<idx>`` is the size of the
     index that used for address calculation, which must be less than or equal
     to the pointer size. If not
     specified, the default index size is equal to the pointer size. All sizes
@@ -3147,23 +3146,21 @@ as follows:
 ``i<size>:<abi>[:<pref>]``
     This specifies the alignment for an integer type of a given bit
     ``<size>``. The value of ``<size>`` must be in the range [1,2^24).
-    ``<pref>`` is optional and defaults to ``<abi>``.
     For ``i8``, the ``<abi>`` value must equal 8,
     that is, ``i8`` must be naturally aligned.
 ``v<size>:<abi>[:<pref>]``
     This specifies the alignment for a vector type of a given bit
     ``<size>``. The value of ``<size>`` must be in the range [1,2^24).
-    ``<pref>`` is optional and defaults to ``<abi>``.
 ``f<size>:<abi>[:<pref>]``
     This specifies the alignment for a floating-point type of a given bit
     ``<size>``. Only values of ``<size>`` that are supported by the target
     will work. 32 (float) and 64 (double) are supported on all targets; 80
     or 128 (different flavors of long double) are also supported on some
     targets. The value of ``<size>`` must be in the range [1,2^24).
-    ``<pref>`` is optional and defaults to ``<abi>``.
 ``a:<abi>[:<pref>]``
     This specifies the alignment for an object of aggregate type.
-    ``<pref>`` is optional and defaults to ``<abi>``.
+    In addition to the usual requirements for alignment values,
+    the value of ``<abi>`` can also be zero, which means one byte alignment.
 ``F<type><abi>``
     This specifies the alignment for function pointers.
     The options for ``<type>`` are:
@@ -3202,6 +3199,9 @@ as follows:
     as :ref:`Non-Integral Pointer Type <nointptrtype>` s.  The ``0``
     address space cannot be specified as non-integral.
 
+Unless explicitly stated otherwise, on every specification that specifies
+an alignment, the value of the alignment must be in the range [1,2^16)
+and must be a power of two times the width of a byte.
 On every specification that takes a ``<abi>:<pref>``, specifying the
 ``<pref>`` alignment is optional. If omitted, the preceding ``:``
 should be omitted too and ``<pref>`` will be equal to ``<abi>``.