Add guide to add new attributes support in libgccjit

doc/add-attribute.md

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+# Add support for a new function attribute
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+To add support for a new function attribute in libgccjit, you need to do the following steps:
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+ 1. Copy the corresponding function from `c-family/c-attribs.cc` into `jit/dummy-frontend.cc`. For example if you add the `target` attribute, the function name will be `handle_target_attribute`.
+ 2. Copy the corresponding entry from the `c_common_attribute_table` variable in the `c-family/c-attribs.cc` file into the `jit_attribute_table` variable in `jit/dummy-frontend.cc`.
+ 3. Add a new variant in the `gcc_jit_fn_attribute` enum in the `jit/libgccjit.h` file.
+ 4. Add a test to ensure the attribute is correctly applied in `gcc/testsuite/jit.dg/`. Take a look at `gcc/testsuite/jit.dg/test-nonnull.c` if you want an example.
+ 5. Run the example like this (in your `gcc-build` folder): `make check-jit RUNTESTFLAGS="-v -v -v jit.exp=jit.dg/test-nonnull.c"`
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+Once done, you need to update the [gccjit.rs] crate to add the new enum variant in the corresponding enum (`FnAttribute`).
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+Finally, you need to update this repository by calling the relevant API you added in [gccjit.rs].
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+To test it, build `gcc`, run `cargo update -p gccjit` and then you can test the generated output for a given Rust crate.
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+[gccjit.rs]: https://github.com/antoyo/gccjit.rs