diff --git a/src/libcollections/str.rs b/src/libcollections/str.rs
index 9ce1a111cf83a..dcba0be4b17b0 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/str.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/str.rs
@@ -1515,6 +1515,13 @@ impl str {
     /// 'Whitespace' is defined according to the terms of the Unicode Derived
     /// Core Property `White_Space`.
     ///
+    /// # Text directionality
+    ///
+    /// A string is a sequence of bytes. 'Left' in this context means the first
+    /// position of that byte string; for a language like Arabic or Hebrew
+    /// which are 'right to left' rather than 'left to right', this will be
+    /// the _right_ side, not the left.
+    ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// Basic usage:
@@ -1524,6 +1531,16 @@ impl str {
     ///
     /// assert_eq!("Hello\tworld\t", s.trim_left());
     /// ```
+    ///
+    /// Directionality:
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// let s = "  English";
+    /// assert!(Some('E') == s.trim_left().chars().next());
+    ///
+    /// let s = "  עברית";
+    /// assert!(Some('ע') == s.trim_left().chars().next());
+    /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn trim_left(&self) -> &str {
         UnicodeStr::trim_left(self)
@@ -1534,6 +1551,13 @@ impl str {
     /// 'Whitespace' is defined according to the terms of the Unicode Derived
     /// Core Property `White_Space`.
     ///
+    /// # Text directionality
+    ///
+    /// A string is a sequence of bytes. 'Right' in this context means the last
+    /// position of that byte string; for a language like Arabic or Hebrew
+    /// which are 'right to left' rather than 'left to right', this will be
+    /// the _left_ side, not the right.
+    ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// Basic usage:
@@ -1543,6 +1567,16 @@ impl str {
     ///
     /// assert_eq!(" Hello\tworld", s.trim_right());
     /// ```
+    ///
+    /// Directionality:
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// let s = "English  ";
+    /// assert!(Some('h') == s.trim_right().chars().rev().next());
+    ///
+    /// let s = "עברית  ";
+    /// assert!(Some('ת') == s.trim_right().chars().rev().next());
+    /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn trim_right(&self) -> &str {
         UnicodeStr::trim_right(self)
@@ -1588,6 +1622,13 @@ impl str {
     ///
     /// [`char`]: primitive.char.html
     ///
+    /// # Text directionality
+    ///
+    /// A string is a sequence of bytes. 'Left' in this context means the first
+    /// position of that byte string; for a language like Arabic or Hebrew
+    /// which are 'right to left' rather than 'left to right', this will be
+    /// the _right_ side, not the left.
+    ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// Basic usage:
@@ -1612,6 +1653,13 @@ impl str {
     ///
     /// [`char`]: primitive.char.html
     ///
+    /// # Text directionality
+    ///
+    /// A string is a sequence of bytes. 'Right' in this context means the last
+    /// position of that byte string; for a language like Arabic or Hebrew
+    /// which are 'right to left' rather than 'left to right', this will be
+    /// the _left_ side, not the right.
+    ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// Simple patterns:
diff --git a/src/liblibc b/src/liblibc
index af77843345ec6..30f70baa6cc1b 160000
--- a/src/liblibc
+++ b/src/liblibc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit af77843345ec6fc7e51113bfd692138d89024bc0
+Subproject commit 30f70baa6cc1ba3ddebb55b988fafbad0c0cc810
diff --git a/src/llvm b/src/llvm
index 3564439515985..de5c31045dc0f 160000
--- a/src/llvm
+++ b/src/llvm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3564439515985dc1cc0d77057ed00901635a80ad
+Subproject commit de5c31045dc0f6da1f65d02ee640ccf99ba90e7c