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diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index ec7ff1b..17503eb 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -1558,6 +1558,18 @@ default behaviour (of not listing the sections that are removed) can be restored by specifying @samp{--no-print-gc-sections} on the command line. +@kindex --gc-keep-exported +@cindex garbage collection +@item --gc-keep-exported +When @samp{--gc-sections} is enabled, this option prevents garbage +collection of unused input sections that contain global symbols having +default or protected visibility. This option is intended to be used for +executables where unreferenced sections would otherwise be garbage +collected regardless of the external visibility of contained symbols. +Note that this option has no effect when linking shared objects since +it is already the default behaviour. This option is only supported for +ELF format targets. + @kindex --print-output-format @cindex output format @item --print-output-format |