#as: --64 #ld: --gc-sections -melf_x86_64 -z start-stop-gc -shared #objdump: --syms -dw .*: +file format elf64-x86-64 SYMBOL TABLE: #... [a-f0-9]+ g xx [a-f0-9]+ \.protected __stop_xx #... [a-f0-9]+ g xx [a-f0-9]+ \.protected __start_xx #... Disassembly of section .text: [a-f0-9]+ : +[a-f0-9]+: 48 8d 05 ([0-9a-f]{2} ){4}[ \t]+lea +0x[a-f0-9]+\(%rip\),%rax[ \t]+# [a-f0-9]+ <__start_xx> +[a-f0-9]+: 48 8d 05 ([0-9a-f]{2} ){4}[ \t]+lea +0x[a-f0-9]+\(%rip\),%rax[ \t]+# [a-f0-9]+ <__stop_xx> #pass