MaskRay added a comment.

In D97446#2587806 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D97446#2587806>, @probinson wrote:

>> GNU ld has a rule "start_/stop_ references from a live input section retain 
>> the associated C identifier name sections",
>
> which LLD may change in the future (D96914 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D96914>).
>
> The phrasing "may change" implies LLD could eliminate the rule; in fact 
> D96914 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D96914> will only add a way to opt-out of 
> the rule.  You can't eliminate the rule entirely without breaking a lot of 
> useful cases.

Reworded this sentence. D96914 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D96914> does add a way 
to opt-out of the rule. In the future (when toolchains are more mature) we may 
try. My internal tests and Linux kernel tests are try to state that we may not 
have many dependent cases.


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