[Bug ld/21562] Refs to __start_SCN of non-orphan sections affect --gc-sections

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21562

--- Comment #6 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> ---
(In reply to Alexander Monakov from comment #5)
> The patch looks wrong, it appears to ensure that __start_scnfoo is defined.
> The linker manual says it shouldn't get defined (scnfoo is not orphan), and
> therefore scnfoo should be eliminated due to --gc-sections.
> 

I posted a patch to always define referenced __start_SECNAME/__stop_SECNAME:

https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2017-06/msg00105.html

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