http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51255
--- Comment #5 from Jan Hubicka <hubicka at ucw dot cz> 2012-04-16 13:50:35 UTC --- How common is this construction in practice? Adding a warning or making GCC to imply used attribute is same amount of work - it means teaching GCC about those and possibly others special purpose sections. Or alternatively declare all named sections special purpose and implicitely used. The code is not conforming any standards. In past we started taking away unused variables/functions that also broke asm constructs and required annotations without making an attempt for GCC to parse asm statements. Section names are easier to parse, indeed, but still the situation is very symmetric here. Honza
