https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8188
--- Comment #6 from Tom Tromey <tromey at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I wanted to mention -- I don't particularly care if this attribute goes away or not (assuming it indeed doesn't negatively affect gdb), but I do dispute the idea that DWARF proscribes which attributes may or may not appear. DWARF itself claims to be lenient in the text. Extensions like this are, and should be, commonplace; and readers ought to ignore attributes they do not understand.