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##### 3.6.4.4 Input Section and Garbage Collection

When link-time garbage collection is in use (‘`--gc-sections`’), it is often useful to mark sections that should not be eliminated. This is accomplished by surrounding an input section's wildcard entry with `KEEP()`, as in `KEEP(*(.init))` or `KEEP(SORT_BY_NAME(*)(.ctors))`.