ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr21964-1a.c

extern int __start___verbose[];
extern int __stop___verbose[];
int
foo1 (void)
{
  static int my_var __attribute__((used, section("__verbose"))) = 5;
  if (__start___verbose == __stop___verbose
      || __start___verbose[0] != 5)
    return -1;
  else
    return 0;
}