Auto merge of #87004 - JamieCunliffe:pgo-gc-sections, r=Mark-Simulacrum

Don't use gc-sections with profile-generate.

When building with profile-generate don't call gc_sections as this can
can sometimes strip out profile data. This missing information in the
prof files can then result in missing functions when using the profile
information.

#78226

r? `@Mark-Simulacrum`

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs

@@ -1934,7 +1934,12 @@ fn add_order_independent_options(
     // Try to strip as much out of the generated object by removing unused
     // sections if possible. See more comments in linker.rs
     if !sess.link_dead_code() {
-        let keep_metadata = crate_type == CrateType::Dylib;
+        // If PGO is enabled sometimes gc_sections will remove the profile data section
+        // as it appears to be unused. This can then cause the PGO profile file to lose
+        // some functions. If we are generating a profile we shouldn't strip those metadata
+        // sections to ensure we have all the data for PGO.
+        let keep_metadata =
+            crate_type == CrateType::Dylib || sess.opts.cg.profile_generate.enabled();
         cmd.gc_sections(keep_metadata);
     }