[ELF] Allow SHF_LINK_ORDER and non-SHF_LINK_ORDER to be mixed
Currently, `error: incompatible section flags for .rodata` is reported when we mix SHF_LINK_ORDER and non-SHF_LINK_ORDER sections in an output section. This is overconstrained. This patch allows mixed flags with the requirement that SHF_LINK_ORDER sections must be contiguous. Mixing flags is used by Linux aarch64 (https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/953) .init.data : { ... KEEP(*(__patchable_function_entries)) ... } When the integrated assembler is enabled, clang's -fpatchable-function-entry=N[,M] implementation sets the SHF_LINK_ORDER flag (D72215) to fix a number of garbage collection issues. Strictly speaking, the ELF specification does not require contiguous SHF_LINK_ORDER sections but for many current uses of SHF_LINK_ORDER like .ARM.exidx/__patchable_function_entries there has been a requirement for the sections to be contiguous on top of the requirements of the ELF specification. This patch also imposes one restriction: SHF_LINK_ORDER sections cannot be separated by a symbol assignment or a BYTE command. Not allowing BYTE is a natural extension that a non-SHF_LINK_ORDER cannot be a separator. Symbol assignments can delimiter the contents of SHF_LINK_ORDER sections. Allowing SHF_LINK_ORDER sections across symbol assignments (especially __start_/__stop_) can make things hard to explain. The restriction should not be a problem for practical use cases. Reviewed By: psmith Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D77007
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