It is possible to create new version of symbol instead of depricated one
using combination of version script and asm commands. For example:
__asm__(".symver b_1,b@LIBSAMPLE_1.0"); int b_1() { return 10; } __asm__(".symver b_2,b@@LIBSAMPLE_2.0"); int b_2() { return 20; }
This code makes b_2() to be default implementation for b().
b_1() is used for compatibility with binaries compiled against
library of older version LIBSAMPLE_1.0.
This patch implements support for above functionality in lld.