[NativeAOT-LLVM] Do not force sections for 'ordinary' data

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Closed SingleAccretion closed 2 months ago

SingleAccretion commented 2 months ago

Forcing sections disables the default behavior of -fdata-sections, inhibiting linker GC, and also forces strict alignment packing.

This does not save a lot, due to how the ILC-produced data is structured, but does save a bit: 5K for WasmDebugging, 12K for HelloWasm.

SingleAccretion commented 2 months ago

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