§main.c

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void print_int(int x);

int main(){
    print_int(1);
    return 0;
}
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#include <stdio.h>
void print_int( int x)
{
    printf("the int is %d\n", x);
}
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$ clang -c -flto -O main.c print.c && clang -fuse-ld=gold -flto -O main.o print.o && objdump -d a.out | grep print
...
  4005ed:       e8 de fe ff ff          callq  4004d0 <printf@plt>
$ clang -c -O main.c print.c && clang -O main.o print.o && objdump -d a.out | grep print
...
  400546:       e8 05 00 00 00          callq  400550 <print_int>
...

Since the definition of print_int lives in another translation unit, it’s not inlined without LTO.