§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
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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
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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.