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[docs] Coverage: document issue with the BFD linker 

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@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ To specify an alternate directory for raw profiles, use
Drawbacks and limitations
=========================
* Prior to version 2.26, the GNU binutils BFD linker is not able link programs
with coverage enabled when the ``--gc-sections`` is enabled. The suggested
workaround is to either upgrade to a newer version of BFD, or to use the Gold
linker.
* Code coverage does not handle unpredictable changes in control flow or stack
unwinding in the presence of exceptions precisely. Consider the following
function: