+#if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__pic__) && !defined(USING_LTO)\r
+//\r
+// Mark all symbol declarations and references as hidden, meaning they will\r
+// not be subject to symbol preemption. This allows the compiler to refer to\r
+// symbols directly using relative references rather than via the GOT, which\r
+// contains absolute symbol addresses that are subject to runtime relocation.\r
+//\r
+// The LTO linker will not emit GOT based relocations when all symbol\r
+// references can be resolved locally, and so there is no need to set the\r
+// pragma in that case (and doing so will cause other issues).\r
+//\r
+#pragma GCC visibility push (hidden)\r
+#endif\r