The --randomize-section-padding option randomly inserts padding between input sections using the given seed. It is intended to be used in A/B experiments to determine the average effect of a change on program performance, while controlling for effects such as false sharing in the cache which may introduce measurement bias. For more details, see the RFC: https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-lld-feature-for-controlling-for-code-size-dependent-measurement-bias/83334 Reviewers: smithp35, MaskRay Reviewed By: MaskRay, smithp35 Pull Request: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/117653
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