#[used(linker)] does not prevent section removal on x86_64-pc-windows-gnu

I tried this code:

#![feature(used_with_arg)]

#[used(linker)]
#[link_section = ".things"]
static HEJ: u32 = 123;

fn main() {
    println!("Hello, world!");
}

I expected to see this happen:
That the .things section is kept in the binary by the linker. This feels like a reasonable expectation since this is the behavior on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

Instead, this happened:
The HEJ variable is kept in the binary but not the .things section.

The command

readpe -S target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/debug/rs-mingw32-test.exe | grep things

gives no output.

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rustc --version --verbose:

rustc 1.91.0-nightly (8e62bfd31 2025-08-12)
binary: rustc
commit-hash: 8e62bfd311791bfd9dca886abdfbab07ec54d8b4
commit-date: 2025-08-12
host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
release: 1.91.0-nightly
LLVM version: 21.1.0

x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc --version:

x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc (GCC) 15.1.0
Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

<backtrace>

Start by reproducing the minimal Rust example on x86_64-pc-windows-gnu and inspecting the output with the reported readpe command. Compare the result with x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu; the work is done when the .things section is retained on Windows as expected.