Phase 7 + Pool TLS 1.5b stabilization:\n- Add build hygiene (dep tracking, flag consistency, print-flags)\n- Add build.sh + verify_build.sh (unified recipe, freshness check)\n- Quiet verbose logs behind HAKMEM_DEBUG_VERBOSE\n- A/B free safety via HAKMEM_TINY_SAFE_FREE (mincore strict vs boundary)\n- Tweak Tiny header path to reduce noise; Pool TLS free guard optimized\n- Fix mimalloc link retention (--no-as-needed + force symbol)\n- Add docs/BUILD_PHASE7_POOL_TLS.md (cheatsheet)

bench_mi_force.c

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+// bench_mi_force.c
+// Force a reference to a mimalloc symbol so the dynamic linker
+// retains libmimalloc as a NEEDED dependency even with --as-needed.
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#if defined(__cplusplus)
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+// Declaration; actual signature returns const char* in mimalloc.
+const char* mi_version(void);
+#if defined(__cplusplus)
+}
+#endif
+
+// Keep a reachable reference so it isn't optimized out completely.
+static const void* (*volatile mi_ver_ref)(void) = (const void*(*)(void))mi_version;
+
+void hakmem_bench_mi_force_link(void) {
+  // Prevent whole-call optimization away
+  (void)mi_ver_ref;
+}
+