diff --git a/tests/ui/attributes/positions/link-section.rs b/tests/ui/attributes/positions/link-section.rs
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+//! Checks that `link_section` cannot be used on foreign statics.
+#![crate_type = "lib"]
+
+//@ edition:2024
+//@ check-pass
+// Regression test for <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/136220>.
+unsafe extern "C" {
+    #[unsafe(link_section = "__DATA,__buffer")] //~ WARN attribute cannot be used on foreign statics
+    //~| WARN previously accepted
+    pub static mut a: [u8; 1024];
+}
diff --git a/tests/ui/attributes/positions/link-section.stderr b/tests/ui/attributes/positions/link-section.stderr
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+warning: the `link_section` attribute cannot be used on foreign statics
+  --> $DIR/link-section.rs:8:14
+   |
+LL |     #[unsafe(link_section = "__DATA,__buffer")]
+   |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^
+   |
+   = help: the `link_section` attribute can be applied to functions and statics
+   = warning: this was previously accepted by the compiler but is being phased out; it will become a hard error in a future release!
+   = note: requested on the command line with `-W unused-attributes`
+
+warning: 1 warning emitted
+