tmsriram added a comment.

In D92633#2434766 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D92633#2434766>, @MaskRay wrote:

> In D92633#2434714 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D92633#2434714>, @tmsriram wrote:
>
>> Correct me if I am wrong, but I do see that this behavior is touched.  Line 
>> 10 in -fdirect-access-external-data.c :
>>
>> // RUN: %clang -### -c -target aarch64 %s -fpic 
>> -fdirect-access-external-data 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=DIRECT
>>
>> With -fpic, the variable access will go directly and not via GOT.
>
> `clang/test/Driver/fdirect-access-external-data.c` is a driver test which 
> tests how the driver passes options to CC1.



> `clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp` says how the CC1 option affects the 
> dso_local specifier in the LLVM IR output. Currently it is a no op for 
> -fpic/-fPIC.

Great! Sorry I didnt realize this,  this is fine with me now!

> (I have made some tests. It looks like implementing 
> -fno-direct-access-external-data for -fno-pic is not an insurmountable work: 
> ~50 tests)




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