https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65886
--- Comment #21 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to Jakub Jelinek from comment #19) > I know it isn't the same. But, IMHO this isn't worth adding another knob > which will be a maintainance nightmare. Performance difference between -fsymbolic -fPIE and -fPIC on PIE is about 2%. X86 and x86-64 Android don't support copy reloc. All executables are compiled as PIE. -fPIE no longer works on Android. Can you explain why -fsymbolic is a maintenance nightmare?