https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=67469
--- Comment #1 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> --- It was done on purpose by: commit 130f233477ed03a7bdffb832e7eb9f0a366e0d6b Author: hjl <hjl@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4> Date: Thu Dec 4 19:40:50 2014 +0000 x86-64: Optimize access to globals in PIE with copy reloc