https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79041
ktkachov at gcc dot gnu.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2017-01-10 CC| |ktkachov at gcc dot gnu.org Known to work| |7.0 Ever confirmed|0 |1 Known to fail| |6.3.1 --- Comment #1 from ktkachov at gcc dot gnu.org --- Confirmed on GCC 6.3.1 This doesn't appear on trunk. Trunk generates a pc-relative load. aarch64-none-elf-objdump -r t.o reloc.o: file format elf64-littleaarch64 RELOCATION RECORDS FOR [.text]: OFFSET TYPE VALUE 0000000000000018 R_AARCH64_CALL26 strcmp 0000000000000038 R_AARCH64_ABS64 .rodata.str1.8 0000000000000040 R_AARCH64_ABS64 .rodata.str1.8+0x0000000000000008