https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119386
--- Comment #34 from Alexander Monakov <amonakov at gcc dot gnu.org> --- We have -mcmodel=kernel already, which is incompatible with -fpic. Ard, where is -fpic in the kernel context coming from? Kernel's top-level Makefile passes -fno-PIE, and arch/x86/Makefile passes -mcmodel=kernel. What is the scenario your r14-811 patch was dealing with?