I think this should fix it. Applying to trunk.
commit 939c2c7101765c2ac83c85871fa38cc2278a2e18 Author: Jason Merrill <ja...@redhat.com> Date: Wed Jul 30 17:19:23 2014 -0400 PR lto/53808 PR c++/61659 * pt.c (push_template_decl_real): Don't set DECL_COMDAT on friends. diff --git a/gcc/cp/pt.c b/gcc/cp/pt.c index 33a8bf4..baabcb1 100644 --- a/gcc/cp/pt.c +++ b/gcc/cp/pt.c @@ -5021,6 +5021,7 @@ template arguments to %qD do not match original template %qD", } if (flag_implicit_templates + && !is_friend && VAR_OR_FUNCTION_DECL_P (decl)) /* Set DECL_COMDAT on template instantiations; if we force them to be emitted by explicit instantiation or -frepo, diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/friend56.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/friend56.C new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7dd5d48 --- /dev/null +++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/friend56.C @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +// Make sure we don't mistakenly mark f as DECL_COMDAT. +// { dg-final { scan-assembler "_Z1fv" } } + +void f(); + +template <class T> struct A +{ + friend void f(); +}; + +A<int> a; + +void f() { }