https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63888
--- Comment #25 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Eric Christopher from comment #24) > For the record btw, I don't believe there's a reason why the linker couldn't > split up the data section by knowing the size of the variable so it's worth > being very careful here - there be dragons and things could break. We can't for most non-x86 targets where section anchors are being used.