https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=67260
--- Comment #18 from Rich Felker <bugdal at aerifal dot cx> --- I thought I fixed at least one occurrence of this when I forward-ported the FDPIC patch, but in any case, if it changed since that patch was first written then there's almost surely a log entry and hopefully a bz explaining the change to &k which might shed some light on the history of this code and why it's done the way it is.