https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87178
Bug ID: 87178 Summary: Compilation failure when program contains multiple variables allocated in particular section, and at least one variable is C++17 "inline" Product: gcc Version: 9.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: jpmarath at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- This program fails to compile: //-- inline __attribute__((section("foo"))) int xxx; __attribute__((section("foo"))) int yyy; int *p1 = &xxx; int *p2 = &yyy; //-- $g++ -std=c++17 -c m1.cpp <source>:2:37: error: 'yyy' causes a section type conflict with 'xxx' 2 | __attribute__((section("foo"))) int yyy; | ^~~ <source>:1:44: note: 'xxx' was declared here 1 | inline __attribute__((section("foo"))) int xxx; | ^~~ The same program compile fine with clang (checked with clang 6.0)