I'm attaching the code which demonstates the bug. If to compile the attached code with: cc -fPIC -S testlib.c
you can see, that symbol "foo" is referenced, but no code with "foo" is generated (even label "foo" is missing in assembler code) (Workaround is to compile with -O flag, with -O code for "foo" is correctly generated) # cc -v Using built-in specs. Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: /var/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1/work/gcc-4.1.1/configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.1 --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/include --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1 --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/man --infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/info --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/include/g++-v4 --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --disable-altivec --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --with-system-zlib --disable-checking --disable-werror --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-multilib --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libgcj --enable-languages=c,c++,objc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1) -- Summary: static inline functions code not generated if -fPIC is used Product: gcc Version: 4.1.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: critical Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: ykar at list dot ru GCC build triplet: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27978