https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=106691
--- Comment #3 from Andrew Waterman <andrew at sifive dot com> --- Relaxation to gp happens at link time, and because of the relatively small load/store offsets, the small-data limit is actually useful. I don't think we should turn it off, because when we relax to gp, we get lower instruction count than we'd get with anchors. (But it's obviously a gamble, since we aren't guaranteed to get relaxation, depending on the section size.) I do see that for -fPIC (where gp relaxation isn't enabled) and for large objects, anchors seem to be working.
