Looking at msmpeg4.s from PR 41567, build with -O2 -fPIC, we see
.LC2: data8 mv_tables#+72 ... addl r14 = @gprel(.LC2), gp We should not have spilled that address to the constant pool. Add -mno-sdata and it gets worse -- LC2 moves from .sdata to the .data.rel.ro section but we *still* use @gprel to address it, and that relocation may well be out of range. -- Summary: [ia64] Inappropriate address spills Product: gcc Version: 4.5.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: target AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: rth at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC target triplet: ia64-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42040