https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99618
--- Comment #11 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- It has never been global. All it needs is the start of the comdat section. And GCC is doing it that way for 9.5 years already.
jakub at gcc dot gnu.org via Gcc-bugs Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:59:11 -0700
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99618
--- Comment #11 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- It has never been global. All it needs is the start of the comdat section. And GCC is doing it that way for 9.5 years already.