https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101448
--- Comment #4 from Xinliang <xinliang.liu at linaro dot org> ---
Looking into the relocation code[1] of ld.
I'm very curious why ld can't handle long call here.
[1]:
```
2976 static enum elf_aarch64_stub_type
2977 aarch64_type_of_stub (asection *input_sec,
2978 const Elf_Internal_Rela *rel,
2979 asection *sym_sec,
2980 unsigned char st_type,
2981 bfd_vma destination)
2982 {
2983 bfd_vma location;
2984 bfd_signed_vma branch_offset;
2985 unsigned int r_type;
2986 enum elf_aarch64_stub_type stub_type = aarch64_stub_none;
2987
2988 if (st_type != STT_FUNC
2989 && (sym_sec == input_sec))
2990 return stub_type;
2991
2992 /* Determine where the call point is. */
2993 location = (input_sec->output_offset
2994 + input_sec->output_section->vma + rel->r_offset);
2995
2996 branch_offset = (bfd_signed_vma) (destination - location);
2997
2998 r_type = ELFNN_R_TYPE (rel->r_info);
2999
3000 /* We don't want to redirect any old unconditional jump in this way,
3001 only one which is being used for a sibcall, where it is
3002 acceptable for the IP0 and IP1 registers to be clobbered. */
3003 if ((r_type == AARCH64_R (CALL26) || r_type == AARCH64_R (JUMP26))
3004 && (branch_offset > AARCH64_MAX_FWD_BRANCH_OFFSET
3005 || branch_offset < AARCH64_MAX_BWD_BRANCH_OFFSET))
3006 {
3007 stub_type = aarch64_stub_long_branch;
3008 }
3009
3010 return stub_type;
3011 }
```
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob;f=bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c;h=097a275990f1d350be8f68943093926a5c66157a;hb=07f9ddfeba5b572451471f905473f7ddbba1d472#l2316
FYI, there is a similar bug with the same error msg:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18668
