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    <tr>
        <th>Issue</th>
        <td>
            <a href=https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/133773>133773</a>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <th>Summary</th>
        <td>
            Clang -fpie defaults to -fno-direct-access-external-data
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <th>Labels</th>
      <td>
            clang
      </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <th>Assignees</th>
      <td>
      </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <th>Reporter</th>
      <td>
          artem
      </td>
    </tr>
</table>

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    Godbolt link: https://godbolt.org/z/PorjEM1q1

According to corresponding test's comment, -fpie is expected to emit copy relocations by default: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/ddee8eff9c/clang/test/Driver/fdirect-access-external-data.c#L6

This behaviour is inconsistent with GCC as well.
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