[Bug c++/88061] New: section attributes of variable templates are ignored

[henrik-public at gmx dot net]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88061

            Bug ID: 88061
           Summary: section attributes of variable templates are ignored
           Product: gcc
           Version: 7.3.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c++
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: henrik-public at gmx dot net
  Target Milestone: ---

When providing a variable template with a section attribute its instantiations
do not appear in the specified section:

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template<unsigned x>
[[gnu::section(".my_data")]] const unsigned g_my_data {x};

template const unsigned g_my_data<0xf0f0f0f0>;

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$ g++-7 -c main.cpp -o main.o -std=c++14
$ objdump main.o --full-content

  main.o:     Format elf64-x86-64

  Section .group:
   0000 01000000 05000000                    ........        
  Section .rodata._Z9g_my_dataILj4042322160EE:
   0000 f0f0f0f0                             ....            
  Section .comment:
   0000 00474343 3a202855 62756e74 7520372e  .GCC: (Ubuntu 7.
   0010 332e302d 32337562 756e7475 327e3136  3.0-23ubuntu2~16
   0020 2e30342e 796f726b 30292037 2e332e30  .04.york0) 7.3.0
   0030 00                                   .