https://lore.kernel.org/stable/CACKH++YAtEMYu2nTLUyfmxZoGO37fqogKMDkBpddmNaz5HE6ng@mail.gmail.com/T/#u
https://github.com/rui314/mold/issues/1361
https://bugs.gentoo.org/941070
--- a/src/output-file-unix.cc
+++ b/src/output-file-unix.cc
@@ -19,16 +19,6 @@ template <typename E>
 static int
 open_or_create_file(Context<E> &ctx, std::string path, std::string tmpfile,
                     int perm) {
-  // Reuse an existing file if exists and writable because on Linux,
-  // writing to an existing file is much faster than creating a fresh
-  // file and writing to it.
-  if (ctx.overwrite_output_file && rename(path.c_str(), tmpfile.c_str()) == 0) {
-    i64 fd = ::open(tmpfile.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT, perm);
-    if (fd != -1)
-      return fd;
-    unlink(tmpfile.c_str());
-  }
-
   i64 fd = ::open(tmpfile.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT, perm);
   if (fd == -1)
     Fatal(ctx) << "cannot open " << tmpfile << ": " << errno_string();