What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version
go version go1.17.5 linux/amd64
go version devel go1.18-9bfe09d78b Mon Dec 13 06:35:06 2021 +0000 linux/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

What did you do?

package main

const N = 2000000000

var x [N+1]byte

var y *[N+1]byte

func main() {
	var a [N+1]byte // okay
	y = &a // main.go:11:4: main.x: symbol too large (2000000001 bytes > 2000000000 bytes)
}

What did you expect to see?

main.go:5:5: main.x: symbol too large (2000000001 bytes > 2000000000 bytes)

What did you see instead?

main.go:11:4: main.x: symbol too large (2000000001 bytes > 2000000000 bytes)