Commons do not live in any sections. Their sizes need to be added to total size. This option adds them to total size. In Berkely format, this is shown in bss size. In Sys V format a new row named "*COM*" is added that shows the common totals. Both format will have this added to the grand total if the option is set.
This is similar to GNU size binutils tool.
Do you actually need all this? To test just the common size I don't see you need any asm instruction.