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-2016-12-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2017-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-       PR ld/20925
-       * aoutx.h (aout_link_add_symbols): Replace BFD_ASSERT with return
-       FALSE.
+       * dwarf2.c (lookup_address_in_function_table): Return early if
+       there are no functions in the given comp unit, or if the high
+       address of the last function in the comp unit is less than the
+       desired address.
 
-       PR ld/20924
-       (aout_link_add_symbols): Fix off by one error checking for
-       overflow of string offset.
+2017-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-2016-12-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+       PR binutils/21013
+       * coffgen.c (_bfd_coff_get_external_symbols): Generate an error
+       message if there are too many symbols to load.
 
-       * elf64-ppc.c (struct ppc_link_hash_entry): Delete "was_undefined".
-       (struct ppc_link_hash_table): Delete "twiddled_syms".  Add
-       "need_func_desc_adj".
-       (lookup_fdh): Link direct fdh sym via oh field and set flags.
-       (make_fdh): Make strong and weak undefined function descriptor
-       symbols.
-       (ppc64_elf_merge_symbol): New function.
-       (elf_backend_merge_symbol): Define.
-       (ppc64_elf_archive_symbol_lookup): Don't test undefweak for fake
-       function descriptors.
-       (add_symbol_adjust): Don't twiddle symbols to undefweak.
-       Propagate more ref flags to function descriptor symbol.  Make
-       some function descriptor symbols dynamic.
-       (ppc64_elf_before_check_relocs): Only run add_symbol_adjust for
-       ELFv1.  Set need_func_desc_adj.  Don't fix undefs list.
-       (ppc64_elf_check_relocs): Set non_ir_ref for descriptors.
-       Don't call lookup_fdh here.
-       (ppc64_elf_gc_sections): New function.
-       (bfd_elf64_bfd_gc_sections): Define.
-       (ppc64_elf_gc_mark_hook): Mark descriptor.
-       (func_desc_adjust): Don't make fake function descriptor syms strong
-       here.  Exit earlier on non-dotsyms.  Take note of elf.dynamic
-       flag when deciding whether a dynamic function descriptor might
-       be needed.  Transfer elf.dynamic and set elf.needs_plt.  Move
-       plt regardless of visibility.  Make descriptor dynamic if
-       entry sym is dynamic, not for other cases.
-       (ppc64_elf_func_desc_adjust): Don't run func_desc_adjust if
-       already done.
-       (ppc64_elf_edit_opd): Use oh field rather than lookup_fdh.
-       (ppc64_elf_size_stubs): Likewise.
-       (ppc_build_one_stub): Don't clear was_undefined.  Only set sym
-       undefweak if stub symbol is defined.
-       (undo_symbol_twiddle, ppc64_elf_restore_symbols): Delete.
-       * elf64-ppc.h (ppc64_elf_restore_symbols): Don't declare.
+2017-01-04  James Clarke  <jrtc27@jrtc27.com>
 
-2016-12-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+       * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_relax_opt_call): Don't set tsec_free
+       if relocs are cached.
 
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_hide_symbol): Access hash table as
-       elf_link_hash_table rather than ppc_link_hash_table.
+2017-01-03  Rich Felker  <bugdal@aerifal.cx>
 
-2016-12-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+       PR ld/21017
+       * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_check_relocs): Add an entry
+       for R_MICROBLAZE_GOTOFF_64.
 
-       * elf64-ppc.c (add_symbol_adjust): Delete dead code.
+2017-01-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-2016-12-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+       * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_lookup_uuid_command): Fix compile time
+       warning about using a possibly uninitialised variable.
 
-       * elf64-ppc.c (add_symbol_adjust): Correct order of tests for
-       warning and indirect symbols.
+2017-01-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-2016-12-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+       * elf32-hppa.c (ensure_undef_weak_dynamic): New function.
+       (allocate_plt_static, allocate_dynrelocs): Use it.
 
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_copy_indirect_symbol): Don't copy dynamic
-       flags when direct symbol is versioned_hidden.
+2017-01-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-2016-12-02  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+       * elf-hppa.h (elf_hppa_fake_sections): Set SHF_INFO_LINK for
+       .PARISC.unwind section.
 
-       PR ld/20908
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Check for ELF flavour binaries
-       when following indirect links.
+2017-01-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       PR ld/20909
-       * aoutx.h (aout_link_add_symbols): Fix off-by-one error in check
-       for an illegal string offset.
+       PR ld/20989
+       * elfxx-sparc.c (gdop_relative_offset_ok): New function.
+       (_bfd_sparc_elf_relocate_section): Use it to validate GOT
+       indirect to GOT pointer relative code edit.
 
-2016-12-02  Gary Benson  <gbenson@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Pass offset to
-       elf_parse_notes.
-
-2016-12-02  Josh Conner  <joshconner@google.com>
-
-       * config.bfd: Add support for fuchsia (OS).
-
-2016-12-01  Yury Norov  <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com>
-
-       PR ld/20868
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_tls_relax): Use 32-bit accesses
-       to the GOT when operating in 32-bit mode.
-
-2016-12-01  Ma Jiang  <ma.jiang@zte.com.cn>
-
-       PR ld/16720
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_calculate_relocation): Remove overflow
-       test for HI16 relocs.
-
-2016-12-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/20891
-       * aoutx.h (find_nearest_line): Handle the case where the main file
-       name and the directory name are both empty.
-
-       PR binutils/20892
-       * aoutx.h (find_nearest_line): Handle the case where the function
-       name is empty.
-
-2016-11-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf.c (get_program_header_size): Revert accidental change.
-
-2016-11-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/20886
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_size_stubs): Make rawsize max size seen
-       on any pass past STUB_SHRINK_ITER.
-
-2016-11-28  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_fix_symbol_flags): Hide hidden versioned
-       symbol in executable.
-       (elf_link_output_extsym): Don't change bind from global to
-       local when linking executable.
-
-2016-11-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR ld/20815
-       * elf.c (phdr_sorter): Delete.
-       (assign_file_positions_except_relocs): Do not sort program
-       headers.
-
-2016-11-25  Jon Turney  <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
-
-       PR ld/20193
-       * peXXigen.c (rsrc_process_section): Do not shrink the merged
-       .rsrc section.
-
-2016-11-24  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       PR target/20737
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Bind defined symbol
-       locally in PIE.
-
-2016-11-24  Kuan-Lin Chen  <kuanlinchentw@gmail.com>
-
-       * bfd/elfxx-riscv.c (howto_table): Fix bitsize of R_RISCV_ADD8.
-
-2016-11-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR ld/20815
-       * elf.c (elf_modify_segment_map): Allow empty LOAD segments if
-       they contain the program headers.
-       (_bfd_elf_map_sections_to_segments): If the linker created the
-       PHDR segment then always attempt to include it in a LOAD segment.
-       (assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections): Allow LOAD segments
-       to overlap PHDR segments.
-       (phdr_sorter): New function.  Sorts program headers.
-       (assign_file_positions_except_relocs): Sort the program headers
-       before writing them out.  Issue an error if the PHDR segment is
-       not covered by a LOAD segment, unless the backend allows it.
-       * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data): Add
-       elf_backend_allow_non_load_phdr.
-       * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_allow_non_load_phdr): Provide
-       default definition that returns FALSE.
-       (elfNN_bed): Initialise the elf_backend_allow_non_load_phdr
-       field.
-       * elf64-hppa.c (elf64_hppa_allow_non_load_phdr): New function.
-       Returns TRUE.
-       (elf_backend_allow_non_load_phdr): Define.
-       * elf-m10300.c (_bfd_mn10300_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Do not
-       place the interpreter string into the .interp section if the
-       nointerp flag is set in the link info structure.
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score7.c (score_elf_final_link_relocate): Allow for the
-       _gp symbol not being part of the output.
-
-2016-11-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data): Add dtrel_excludes_plt.
-       * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       (elfNN_bed): Init new field.
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Add and use htab variable.  Handle
-       dtrel_excludes_plt.
-       * elf-m10300.c (_bfd_mn10300_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete
-       DT_RELASZ code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete code
-       subtracting off plt relocs from DT_RELSZ, DT_RELASZ.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-cr16.c (_bfd_cr16_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete
-       DT_RELASZ code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-cris.c (elf_cris_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-hppa.c (elf32_hppa_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       and DT_RELA code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELSZ
-       and DT_REL code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-lm32.c (lm32_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-m68k.c (elf_m68k_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-metag.c (elf_metag_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       and DT_RELA code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete
-       DT_RELASZ and DT_RELA code.  Use ELF htab shortcuts for other
-       dynamic sections.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-mips.c (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-nios2.c (nios2_elf32_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-sparc.c (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-vax.c (elf_vax_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_xtensa_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       and DT_RELA code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf64-sh64.c (sh64_elf64_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete
-       DT_RELASZ code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elfnn-ia64.c (elfNN_ia64_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete DT_RELASZ
-       code.
-       (elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt): Define.
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Delete
-       DT_RELASZ code.
-       * elfxx-sparc.c (sparc_finish_dyn): Delete DT_RELASZ code.
-
-2016-11-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf-m10300.c (mn10300_elf_check_relocs): Use elf htab shortcuts
-       to dynamic sections.
-       (mn10300_elf_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mn10300_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mn10300_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mn10300_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mn10300_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-bfin.c (bfin_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (bfin_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (bfin_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (struct bfinfdpic_elf_link_hash_table): Delete sgot, sgotrel, splt
-       and spltrel.
-       (bfinfdpic_got_section, bfinfdpic_gotrel_section,
-       bfinfdpic_plt_section, bfinfdpic_pltrel_section): Define using elf
-       shortcut sections.
-       (_bfin_create_got_section): Use elf htab shortcuts to dyn sections.
-       Delete dead code.
-       (bfin_finish_dynamic_symbol): Use elf htab shortcuts to dyn sections.
-       (bfin_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cr16.c (_bfd_cr16_elf_create_got_section): Likewise.
-       (cr16_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (cr16_elf_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_cr16_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_cr16_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_cr16_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_cr16_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_cr16_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cris.c (cris_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elf_cris_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_cris_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (cris_elf_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elf_cris_adjust_gotplt_to_got): Likewise.
-       (elf_cris_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (cris_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.  Delete dead code.
-       (elf_cris_size_dynamic_sections): Use elf htab shortcuts to dynamic
-       sections.
-       (elf_cris_discard_excess_program_dynamics): Likewise.
-       * elf32-frv.c (struct frvfdpic_elf_link_hash_table): Delete sgot,
-       sgotrel, splt and spltrel.
-       (frvfdpic_got_section, frvfdpic_gotrel_section,
-       frvfdpic_plt_section, frvfdpic_pltrel_section): Define using elf
-       shortcut sections.
-       (_frv_create_got_section): Likewise.
-       * elf32-hppa.c (struct elf32_hppa_link_hash_table): Delete sgot,
-       srelgot, splt and srelplt.
-       (hppa_build_one_stub): Use elf htab shortcuts to dynamic sections.
-       (elf32_hppa_create_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf32_hppa_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (allocate_plt_static): Likewise.
-       (allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (elf32_hppa_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf32_hppa_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elf32_hppa_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf32_hppa_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i370.c (i370_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-lm32.c (struct elf_lm32_link_hash_table): Delete sgot,
-       sgotplt, srelgot, splt and srelplt.
-       (lm32fdpic_got_section, lm32fdpic_gotrel_section): Define using elf
-       shortcut sections.
-       (create_got_section): Delete.  Use _bfd_elf_create_got_section instead.
-       (lm32_elf_relocate_section): Use elf htab shortcuts to dyn sections.
-       (lm32_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (lm32_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (lm32_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (lm32_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (lm32_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32c.c (m32c_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (m32c_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (m32c_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (m32c_elf_always_size_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32r.c (struct elf_m32r_link_hash_table): Delete sgot,
-       sgotplt, srelgot, splt and srelplt.
-       (create_got_section): Delete.  Use _bfd_elf_create_got_section instead.
-       (m32r_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Use elf htab shortcuts to dynamic
-       sections.
-       (allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (m32r_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (m32r_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (m32r_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (m32r_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (m32r_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68k.c (elf_m68k_partition_multi_got): Likewise.
-       (elf_m68k_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (elf_m68k_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_m68k_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf_m68k_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elf_m68k_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_m68k_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-metag.c (struct elf_metag_link_hash_table): Delete sgot,
-       sgotplt, srelgot, splt and srelplt.
-       (elf_metag_relocate_section): Use elf htab shortcuts to dynamic
-       sections.
-       (elf_metag_create_dynamic_sections): Likewise.  Allocate got header
-       here in .got.
-       (elf_metag_check_relocs): Use elf htab shortcuts to dynamic sections.
-       (allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (elf_metag_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf_metag_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_metag_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf_metag_size_stubs): Likewise.
-       (elf_backend_got_header_size): Don't define.
-       (elf_backend_want_got_plt): Define.
-       * elf32-microblaze.c (struct elf32_mb_link_hash_table): Delete sgot,
-       sgotplt, srelgot, splt and srelpl.
-       (microblaze_elf_relocate_section): Use elf htab shortcuts to dynamic
-       sections.
-       (create_got_section): Delete.  Use _bfd_elf_create_got_section instead.
-       (microblaze_elf_check_relocs): Use elf htab shortcuts to dyn sections.
-       (microblaze_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (microblaze_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (microblaze_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (microblaze_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_link_hash_table_create): Don't NULL
-       already zero fields.
-       (create_got_section): Delete.  Use _bfd_elf_create_got_section instead.
-       (nds32_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Use elf htab shortcuts to dynamic
-       sections.
-       (allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (nds32_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (nds32_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (nds32_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (nds32_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (nds32_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (calculate_plt_memory_address): Likewise.
-       (calculate_got_memory_address): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nds32.h (struct elf_nds32_link_hash_table): Delete sgot,
-       sgotplt, srelgot, splt and srelplt.
-       * elf32-or1k.c (struct elf_or1k_link_hash_table): Likewise.
-       (or1k_elf_relocate_section): Use elf htab shortcuts to dyn sections.
-       (create_got_section): Delete.  Use _bfd_elf_create_got_section instead.
-       (or1k_elf_check_relocs): Use elf htab shortcuts to dynamic sections.
-       (or1k_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (or1k_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (or1k_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (or1k_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (struct ppc_elf_link_hash_table): Delete got, relgot,
-       plt, relplt, iplt, reliplt and sgotplt.
-       (ppc_elf_create_got): Use elf htab shortcuts to dynamic sections.
-       (ppc_elf_create_glink): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_select_plt_layout): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_tls_setup): Likewise.
-       (allocate_got): Likewise.
-       (allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_relax_section): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_reloc_type_class): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-rl78.c (rl78_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (rl78_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (rl78_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (rl78_elf_always_size_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-s390.c  (create_got_section): Delete.
-       (elf_s390_create_dynamic_sections): Use _bfd_elf_create_got_section.
-       (elf_s390_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score.c (score_elf_create_got_section): Set elf shortcuts.
-       (s3_bfd_score_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Use elf shortcuts.
-       * elf32-score7.c (score_elf_create_got_section): As above.
-       (s7_bfd_score_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): As above.
-       * elf32-sh.c (struct elf_sh_link_hash_table): Delete sgot,
-       sgotplt, srelgot, splt and srelplt.
-       (create_got_section): Don't set them.
-       (sh_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Use elf htab shortcuts to dynamic
-       sections.
-       (allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (sh_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (sh_elf_add_rofixup): Likewise.
-       (sh_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (sh_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (sh_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (sh_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-tic6x.c (elf32_tic6x_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       * elf32-tilepro.c (tilepro_elf_create_got_section): Likewise.
-       * elf32-vax.c (elf_vax_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (elf_vax_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_vax_always_size_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf_vax_instantiate_got_entries): Likewise.
-       (elf_vax_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elf_vax_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_vax_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-xstormy16.c (xstormy16_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (xstormy16_elf_always_size_sections): Likewise.
-       (xstormy16_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (xstormy16_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (struct elf_xtensa_link_hash_table): Delete sgot,
-       sgotplt, srelgot, splt and srelplt.
-       (elf_xtensa_create_dynamic_sections): Use elf htab shortcuts to
-       dynamic sections.
-       (elf_xtensa_allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (elf_xtensa_allocate_local_got_size): Likewise.
-       (elf_xtensa_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf_xtensa_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elf_xtensa_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (shrink_dynamic_reloc_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf_xtensa_get_plt_section): Likewise.
-       (elf_xtensa_get_gotplt_section): Likewise.
-       (xtensa_callback_required_dependence): Likewise.
-       * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_create_dynamic_sections): Set elf htab
-       shortcuts to dynamic sections.
-       (elf64_alpha_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Use elf htab shortcuts to
-       dynamic sections.
-       (elf64_alpha_size_plt_section): Likewise.
-       (elf64_alpha_size_rela_got_1): Likewise.
-       (elf64_alpha_size_rela_got_section): Likewise.
-       (elf64_alpha_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elf64_alpha_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf64_alpha_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-hppa.c (elf64_hppa_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-s390.c (create_got_section): Delete.
-       (elf_s390_create_dynamic_sections): Use _bfd_elf_create_got_section.
-       (elf_s390_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       * elf64-sh64.c (sh_elf64_relocate_section): Use elf htab shortcuts to
-       dynamic sections.
-       (sh_elf64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (sh64_elf64_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (sh64_elf64_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (sh64_elf64_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (sh64_elf64_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_create_got_section): Likewise.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_elf_create_got_section): Likewise.
-       * elfnn-ia64.c (elfNN_ia64_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_ia64_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_elf_create_got_section): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.c (struct mips_elf_link_hash_table): Delete srellt,
-       sgotplt, splt and sgot.
-       (mips_elf_initialize_tls_slots): Use elf htab shortcuts to dynamic
-       sections.
-       (mips_elf_gotplt_index): Likewise.
-       (mips_elf_primary_global_got_index): Likewise.
-       (mips_elf_global_got_index): Likewise.
-       (mips_elf_got_offset_from_index): Likewise.
-       (mips_elf_create_local_got_entry): Likewise.
-       (mips_elf_create_got_section): Likewise.
-       (mips_elf_calculate_relocation): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (mips_elf_lay_out_got): Likewise.
-       (mips_elf_set_plt_sym_value): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mips_vxworks_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (mips_finish_exec_plt): Likewise.
-       (mips_vxworks_finish_exec_plt): Likewise.
-       (mips_vxworks_finish_shared_plt): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-sparc.c (sparc_finish_dyn): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-tilegx.c (tilegx_elf_create_got_section): Likewise.
-
-2016-11-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * po/BLD-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
-       * po/SRC-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
-
-2016-11-22  Ambrogino Modigliani  <ambrogino.modigliani@gmail.com>
-
-        * warning.m4: Fix spelling in comments.
-        * configure.ac: Fix spelling in comments.
-        * configure: Regenerate.
-
-2016-11-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 20744
-       * elf32-ppc.h (struct ppc_elf_params): Add vle_reloc_fixup field.
-       * elf32-ppc.c: Include opcode/ppc.h.
-       (ppc_elf_howto_raw): Correct dst_mask for R_PPC_VLE_LO16A,
-       R_PPC_VLE_LO16D, R_PPC_VLE_HI16A, R_PPC_VLE_HI16D, R_PPC_VLE_HA16A,
-       R_PPC_VLE_HA16D, R_PPC_VLE_SDAREL_LO16A, R_PPC_VLE_SDAREL_LO16D,
-       R_PPC_VLE_SDAREL_HI16A, R_PPC_VLE_SDAREL_HI16D,
-       R_PPC_VLE_SDAREL_HA16A, and R_PPC_VLE_SDAREL_HA16D relocs.
-       (ppc_elf_link_hash_table_create): Update default_params init.
-       (ppc_elf_vle_split16): Correct shift and mask.  Add params.
-       Report or fix insn/reloc mismatches.
-       (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Pass input_section, offset and fixup
-       to ppc_elf_vle_split16.
-
-2016-11-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Calculate d_offset for
-       input_bfd.  Replace occurrences of output_bfd as bfd_get_32 and
-       bfd_put_32 param with input_bfd.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.  Also
-       ppc_elf_vle_split16 param.
-       (ppc_elf_vle_split16): Rename output_bfd param to input_bfd.
-
-2016-11-21  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * dwarf2.c (build_line_info_table): Rename `index' local
-       variable to `line_index'.
-       (build_lookup_funcinfo_table): Rename `index' local variable to
-       `func_index'.
-
-2016-11-19  Jose E. Marchesi  <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>
-
-       * elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Do not
-       apply the negative GOT offset optimization in 64-bit code.
-
-2016-11-18  James Clarke  <jrtc27@jrtc27.com>
-
-       * elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_relocate_section): Don't convert
-       R_SPARC_GOTDATA_OP_HIX22 and R_SPARC_GOTDATA_OP_LOX10 to
-       R_SPARC_GOT* for non-local references. Instead, treat them like
-       R_SPARC_GOTDATA_HIX22/R_SPARC_GOTDATA_LOX10 when filling in the
-       immediate with the calculated relocation.
-
-2016-11-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR ld/20675
-       * elf32-metag.c (elf_metag_relocate_section): Replace abort with
-       an informative error message.
-
-2016-11-15  Senthil Kumar Selvaraj  <senthil_kumar.selvaraj@atmel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20789
-       * bfd/elf32-avr.c (elf32_avr_adjust_diff_reloc_value): Do signed
-       manipulation of diff value, and don't assume sym2 is less than sym1.
-       (elf32_avr_adjust_reloc_if_spans_insn): New function.
-       (elf32_avr_relax_delete_bytes): Use elf32_avr_adjust_diff_reloc_value,
-       and remove redundant did_pad.
-
-
-2016-11-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20800
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Also check
-       plt_got.offset for R_X86_64_PLTOFF64.
-
-2016-11-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * coffcode.h (coff_slurp_symbol_table): Fix typo: Faal -> Fall.
-
-2016-11-11  Luke Allardyce  <lukeallardyce@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/20722
-       * coffcode.h (coff_slurp_symbol_table): Accept C_HIDDEN symbols,
-       but treat them as debugging symbols.
-
-2016-11-10  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       PR target/20737
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Bind defined
-       symbol locally in PIE.
-
-2016-11-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/20801
-       * compress.c (bfd_get_full_section_contents): Provide a more
-       helpful error message when a section is too large to load.
-
-2016-11-08  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
-
-       * dwarf2.c (struct funcinfo) <is_linkage>: Type is bfd_boolean,
-       not "bfd boolean".
-
-2016-11-08  Igor Tsimbalist  <tigor.tools@gmail.com>
-
-       * dwarf2.c (comp_unit): Add new fields 'lookup_funcinfo_table' and
-       'number_of_functions' to keep lookup table and number of entries in
-       the table.
-       (line_sequence): Add new fields 'line_info_lookup' and 'num_lines'
-       to keep lookup table and number of entries in the table.
-       (lookup_funcinfo): New structure for lookup table for function
-       references.
-       (build_line_info_table): New function to create and build the lookup
-       table for line information.
-       (lookup_address_in_line_info_table): Use the lookup table instead of
-       traverse a linked list.
-       (compare_lookup_funcinfos): New compare fuction used in sorting of
-       lookup table for function references.
-       (build_lookup_funcinfo_table): New function to create, build and
-       sort the lookup table for functions references.
-       (lookup_address_in_function_table): Use the table instead of
-       traverse a linked list.
-       (_bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info): Free memory from function references
-       lookup table.
-
-2016-11-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * targets.c (bfd_target_vector): Only add riscv_elf32_vec target
-       when supporting 64-bit BFD targets.
-
-2016-11-03  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
-
-       * config.bfd: Deprecate many old triplets.
-
-2016-11-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * po/da.po: Updated Danish translation.
-
-2016-11-01  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * reloc.c (bfd_default_reloc_type_lookup) <BFD_RELOC_CTOR>: Do
-       not fall through to the default case.
-
-2016-11-01  Palmer Dabbelt  <palmer@dabbelt.com>
-           Andrew Waterman <andrew@sifive.com>
-
-       Add support for RISC-V architecture.
-       * Makefile.am: Add entries for riscv32-elf and riscv64-elf.
-       * config.bdf: Likewise.
-       * configure.ac: Likewise.
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
-       * configure: Regenerate.
-       * archures.c: Add bfd_riscv_arch.
-       * reloc.c: Add riscv relocs.
-       * targets.c: Add riscv_elf32_vec and riscv_elf64_vec.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * elf-bfd.h: Add RISCV_ELF_DATA to enum elf_target_id.
-       * elfnn-riscv.c: New file.
-       * elfxx-riscv.c: New file.
-       * elfxx-riscv.h: New file.
-
-2016-10-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 20748
-       * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Revert
-       2016-05-13 change.
-
-2016-10-27  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
-
-       * cpu-arc.c (arc_get_mach): Delete.
-
-2016-10-25  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (STUB_JALR): Correct description.
-
-2016-10-20  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * po/gas.pot: Regenerate.
-
-2016-10-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * aout-adobe.c: Add missing c-format tags for translatable strings.
-       * aout-cris.c: Likewise.
-       * aoutx.h: Likewise.
-       * bfd.c: Likewise.
-       * binary.c: Likewise.
-       * cache.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-alpha.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-arm.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-i860.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-mcore.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-rs6000.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-sh.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-tic4x.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-tic54x.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-tic80.c: Likewise.
-       * coff64-rs6000.c: Likewise.
-       * coffcode.h: Likewise.
-       * coffgen.c: Likewise.
-       * cofflink.c: Likewise.
-       * coffswap.h: Likewise.
-       * cpu-arm.c: Likewise.
-       * dwarf2.c: Likewise.
-       * ecoff.c: Likewise.
-       * elf-attrs.c: Likewise.
-       * elf-eh-frame.c: Likewise.
-       * elf-ifunc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf-m10300.c: Likewise.
-       * elf-s390-common.c: Likewise.
-       * elf.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-arc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-arm.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-avr.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-bfin.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-cr16.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-cr16c.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-cris.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-crx.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-d10v.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-d30v.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-epiphany.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-fr30.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-frv.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-gen.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-hppa.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-i370.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-i386.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-i960.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-ip2k.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-iq2000.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-lm32.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32c.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32r.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68hc11.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68hc12.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68hc1x.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68k.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-mcore.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-mep.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-metag.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-microblaze.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-moxie.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-msp430.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-mt.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-nds32.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-nios2.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-or1k.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-pj.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-rl78.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-rx.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-s390.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-score.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-score7.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh-symbian.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh64.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-spu.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-tic6x.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-tilepro.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-v850.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-vax.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-visium.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-xgate.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-xtensa.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-alpha.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-gen.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-hppa.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-ia64-vms.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-mmix.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-s390.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-sh64.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-sparc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c: Likewise.
-       * elfcode.h: Likewise.
-       * elfcore.h: Likewise.
-       * elflink.c: Likewise.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c: Likewise.
-       * elfnn-ia64.c: Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.c: Likewise.
-       * elfxx-sparc.c: Likewise.
-       * elfxx-tilegx.c: Likewise.
-       * ieee.c: Likewise.
-       * ihex.c: Likewise.
-       * libbfd.c: Likewise.
-       * linker.c: Likewise.
-       * m68klinux.c: Likewise.
-       * mach-o.c: Likewise.
-       * merge.c: Likewise.
-       * mmo.c: Likewise.
-       * oasys.c: Likewise.
-       * pdp11.c: Likewise.
-       * pe-mips.c: Likewise.
-       * peXXigen.c: Likewise.
-       * pei-x86_64.c: Likewise.
-       * peicode.h: Likewise.
-       * ppcboot.c: Likewise.
-       * reloc.c: Likewise.
-       * sparclinux.c: Likewise.
-       * srec.c: Likewise.
-       * stabs.c: Likewise.
-       * vms-alpha.c: Likewise.
-       * vms-lib.c: Likewise.
-       * xcofflink.c: Likewise.
-
-2016-10-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * po/da.po: Updated Danish translation.
-
-2016-10-18  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_check_relocs): Avoid aliasing warning
-       from GCC.
-
-2016-10-18  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_update_relocs): Rename `index' local
-       variable to `reloc_index'.
-
-2016-10-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * section.c (BFD_FAKE_SECTION): Reorder parameters.  Formatting.
-       (STD_SECTION): Adjust to suit.
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_large_com_section): Likewise.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-
-2016-10-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load_reloc): Handle symbols
-       defined temporarily with bfd_und_section.
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_gc_keep): Don't set SEC_KEEP for bfd_und_section.
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_local_pic_function_p): Exclude defined
-       symbols with bfd_und_section.
-
-2016-10-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * targets.c (bfd_target <_bfd_merge_private_bfd_data>): Replace
-       obfd param with struct bfd_link_info param.  Update all callers.
-       * linker.c (bfd_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_generic_verify_endian_match): Likewise.
-       * aoutf1.h (sunos_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * coff-arm.c (coff_arm_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf-attrs.c (_bfd_elf_merge_object_attributes): Likewise.
-       * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_ppc_merge_fp_attributes): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_merge_object_attributes): Likewise.
-       * elf-m10300.c (_bfd_mn10300_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf-s390-common.c (elf_s390_merge_obj_attributes): Likewise.
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_merge_eabi_attributes): Likewise.
-       (elf32_arm_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-bfin.c (elf32_bfin_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cr16.c (_bfd_cr16_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cris.c (cris_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-frv.c (frv_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-h8300.c (elf32_h8_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i370.c (i370_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-iq2000.c (iq2000_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32c.c (m32c_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68hc1x.c (_bfd_m68hc11_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68hc1x.h (_bfd_m68hc11_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68k.c (elf32_m68k_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-mcore.c (mcore_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-mep.c (mep_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-msp430.c (elf32_msp430_merge_mspabi_attributes): Likewise.
-       (elf32_msp430_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-mt.c (mt_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nios2.c (nios2_elf32_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-or1k.c (elf32_or1k_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (_bfd_elf_ppc_merge_fp_attributes): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_merge_obj_attributes): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-rl78.c (rl78_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-rx.c (rx_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf32_s390_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score.c (s3_elf32_score_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       (elf32_score_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score.h (s7_elf32_score_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score7.c (s7_elf32_score_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh.c (sh_merge_bfd_arch, sh_elf_merge_private_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh64.c (sh64_elf_merge_private_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-sparc.c (elf32_sparc_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-tic6x.c (elf32_tic6x_merge_attributes): Likewise.
-       (elf32_tic6x_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-vax.c (elf32_vax_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-visium.c (visium_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_xtensa_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf64-ia64-vms.c (elf64_ia64_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf64_s390_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elf64-sh64.c (sh_elf64_merge_private_data): Likewise.
-       * elf64-sparc.c (elf64_sparc_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elfnn-ia64.c (elfNN_ia64_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_merge_obj_e_flags): Likewise.
-       (mips_elf_merge_obj_attributes): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.h (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-sparc.h (_bfd_sparc_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-target.h (bfd_elfNN_bfd_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-tilegx.c (_bfd_tilegx_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-tilegx.h (_bfd_tilegx_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_generic_bfd_merge_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-
-2016-10-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * Makefile.am (LIBBFD_H_FILES): Update.
-       * doc/Makefile.am (LIBBFD_H_DEP): Likewise.
-       * cpu-sh.c (sh_merge_bfd_arch): Move to..
-       * elf32-sh.c: ..here, and make static.
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Delete extraneous
-       error.
-       * elf32-cris.c (cris_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Don't call
-       _bfd_generic_verify_endian_match.
-       * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Delete.
-       (bfd_elf32_bfd_merge_private_bfd_data): Define as
-       _bfd_generic_verify_endian_match.
-       * elf32-mt.c (mt_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Don't test
-       boolean == FALSE.
-       * elf32-xgate.c (_bfd_xgate_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Delete.
-       (bfd_elf32_bfd_merge_private_bfd_data): Don't define.
-       * elf32-xgate.h (_bfd_xgate_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Delete.
-       * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_generic_verify_endian_match): Delete.
-       * libbfd.c (_bfd_generic_verify_endian_match): Move to..
-       * linker.c: ..here, and make internal.
-       * bfd.c (bfd_merge_private_bfd_data): Move to..
-       * linker.c: ..here.
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
-       * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-
-2016-10-06  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * coff-h8300.c: Spell fall through comments consistently.
-       * coffgen.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-hppa.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-score.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-score7.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c: Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.c: Likewise.
-       * cpu-ns32k.c: Add missing fall through comments.
-       * elf-m10300.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-arm.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-avr.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-bfin.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-frv.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-i386.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-microblaze.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-nds32.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-rl78.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-rx.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-s390.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-tic6x.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-ia64-vms.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-s390.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c: Likewise.
-       * elflink.c: Likewise.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c: Likewise.
-       * elfnn-ia64.c: Likewise.
-       * ieee.c: Likewise.
-       * oasys.c: Likewise.
-       * pdp11.c: Likewise.
-       * srec.c: Likewise.
-       * versados.c: Likewise.
-
-2016-10-06  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * coffcode.h (coff_slurp_symbol_table): Revert accidental commit
-       made 2015-01-08.
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_grok_psinfo): Add missing break.
-       * reloc.c (bfd_default_reloc_type_lookup): Add missing breaks.
-
-2016-10-06  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-epiphany.c (epiphany_final_link_relocate): Use bitwise
-       OR in arithmetic expression, not boolean OR.
-
-2016-09-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * Makefile.am (BFD_H_FILES): Add linker.c and simple.c.  Sort
-       as per comment at head of bfd-in2.h.
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
-
-2016-09-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * aout-adobe.c: Replace (*_bfd_error_handler) (...) with
-       _bfd_error_handler (...) throughout.
-       * aout-cris.c, * aoutx.h, * archive.c, * bfd.c, * binary.c,
-       * cache.c, * coff-alpha.c, * coff-arm.c, * coff-h8300.c,
-       * coff-i860.c, * coff-mcore.c, * coff-ppc.c, * coff-rs6000.c,
-       * coff-sh.c, * coff-tic4x.c, * coff-tic54x.c, * coff-tic80.c,
-       * coff64-rs6000.c, * coffcode.h, * coffgen.c, * cofflink.c,
-       * coffswap.h, * cpu-arm.c, * cpu-m68k.c, * cpu-sh.c, * dwarf2.c,
-       * ecoff.c, * elf-eh-frame.c, * elf-m10300.c, * elf.c, * elf32-arc.c,
-       * elf32-arm.c, * elf32-avr.c, * elf32-bfin.c, * elf32-cr16.c,
-       * elf32-cris.c, * elf32-crx.c, * elf32-dlx.c, * elf32-frv.c,
-       * elf32-hppa.c, * elf32-i370.c, * elf32-i386.c, * elf32-lm32.c,
-       * elf32-m32c.c, * elf32-m32r.c, * elf32-m68hc1x.c, * elf32-m68k.c,
-       * elf32-mcore.c, * elf32-mep.c, * elf32-metag.c, * elf32-microblaze.c,
-       * elf32-mips.c, * elf32-nds32.c, * elf32-nios2.c, * elf32-or1k.c,
-       * elf32-pj.c, * elf32-ppc.c, * elf32-rl78.c, * elf32-s390.c,
-       * elf32-score.c, * elf32-score7.c, * elf32-sh.c, * elf32-sh64.c,
-       * elf32-sparc.c, * elf32-spu.c, * elf32-tic6x.c, * elf32-tilepro.c,
-       * elf32-v850.c, * elf32-vax.c, * elf32-xtensa.c, * elf64-alpha.c,
-       * elf64-hppa.c, * elf64-ia64-vms.c, * elf64-mips.c, * elf64-mmix.c,
-       * elf64-ppc.c, * elf64-s390.c, * elf64-sh64.c, * elf64-sparc.c,
-       * elf64-x86-64.c, * elfcode.h, * elfcore.h, * elflink.c,
-       * elfn32-mips.c, * elfnn-aarch64.c, * elfnn-ia64.c, * elfxx-mips.c,
-       * elfxx-sparc.c, * elfxx-tilegx.c, * hpux-core.c, * i386linux.c,
-       * ieee.c, * ihex.c, * libbfd.c, * linker.c, * m68klinux.c,
-       * mach-o.c, * merge.c, * mmo.c, * oasys.c, * osf-core.c, * pdp11.c,
-       * pe-mips.c, * peXXigen.c, * pef.c, * plugin.c, * reloc.c,
-       * rs6000-core.c, * sco5-core.c, * som.c, * sparclinux.c, * srec.c,
-       * stabs.c, * syms.c, * vms-alpha.c, * vms-lib.c, * vms-misc.c,
-       * xcofflink.c: Likewise.
-
-2016-09-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * bfd-in.h: Include stdarg.h.
-       * bfd.c (bfd_error_handler_type): Make like vprintf.
-       (_bfd_error_internal): Rename from _bfd_error_handler.  Make static.
-       (error_handler_internal): New function, split out from..
-       (_bfd_default_error_handler): ..here.  Rename to _bfd_error_handler.
-       (bfd_set_error_handler): Update.
-       (bfd_get_error_handler, bfd_get_assert_handler): Delete.
-       (_bfd_assert_handler): Make static.
-       * coffgen.c (null_error_handler): Update params.
-       * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data <link_order_error_handler>):
-       Don't use bfd_error_handler_type.
-       * elf64-mmix.c (mmix_dump_bpo_gregs): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_link_order_error_handler): Default
-       to _bfd_error_handler.
-       * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_default_error_handler): Don't declare.
-       (bfd_assert_handler_type): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_error_handler): Update.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-
-2016-09-28  Akihiko Odaki  <akihiko.odaki.4i@stu.hosei.ac.jp>
-
-       PR ld/20636
-       * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data): Delete
-       elf_backend_count_output_relocs callback and add
-       elf_backend_update_relocs.
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_count_output_relocs): Deleted.
-       (emit_relocs): Deleted.
-       (elf32_arm_emit_relocs): Deleted.
-       (elf_backend_emit_relocs): Updated not to use the old functions.
-       (elf32_arm_update_relocs): New function.
-       (elf_backend_update_relocs): New define.
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Add additional_reloc_count to the
-       relocation count. Call elf_backend_emit_relocs.
-       (_bfd_elf_size_reloc_section): Do not call
-       elf_backend_count_output_relocs.
-       * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_count_output_relocs): Deleted.
-       (elf_backend_update_relocs): New define.
-
-2016-09-28  Christophe Lyon  <christophe.lyon@linaro.org>
-
-       PR ld/20608
-       * elf32-arm.c (arm_type_of_stub): Handle the case when the pre-PLT
-       Thumb-ARM stub is too far.
-
-2016-09-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR ld/20634
-       * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_only_swap_filehdr_out): Put 0 in the
-       timestamp field if real time values are not being stored.
-
-2016-09-26  Vlad Zakharov  <vzakhar@synopsys.com>
-
-       * warning.m4 (AC_EGREP_CPP_FOR_BUILD): Introduce macro
-       to verify CC_FOR_BUILD compiler.
-       (AM_BINUTILS_WARNINGS): Introduce ac_cpp_for_build variable
-       and add CC_FOR_BUILD compiler checks.
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
-       * configure: Likewise.
-       * doc/Makefile.in: Likewise.
-
-2016-09-26  Awson  <kyrab@mail.ru>
-
-       PR ld/17955
-       * coff-x86_64.c (coff_amd64_rtype_to_howto): Use an 8 byte offset
-       for R_AMD64_PCRQUAD relocations.
-
-2016-09-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_ppc_merge_fp_attributes): Declare.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (_bfd_elf_ppc_merge_fp_attributes): New function.
-       (ppc_elf_merge_obj_attributes): Use it.  Don't copy first file
-       attributes, merge them.  Don't warn about undefined tag bits,
-       or copy unknown values to output.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Call
-       _bfd_elf_ppc_merge_fp_attributes.
-
-2016-09-23  Akihiko Odaki  <akihiko.odaki.4i@stu.hosei.ac.jp>
-
-       PR ld/20595
-       * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data): Add
-       elf_backend_count_output_relocs callback to count relocations in
-       the final output.
-       * elf-arm.c (elf32_arm_add_relocation): Deleted.
-       (elf32_arm_write_section): Move additional relocation to emit_relocs.
-       (elf32_arm_count_output_relocs): New function.
-       (emit_relocs): New function.
-       (elf32_arm_emit_relocs): New function.
-       (elf32_arm_vxworks_emit_relocs): New function.
-       (elf_backend_emit_relocs): Updated to use the new functions.
-       (elf_backend_count_output_relocs): New define.
-       * bfd/elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Do not add additional_reloc_count
-       to the relocation count.
-       (_bfd_elf_link_size_reloc_section): Use callback to count the
-       relocations which will be in output.
-       (_bfd_elf_default_count_output_relocs): New function.
-       * bfd/elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_count_output_relocs): New define.
-
-2016-09-19  Jose E. Marchesi  <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>
-
-       * elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Allow
-       negative offsets to _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ if the .got section is
-       bigger than 0x1000 bytes.
-
-2016-09-14  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_gc_mark_extra_sections): Only mark section
-       not already marked.
-
-2016-09-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/20605
-       * peicode.h (pe_bfd_read_buildid): Check that the Data Directory
-       contains a valid size for the Debug directory.
-
-2016-09-14  Bhushan Attarde  <bhushan.attarde@imgtec.com>
-
-       * format.c (struct bfd_preserve): New "build_id" field.
-       (bfd_preserve_save): Save "build_id".
-       (bfd_preserve_restore): Restore "build_id".
-
-2016-09-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20550
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Resolve size
-       relocation with copy relocation when building executable.
-
-2016-09-02  Senthil Kumar Selvaraj  <senthil_kumar.selvaraj@atmel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20545
-       * elf32-avr.c (elf32_avr_relax_delete_bytes): Add parameter
-       delete_shrinks_insn. Modify computation of shrinked_insn_address.
-       Compute shrink_boundary and adjust addend only if
-       addend_within_shrink_boundary.
-       (elf32_avr_relax_section): Modify calls to
-       elf32_avr_relax_delete_bytes to pass extra parameter.
-
-2016-09-01  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (cmse_entry_fct_p): Store instruction encoding in an
-       array of bytes and use bfd_get_16 to interpret its encoding according
-       to endianness of target.
-
-2016-09-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (synthetic_opd): New static var.
-       (compare_symbols): Don't treat symbols in .opd specially for ELFv2.
-       (ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab): Likewise.  Comment.
-
-2016-08-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (group_sections): Delete stub14_group_size.  Instead,
-       track max group size with a new "group_size" var that is reduced
-       by a factor of 1024 from the 24-bit branch size whenever a 14-bit
-       branch is seen.
-
-2016-08-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_section_processing): Delete.
-       (elf_backend_section_processing): Don't define.
-       (ppc_elf_modify_segment_map): Set p_flags and mark valid.  Don't
-       split on non-exec sections differing in SHF_PPC_VLE.  When
-       splitting segments, mark size invalid.
-
-2016-08-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 20531
-       * elf32-ppc.c (_bfd_elf_ppc_set_arch): Add missing "break".
-
-2016-08-29  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/14961
-       PR ld/20515
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Issue an error when
-       R_386_PC32 relocation is used to call IFUNC function in PIC
-       object.
-
-2016-08-27  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 20520
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_setup_sections): Check that SHT_GROUP sections
-       have corresponding SHF_GROUP sections.
-       (bfd_elf_set_group_contents): Comment.
-
-2016-08-27  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 20519
-       * elf64-ppc.c (pc_dynrelocs): New function.
-       (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Use it and must_be_dyn_reloc to
-       handle pic dynamic relocs.
-
-2016-08-26  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * bfd-in.h (struct elf32_arm_params): Define.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Rename into ...
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_params): This.  Use a struct
-       elf32_arm_params to pass all parameters but the bfd and bfd_link_info.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * elf32-arm.c (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Rename into ...
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_params): This.  Pass all values via a struct
-       elf32_arm_params rather than as individual parameters.
-
-2016-08-26  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_get_stub_entry): Assert that we don't access
-       passed the end of htab->stub_group array.
-       (elf32_arm_create_or_find_stub_sec): Likewise.
-       (elf32_arm_create_stub): Likewise.
-
-2016-08-26  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_relocate_section): Changed. Set should_relocate
-       to TRUE for GOT and TLS relocs.
-
-2016-08-26  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synospsys.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_sections): Changed.
-
-2016-08-26  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h: Added ARC_ELF_DATA to enum elf_target_id.
-       * elf32-arc.c (struct elf_arc_link_hash_entry): Added.
-       (struct elf_arc_link_hash_table): Likewise.
-       (elf_arc_link_hash_newfunc): Likewise.
-       (elf_arc_link_hash_table_free): Likewise.
-       (arc_elf_link_hash_table_create): Likewise.
-       (elf_arc_relocate_section): Fixed conditions related to dynamic
-       (elf_arc_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (arc_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Added
-       (elf_arc_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Changed access to .rela.bss to be done
-       through the hash table.
-
-2016-08-26  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * arc-got.h (relocate_fix_got_relocs_for_got_info): Fixed addresses in
-       debug comments. Fixed address in .got related to TLS_IE_GOT dynamic
-       relocation.
-
-2016-08-26  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * reloc.c: Fixed type in ARC_SECTOFF relocations. Added ARC_SDA_12
-       relocation.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated from the previous changes.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerated from the previous changes.
-
-2016-08-26  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * bfd-in.h (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Add a new parameter for
-       the input import library bfd.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * elf32-arm.c (struct elf32_arm_link_hash_table): New in_implib_bfd
-       and new_cmse_stub_offset fields.
-       (stub_hash_newfunc): Initialize stub_offset and stub_template_size to
-       -1.
-       (elf32_arm_add_stub): Likewise for stub_offset.
-       (arm_new_stubs_start_offset_ptr): New function.
-       (arm_build_one_stub): Only allocate a stub_offset if it is -1.  Allow
-       empty SG veneers to have zero relocations.
-       (arm_size_one_stub): Only initialize stub size and template
-       information for non empty veneers.  Do not update veneer section size
-       if veneer already has an offset.
-       (elf32_arm_create_stub): Return the stub entry pointer or NULL instead
-       of a boolean indicating success or failure.
-       (cmse_scan): Change stub_changed parameter into an integer pointer
-       parameter cmse_stub_created to count the number of stub created and
-       adapt to change of return value in elf32_arm_create_stub.
-       (cmse_entry_fct_p): New function.
-       (arm_list_new_cmse_stub): Likewise.
-       (set_cmse_veneer_addr_from_implib): Likewise.
-       (elf32_arm_size_stubs): Define cmse_stub_created, pass its address to
-       cmse_scan instead of that of cmse_stub_changed to compute the number
-       of stub created and use it to initialize stub_changed.  Call
-       set_cmse_veneer_addr_from_implib after all cmse_scan.  Adapt to change
-       of return value in elf32_arm_create_stub.  Use
-       arm_stub_section_start_offset () if not NULL to initialize size of
-       secure gateway veneers section.  Initialize stub_offset of Cortex-A8
-       erratum fix to -1.  Use ret to hold return value.
-       (elf32_arm_build_stubs): Use arm_stub_section_start_offset () if not
-       NULL to initialize size of secure gateway veneers section.  Adapt
-       comment to stress the importance of zeroing veneer section content.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Add new in_implib_bfd parameter to
-       initialize eponymous field in struct elf32_arm_link_hash_table.
-
-2016-08-25  Andreas Arnez  <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       * elf32-s390.c (stdarg.h): New include.
-       (elf_s390_grok_psinfo): New function.
-       (elf_s390_write_core_note): New function.
-       (elf_backend_grok_psinfo): Declare backend hook.
-       (elf_backend_write_core_note): Likewise.
-       * elf64-s390.c (stdarg.h): New include.
-       (elf_s390_grok_prstatus): New function.
-       (elf_s390_grok_psinfo): New function.
-       (elf_s390_write_core_note): New function.
-       (elf_backend_grok_prstatus): Declare backend hook.
-       (elf_backend_grok_psinfo): Likewise.
-       (elf_backend_write_core_note): Likewise.
-
-2016-08-25  Andreas Arnez  <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       * elf32-s390.c (allocate_dynrelocs): Fix indentation.
-       (elf_s390_finish_ifunc_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_s390_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_s390_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf_s390_grok_prstatus): Likewise.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_hash_table): Fix indentation.
-       (elf_s390_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-
-2016-08-24  Anton Kolesov  <Anton.Kolesov@synopsys.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf32_arc_grok_prstatus): New function.
-
-2016-08-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_count_additional_relocs): Return zero if
-       there is no arm data associated with the section.
-
-2016-08-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 20475
-       * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_relocate_section): Offset from
-       _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_, not start of .got section.
-
-2016-08-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * doc/chew.c (main): Free the string buffer used to files as they
-       are parsed.
-
-2016-08-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_check_relocs): Move error for @local ifunc..
-       (ppc_elf_relocate_section): ..to here.  Comment.  Error on
-       detecting -mbss-plt -fPIC local ifuncs too.
-       (ppc_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Comment on unnecessary glink
-       branch table entries.
-
-2016-08-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf.c (assign_section_numbers): Assign number for the .shstrtab
-       section after the symbol table and string table sections.
-
-2016-08-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (struct ppc_link_hash_entry): Add weakref.
-       (ppc64_elf_copy_indirect_symbol): Set weakref.  Don't merge
-       dyn_relocs for weakdefs.
-       (alias_readonly_dynrelocs): New function.
-       (ppc64_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Use alias_readonly_dynrelocs.
-       (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Simplify condition under which
-       dyn_relocs are emitted.
-
-2016-08-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 20472
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_before_check_relocs): Tweak abiversion test.
-       (readonly_dynrelocs): Comment fix.
-       (global_entry_stub): New function.
-       (ppc64_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Tweak abiversion test.  Match
-       ELFv2 code deciding on dynamic relocs vs. global entry stubs to
-       that in size_global_entry_stubs, handling ifunc too.  Delete dead
-       weak sym code.
-       (allocate_dynrelocs): Ensure dyn_relocs field is cleared when no
-       dyn_relocs are needed.  Correct handling of ifunc dyn_relocs.
-       Tidy ELIMINATE_COPY_RELOCS code, only setting dynindx for
-       undefweak syms.  Expand and correct comments.
-       (size_global_entry_stubs): Ensure symbol is defined.
-       (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Match condition under which
-       dyn_relocs are emitted to that in allocate_dynrelocs.
-
-2016-08-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_link_hash_table): Add local_dynsymcount.
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms): Set local_dynsymcount.
-       (bfd_elf_final_link): Set .dynsym sh_info from local_dynsymcount.
-
-2016-08-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Don't exit with
-       non_got_ref true in any case where we could have generated dynbss
-       copies but decide not to do so.
-
-2016-08-10  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_add_la25_stub): Clear the ISA bit of
-       the stub address retrieved if associated with a microMIPS
-       function.
-
-2016-08-10  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_create_stub_symbol): For a microMIPS
-       stub also add STO_MICROMIPS annotation.
-
-2016-08-10  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_calculate_relocation): Set the ISA bit
-       in microMIPS LA25 stub references.
-
-2016-08-09  Jiaming Wei  <jmwei@hxgpt.com>
-
-       * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_copy_indirect_symbol): Fix thinko
-       adjusting the use_count of merged .got entries.
-
-2016-08-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * doc/chew.c (delete_string): Only free the string buffer if it is
-       there.  Mark the buffer as NULL after freeing.
-       (drop): Free the dropped string.
-       (free_words): New function: Frees the memory allocated to the
-       dictionary.
-       (add_instrinsic): Duplicate the name string, so that it can be
-       freed later on.
-       (compile): Free unused words.
-       (main): Free the dictionary and top level string buffers at the
-       end.
-
-2016-08-04  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * bfd-in.h (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Add one parameter.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * elf32-arm.c (struct elf32_arm_link_hash_table): Declare new
-       cmse_implib field.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Add new parameter to initialize
-       cmse_implib field in struct elf32_arm_link_hash_table.
-       (elf32_arm_filter_cmse_symbols): New function.
-       (elf32_arm_filter_implib_symbols): Likewise.
-       (elf_backend_filter_implib_symbols): Define to
-       elf32_arm_filter_implib_symbols.
-
-2016-08-04  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (CMSE_PREFIX): Define macro.
-       (elf32_arm_stub_cmse_branch_thumb_only): Define stub sequence.
-       (cmse_branch_thumb_only): Declare stub.
-       (struct elf32_arm_link_hash_table): Define cmse_stub_sec field.
-       (elf32_arm_get_plt_info): Add globals parameter.  Use it to return
-       FALSE if there is no PLT.
-       (arm_type_of_stub): Adapt to new elf32_arm_get_plt_info signature.
-       (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       (elf32_arm_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elf32_arm_gc_mark_extra_sections): Mark sections holding ARMv8-M
-       secure entry functions.
-       (arm_stub_is_thumb): Add case for arm_stub_cmse_branch_thumb_only.
-       (arm_dedicated_stub_output_section_required): Change to a switch case
-       and add a case for arm_stub_cmse_branch_thumb_only.
-       (arm_dedicated_stub_output_section_required_alignment): Likewise.
-       (arm_stub_dedicated_output_section_name): Likewise.
-       (arm_stub_dedicated_input_section_ptr): Likewise and remove
-       ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED for htab parameter.
-       (arm_stub_required_alignment): Likewise.
-       (arm_stub_sym_claimed): Likewise.
-       (arm_dedicated_stub_section_padding): Likewise.
-       (cmse_scan): New function.
-       (elf32_arm_size_stubs): Call cmse_scan for ARM M profile targets.
-       Set stub_changed to TRUE if such veneers were created.
-       (elf32_arm_swap_symbol_in): Add detection code for CMSE special
-       symbols.
-
-2016-08-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/20428
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc_get_stub_entry): Don't segfault on NULL group.
-
-2016-08-02  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR ld/17739
-       * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_gc_sweep_hook): Delete.
-       (elf_backend_sweep_hook): Delete.
-
-2016-08-01  Andrew Jenner  <andrew@codesourcery.com>
-       Kwok Cheung Yeung  <kcy@codesourcery.com>
-
-       * elf32-ppc.c (is_branch_reloc): Recognise VLE branch relocations.
-       (ppc_elf_howto_raw): Fix dst_mask of R_PPC_VLE_REL15.
-       (ppc_elf_vle_split16): Clear field before inserting.
-
-2016-08-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * po/sv.po: Updated Swedish translation.
-
-2016-07-27  Ozkan Sezer  <sezeroz@gmail.com>
-           Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR ld/20401
-       * coffgen.c (fini_reloc_cookie_rels): Check for the extistence
-       of the coff_section_data before using it.
-
-2016-07-26  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_calculate_relocation): Handle branches
-       in PLT compression selection.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-
-2016-07-22  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * arc-got.h (relocate_fix_got_relocs_for_got_info): Handle the
-       case where there's no elf_link_hash_entry while processing
-       GOT_NORMAL got entries.
-
-2016-07-21  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * version.m4 (BFD_VERSION): Set to 2.27.51.
-       * configure: Regenerated.
-
-2016-07-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_filter_global_symbols): Skip local symbols.
-       (swap_out_syms): Return an error when not finding ELF output
-       section rather than asserting.
-
-2016-07-21  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (elf_output_implib): Call bfd_set_error on no symbols.
-
-2016-07-20  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
-
-       * elf.c (elfcore_grok_freebsd_psinfo): Check for minimum note size
-       and handle pr_pid if present.
-
-2016-07-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20376
-       * elf.c (assign_file_positions_for_load_sections): Also check
-       p_paddr for program header space.
-
-2016-07-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_howto_raw <R_PPC64_PLTREL32>): Put
-       ppc64_elf_unhandled_reloc for special_function.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_howto_raw): Similarly for lots of relocs.
-
-2016-07-19  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_perform_relocation): Convert cross-mode
-       BAL to JALX.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_relocate_section) <bfd_reloc_outofrange>: Add a
-       corresponding error message.
-
-2016-07-19  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (b_reloc_p): Add R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1,
-       R_MICROMIPS_PC10_S1 and R_MICROMIPS_PC7_S1.
-       (branch_reloc_p): New function.
-       (mips_elf_calculate_relocation): Handle ISA mode determination
-       for relocations against section symbols, against absolute
-       symbols and absolute relocations.  Also set `*cross_mode_jump_p'
-       for branches.
-       <R_MIPS16_26, R_MIPS_26, R_MICROMIPS_26_S1>: Suppress alignment
-       checks for weak undefined symbols.  Also check target alignment
-       within the same ISA mode.
-       <R_MIPS_PC16, R_MIPS_GNU_REL16_S2>: Handle cross-mode branches
-       in the alignment check.
-       <R_MICROMIPS_PC7_S1>: Add an alignment check.
-       <R_MICROMIPS_PC10_S1>: Likewise.
-       <R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1>: Likewise.
-       (mips_elf_perform_relocation): Report a failure for unsupported
-       same-mode JALX instructions and cross-mode branches.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_relocate_section) <bfd_reloc_outofrange>: Add
-       error messages for jumps to misaligned addresses.
-
-2016-07-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elflink.c: Include plugin-api.h.
-       * plugin.c (bfd_plugin_open_input): New function, extracted from..
-       (try_claim): ..here.
-       * plugin.h: Don't include bfd.h.
-       (bfd_plugin_open_input): Declare.
-
-2016-07-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * targets.c (bfd_seach_for_target): Rename to..
-       (bfd_iterate_over_targets): ..this.  Rewrite doc.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-
-2016-07-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * archures.c (bfd_default_set_arch_mach): Make available in bfd.h.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-
-2016-07-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * libbfd-in.h (BFD_ALIGN): Move to..
-       * bfd-in.h: ..here.
-       * elf32-ppc.h (struct ppc_elf_params): Add pagesize.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (default_params): Adjust init.
-       (ppc_elf_link_params): Set pagesize_p2.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-
-2016-07-15  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h (elf_backend_filter_implib_symbols): Declare backend hook.
-       (_bfd_elf_filter_global_symbols): Declare.
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_filter_global_symbols): New function.
-       * elflink.c (elf_filter_global_symbols): Likewise.
-       (elf_output_implib): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf_final_link): Call above function, failing if it does.
-       * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_filter_implib_symbols): Define macro and
-       default it to NULL.
-       (elf_backend_copy_indirect_symbol): Fix spacing.
-       (elf_backend_hide_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_bed): Initialize elf_backend_filter_implib_symbols backend hook.
-
-2016-07-15  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
-           Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (PR_DEBUG): Delete.
-       Fix printing of debug information.  Fix formatting of debug
-       statements.
-       (debug_arc_reloc): Handle symbols that are not from an input file.
-       (arc_do_relocation): Remove excessive exclamation points.
-
-       * arc-got.h: Fix formatting.  Fix printing of debug information.
-       (new_got_entry_to_list): Use xmalloc.
-       * config.bfd: use the big-endian arc vector as the default vector
-       for big-endian arc targets.
-
-2016-07-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * cofflink.c (mark_relocs): Exclude relocs with -1 r_symndx
-       from marking sym_indices.
-
-2016-07-14  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * reloc.c (bfd_perform_relocation): Try the `howto' handler
-       first with relocations against absolute symbols.
-       (bfd_install_relocation): Likewise.
-
-2016-07-12  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_create_dynamic_sections): Align
-       .got/.got.plt sections to 8 bytes.
-
-2016-07-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * binary.c (binary_set_section_contents): Second grammar fix.
-
-2016-07-12  Douglas B Rupp  <rupp@adacore.com>
-
-       * binary.c (binary_set_section_contents): Fix grammar in warning
-       message.
-
-2016-07-11  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c: made PR_DEBUG always defined.
-
-2016-07-11  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * arc-got.h: Moved got related structures from elf32-arc.c to
-       this file. More precisely, tls_type_e, tls_got_entries, got_entry.
-       * (arc_get_local_got_ents, got_entry_for_type, new_got_entry_to_list,
-       tls_type_for_reloc, symbol_has_entry_of_type,
-       get_got_entry_list_for_symbol, arc_got_entry_type_for_reloc,
-       ADD_SYMBOL_REF_SEC_AND_RELOC, rc_fill_got_info_for_reloc,
-       relocate_fix_got_relocs_for_got_info,
-       create_got_dynrelocs_for_single_entry,
-       create_got_dynrelocs_for_got_info): Added to file.
-       * elf32-arc.c: Removed GOT & TLS related structs and functions to
-       arc-got.h.
-
-2016-07-08  James Bowman  <james.bowman@ftdichip.com>
-
-       * elf32-ft32.c (ft32_reloc_map): Use R_FT32_32 for BFD_RELOC_32.
-
-2016-07-05  Andre Vieria  <andre.simoesdiasvieira@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (THUMB32_MOVT): New veneer macro.
-       (THUMB32_MOVW): Likewise.
-       (elf32_arm_stub_long_branch_thumb2_only_pure): New.
-       (DEF_STUBS): Define long_branch_thumb2_only_pure.
-       (arm_stub_is_thumb): Add new veneer stub.
-       (arm_type_of_stub): Use new veneer.
-       (arm_stub_required_alignment): Add new veneer.
-
-2016-07-05  Andre Vieria  <andre.simoesdiasvieira@arm.com>
-
-       * bfd-in2.h (SEC_ELF_NOREAD): Rename to ...
-       (SEC_ELF_PURECODE): ... this.
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_post_process_headers): Rename SEC_ELF_NOREAD
-       to SEC_ELF_NOREAD.
-       (elf32_arm_fake_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf_32_arm_section_flags): Likewise.
-       (elf_32_arm_lookup_section_flags): Likewise.
-       * section.c (SEC_ELF_NOREAD): Rename to ...
-       (SEC_ELF_PURECODE): ... this.
-
-2016-07-01  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (using_thumb2_bl): New function.
-       (arm_type_of_stub): Declare thumb2 variable together and change type
-       to bfd_boolean.  Use using_thumb2_bl () to determine whether
-       THM_MAX_FWD_BRANCH_OFFSET or THM2_MAX_FWD_BRANCH_OFFSET should be
-       checked for BL range.
-       (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Use using_thumb2_bl () to determine
-       the bit size of BL offset.
-
-2016-06-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (is_aarch64_mapping_symbol): New function.
-       Returns TRUE for AArch64 mapping symbols.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_backend_symbol_processing): New function.  Marks
-       mapping symbols as precious in object files so that they will not
-       be stripped.
-       (elf_backend_symbol_processing): Define.
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (is_arm_mapping_symbol): New function.  Returns TRUE
-       for ARM mapping symbols.
-       (elf32_arm_backend_symbol_processing): Make use of the new function.
-
-2016-06-28  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20306
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_check_versioned_symbol): Return false
-       for unreferenced undefined symbol.
-
-2016-06-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-bfin.c (bfin_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Fail if a COPY reloc
-       is needed.
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_backend_symbol_processing): New
-       function.  Marks mapping symbols in object files as precious, so
-       that strip will not remove them.
-       (elf_backend_symbol_processing): Define.
-
-2016-06-28  James Clarke  <jrtc27@jrtc27.com>
-
-       * elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_relocate_section): Don't convert
-       R_SPARC_32 to R_SPARC_RELATIVE if class is ELFCLASS64.
-
-2016-06-28  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elf32-mips.c (elf_mips16_howto_table_rel): Add
-       R_MIPS16_PC16_S1.
-       (mips16_reloc_map): Likewise.
-       * elf64-mips.c (mips16_elf64_howto_table_rel): Likewise.
-       (mips16_elf64_howto_table_rela): Likewise.
-       (mips16_reloc_map): Likewise.
-       * elfn32-mips.c (elf_mips16_howto_table_rel): Likewise.
-       (elf_mips16_howto_table_rela): Likewise.
-       (mips16_reloc_map): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips16_branch_reloc_p): New function.
-       (mips16_reloc_p): Handle R_MIPS16_PC16_S1.
-       (b_reloc_p): Likewise.
-       (mips_elf_calculate_relocation): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_MIPS16_16_PCREL_S1): New relocation.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-
-2016-06-27  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/19264
-       * elf64-ppc.c (STUB_SHRINK_ITER): Define.
-       (ppc64_elf_size_stubs): Exit stub sizing loop past STUB_SHRINK_ITER
-       if shrinking stubs.
-       (ppc64_elf_size_stubs): Adjust to suit.
-
-2016-06-27  Trevor Saunders  <tbsaunde+binutils@tbsaunde.org>
-
-       * elf32-dlx.h: New file.
-       * elf32-dlx.c: Adjust.
-
-2016-06-25  Trevor Saunders  <tbsaunde+binutils@tbsaunde.org>
-
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (xtensa_make_property_section): Remove prototype.
-
-2016-06-24  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
-
-       * elf.c (elfcore_grok_freebsd_note): Handle NT_FREEBSD_PROCSTAT_AUXV
-       notes.
-
-2016-06-24  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
-
-       * elf.c (elfcore_grok_note): Remove handling of NT_X86_XSTATE for
-       FreeBSD.  Remove case for NT_FREEBSD_THRMISC.
-       (elfcore_grok_freebsd_psinfo): New function.
-       (elfcore_grok_freebsd_prstatus): New function.
-       (elfcore_grok_freebsd_note): New function.
-       (elf_parse_notes): Use "elfcore_grok_freebsd_note" for "FreeBSD"
-       notes.
-
-2016-06-24  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
-
-       * elflink.c: Check the value of BFD_SUPPORTS_PLUGINS rather
-       than its existance.
-
-2016-06-24  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * config.bfd: Delete mips vxworks patterns matched earlier.
-       Combine mips*-*-none with mips*-*-elf*.
-
-2016-06-21  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_perform_relocation): Call
-       `info->callbacks->einfo' rather than `*_bfd_error_handler' and
-       use the `%X%H' format for the cross-mode jump conversion error
-       message.  Remove the full stop from the end of the message.
-       Continue processing rather than returning failure.
-
-2016-06-21  Graham Markall  <graham.markall@embecosm.com>
-
-       * archures.c: Remove bfd_mach_arc_nps400.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Likewise.
-       * cpu-arc.c (arch_info_struct): Likewise.
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_elf_object_p, arc_elf_final_write_processing):
-       Likewise.
-
-2016-06-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18250
-       PR ld/20267
-       * elflink.c: Include plugin.h if BFD_SUPPORTS_PLUGINS is
-       defined.
-       (elf_link_is_defined_archive_symbol): Call
-       bfd_link_plugin_object_p on unknown plugin object and use the
-       IR symbol table if the input is an IR object.
-       * plugin.c (bfd_link_plugin_object_p): New function.
-       * plugin.h (bfd_link_plugin_object_p): New prototype.
-
-2016-06-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20276
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Don't check alignment
-       on symbol from plugin dummy input.
-
-2016-06-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * bfd.c (bfd_plugin_format): Rename bfd_plugin_uknown to
-       bfd_plugin_unknown.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-       * plugin.c (bfd_plugin_object_p): Replace bfd_plugin_uknown
-       with bfd_plugin_unknown.
-
-2016-06-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20253
-       * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_allocate_ifunc_dyn_relocs): Add an
-       bfd_boolean argument.
-       * elf-ifunc.c (_bfd_elf_create_ifunc_sections): Replace
-       "shared object" with "PIC object" in comments.
-       (_bfd_elf_allocate_ifunc_dyn_relocs): Updated.  Replace
-       "shared object" with "PIC object" in comments.  Avoid PLT if
-       requested.  Generate dynamic relocations for non-GOT references.
-       Make room for the special first entry in PLT and allocate PLT
-       entry only for PLT and PC-relative references.  Store dynamic
-       GOT relocations in .rel[a].iplt section for static executables.
-       If PLT isn't used, always use GOT for symbol value.  Don't
-       allocate GOT entry if it isn't used.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Increment PLT reference
-       count only in the code section.  Allocate dynamic pointer
-       relocation against STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol in the non-code section.
-       (elf_i386_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Increment PLT reference count
-       only for PC-relative references.
-       (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Pass TRUE to
-       _bfd_elf_allocate_ifunc_dyn_relocs.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Allow R_386_GOT32/R_386_GOT32X
-       relocations against STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols without PLT.  Generate
-       dynamic pointer relocation against STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol in
-       the non-code section and store it in the proper REL section.
-       Don't allow non-pointer relocation against STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol
-       without PLT.
-       (elf_i386_finish_dynamic_symbol): Generate dynamic
-       R_386_IRELATIVE and R_386_GLOB_DAT GOT relocations against
-       STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols without PLT.
-       (elf_i386_finish_dynamic_sections): Don't handle local
-       STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols here.
-       (elf_i386_output_arch_local_syms): Handle local STT_GNU_IFUNC
-       symbols here.
-       (elf_backend_output_arch_local_syms): New.
-       * elf32-x86-64.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Increment PLT reference
-       count only in the code section.  Allocate dynamic pointer
-       relocation against STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol in the non-code section.
-       (elf_x86_64_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Increment PLT reference
-       count only for PC-relative references.
-       (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): Pass TRUE to
-       _bfd_elf_allocate_ifunc_dyn_relocs.
-       (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Allow R_X86_64_GOTPCREL,
-       R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX, R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX and
-       R_X86_64_GOTPCREL64 relocations against STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols
-       without PLT.  Generate dynamic pointer relocation against
-       STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol in the non-code section and store it in
-       the proper RELA section.  Don't allow non-pointer relocation
-       against STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol without PLT.
-       (elf_x86_64_finish_dynamic_symbol): Generate dynamic
-       R_X86_64_IRELATIVE and R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT GOT relocations against
-       STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols without PLT.
-       (elf_x86_64_finish_dynamic_sections): Don't handle local
-       STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols here.
-       (elf_x86_64_output_arch_local_syms): Handle local STT_GNU_IFUNC
-       symbols here.
-       (elf_backend_output_arch_local_syms): New.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_allocate_ifunc_dynrelocs):
-       Pass FALSE to _bfd_elf_allocate_ifunc_dyn_relocs.
-
-2016-06-17  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-           Tony Wang  <tony.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_stub_long_branch_thumb2_only): Define stub
-       sequence.
-       (stub_long_branch_thumb2_only): Define stub.
-       (arm_stub_is_thumb): Add case for arm_stub_long_branch_thumb2_only.
-       (arm_stub_long_branch_thumb2_only): Likewise.
-       (arm_type_of_stub): Use arm_stub_long_branch_thumb2_only for Thumb-2
-       capable targets.
-
-2016-06-17  Jose E. Marchesi  <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>
-
-       * archures.c (bfd_mach_sparc_v8plusc): Define.
-       (bfd_mach_sparc_v9c): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_sparc_v8plusd): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_sparc_v9d): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_sparc_v8pluse): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_sparc_v9e): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_sparc_v8plusv): Likewise
-       (bfd_mach_sparc_v9v): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_sparc_v8plusm): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_sparc_v9m): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_sparc_v9_p): Adapt to v8plusm and v9m.
-       (bfd_mach_sparc_64bit_p): Likewise.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * cpu-sparc.c (arch_info_struct): Add entries for
-       bfd_mach_sparc_v8plus{c,d,e,v,m} and bfd_mach_sparc_v9{c,d,e,v,m}.
-       * aoutx.h (machine_type): Handle bfd_mach_sparc_v8plus{c,d,e,v,m}
-       and bfd_mach_sparc_v9{c,d,e,v,m}.
-       * elf32-sparc.c (elf32_sparc_final_write_processing): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_object_p): Likewise.
-
-2016-06-16  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Don't check undefined
-       symbols for relocations against IFUNC symbols.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-
-2016-06-16  Marcin KoÅ›cielnicki  <koriakin@0x04.net>
-
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_finish_dynamic_sections): Include
-       .rela.iplt in DT_PLTRELSZ.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise,
-       for DT_PLTRELSZ and DT_RELASZ as well.
-
-2016-06-16  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Skip relocations in
-       non-loaded, non-alloced sections.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-
-2016-06-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Check SEC_ALLOC before
-       allocating dynamic relocation.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-
-2016-06-14  Senthil Kumar Selvaraj  <senthil_kumar.selvaraj@atmel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20254
-       * elf32-avr.c (elf32_avr_relax_delete_bytes): Adjust reloc
-       offsets until reloc_toaddr.
-
-2016-06-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_reloc_type_class): Check R_386_IRELATIVE.
-       Don't check symbol type for STN_UNDEF symbol index.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_reloc_type_class): Check
-       R_X86_64_IRELATIVE.  Don't check symbol type for STN_UNDEF symbol
-       index.
-
-2016-06-14  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (using_thumb_only): Force review of arch check logic for
-       new architecture.
-       (using_thumb2): Try Tag_THUMB_ISA_use first and check
-       for exact arch value then.  Force review of arch check logic for new
-       architecture.
-       (arch_has_arm_nop): Update and fix arch check logic.  Force review of
-       that logic for new architecture.
-       (arch_has_thumb2_nop): Remove.
-       (elf32_arm_tls_relax): Use using_thumb2 instead of above function.
-       (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Likewise but using thumb2.
-
-2016-06-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * bfd-in.h (bfd_my_archive): Delete.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-
-2016-06-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/20241
-       * archive.c (open_nested_file): Set my_archive.
-       * bfd.c (_bfd_default_error_handler <%B>): Exclude archive file name
-       for thin archives.
-       * bfdio.c (bfd_tell): Don't adjust origin for thin archives.
-       (bfd_seek): Likewise.
-       * bfdwin.c (bfd_get_file_window): Likewise.
-       * cache.c (cache_bmmap): Likewise.
-       (bfd_cache_lookup_worker): Don't look in my_archive for thin archives.
-       * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_follow_dsym): Don't open my_archive for
-       thin archives.
-       * plugin.c (try_claim): Likewise.
-       * xcofflink.c (xcoff_link_add_dynamic_symbols): Use import path of
-       file within thin archive, not the archive.
-
-2016-06-13  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20244
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Add the .got.plt
-       section address for R_386_GOT32/R_386_GOT32X relocations against
-       IFUNC symbols if there is no base register and return error for
-       PIC.
-
-2016-06-13  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Simplify IFUNC
-       GOT32 adjustment for static executables.
-
-2016-06-13  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elf32-mips.c (elf_mips_gnu_pcrel32): Update comment.
-
-2016-06-13  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synospsy.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_relocate_section): Fixed condition.
-
-2016-06-13  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synospsy.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_sections): Changed.
-
-2016-06-13  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synospsy.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_local_data, arc_local_data): Removed.
-       (SECTSTART): Changed.
-       (elf_arc_relocate_section): Fixed mistake in PIE related
-       condition.
-       (elf_arc_size_dynamic_sections): Changed DT_RELENT to DT_RELAENT.
-
-2016-06-13  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synospsy.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf32_arc_reloc_type_class): Defined function to
-       enable support for "-z combreloc" and DT_RELACOUNT.
-       (elf_backend_reloc_type_class): Likewise
-
-2016-06-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20244
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): When relocating
-       R_386_GOT32, return error without a base register for PIC and
-       subtract the .got.plt section address only with a base register.
-
-2016-06-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf-strtab.c (struct strtab_save): Use size_t for "size".
-       (struct elf_strtab_hash): Likewise for "size" and "alloced".
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_init): Formatting.
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_add): Return size_t rather than bfd_size_type.
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_addref): Take size_t idx param.
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_delref, _bfd_elf_strtab_refcount): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_offset): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_clear_all_refs): Use size_t idx.
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_save): Use size_t "idx" and "size" vars.
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_restore, _bfd_elf_strtab_emit): Similarly.
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_finalize): Similarly.
-       * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_strtab_add): Update prototypes.
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_addref, _bfd_elf_strtab_delref): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_refcount, _bfd_elf_strtab_offset): Likewise.
-       * elf.c (bfd_elf_get_elf_syms): Calculate symbol buffer size
-       using bfd_size_type.
-       (bfd_section_from_shdr): Delete amt.
-       (_bfd_elf_init_reloc_shdr): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_link_assign_sym_version): Likewise.
-       (assign_section_numbers): Use size_t reloc_count.
-       * elflink.c (struct elf_symbuf_head): Use size_t "count".
-       (bfd_elf_link_record_dynamic_symbol): Use size_t for some vars.
-       (elf_link_is_defined_archive_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_add_dt_needed_tag): Likewise.
-       (elf_finalize_dynstr): Likewise.
-       (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf_create_symbuf): Similarly.
-       (bfd_elf_match_symbols_in_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf_link_swap_symbols_out): Likewise.
-       (elf_link_check_versioned_symbol): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf_gc_record_vtinherit): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf_gc_common_finalize_got_offsets): Likewise.
-
-2016-06-08  Senthil Kumar Selvaraj  <senthil_kumar.selvaraj@atmel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20221
-       * elf32-avr.c (elf32_avr_relax_delete_bytes): Adjust syms
-       and relocs only if shrinking occurred.
-
-2016-06-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf64-i386.c (elf_i386_link_hash_entry): Add tls_get_addr.
-       (elf_i386_link_hash_newfunc): Initialize tls_get_addr to 2.
-       (elf_i386_check_tls_transition): Check indirect call and direct
-       call with the addr32 prefix for general and local dynamic models.
-       Set the tls_get_addr feild.
-       (elf_i386_convert_load_reloc): Always use addr32 prefix for
-       indirect ___tls_get_addr call via GOT.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Handle GD->LE, GD->IE and LD->LE
-       transitions with indirect call and direct call with the addr32
-       prefix.
-
-2016-06-07  Marcin KoÅ›cielnicki  <koriakin@0x04.net>
-
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_finish_dynamic_symbol): Fix comment.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390x_plt_entry): Fix comment.
-       (elf_s390_relocate_section): Fix comment.
-       (elf_s390_finish_dynamic_sections): Fix initialization of fixed
-       .got.plt entries.
-
-2016-06-07  Ulrich Weigand  <ulrich.weigand@de.ibm.com>
-
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_finish_dynamic_sections): Subtract plt
-       section offset when calculation the larl operand in the first PLT
-       entry.
-
-2016-06-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * cpu-powerpc.c (powerpc_compatible): Allow bfd_mach_ppc_vle entry
-       to match other 32-bit archs.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (_bfd_elf_ppc_set_arch): New function.
-       (ppc_elf_object_p): Call it.
-       (ppc_elf_special_sections): Use APUINFO_SECTION_NAME.  Fix
-       overlong line.
-       (APUINFO_SECTION_NAME, APUINFO_LABEL): Don't define here.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_object_p): Call _bfd_elf_ppc_set_arch.
-       * bfd-in.h (_bfd_elf_ppc_at_tls_transform,
-       _bfd_elf_ppc_at_tprel_transform): Move to..
-       * elf-bfd.h: ..here.
-       (_bfd_elf_ppc_set_arch): Declare.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-
-2016-06-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_link_hash_entry): Add tls_get_addr.
-       (elf_x86_64_link_hash_newfunc): Initialize tls_get_addr to 2.
-       (elf_x86_64_check_tls_transition): Check indirect call and
-       direct call with the addr32 prefix for general and local dynamic
-       models.  Set the tls_get_addr feild.
-       (elf_x86_64_convert_load_reloc): Always use addr32 prefix for
-       indirect __tls_get_addr call via GOT.
-       (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Handle GD->LE, GD->IE and LD->LE
-       transitions with indirect call and direct call with the addr32
-       prefix.
-
-2016-06-04  Christian Groessler  <chris@groessler.org>
-
-       * coff-z8k.c (extra_case): Fix range check for R_JR relocation.
-
-2016-06-02  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR target/20088
-       * cpu-arm.c (processors): Add "arm_any" type to match any ARM
-       architecture.
-       (arch_info_struct): Likewise.
-       (architectures): Likewise.
-
-2016-06-02  Vineet Gupta  <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com>
-
-       * config.bfd: Replace -uclibc with *.
-
-2016-06-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf64-x86-64.c: Replace data32 with data16 in comments.
-
-2016-05-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/20159
-       PR ld/16467
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Revert PR16467 change.
-       (_bfd_elf_add_default_symbol): Don't indirect to/from defined
-       symbol given a version by a script different to the version
-       of the symbol being added.
-       (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Use _bfd_elf_strtab_save and
-       _bfd_elf_strtab_restore.  Don't fudge dynstr references.
-       * elf-strtab.c (_bfd_elf_strtab_restore_size): Delete.
-       (struct strtab_save): New.
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_save, _bfd_elf_strtab_restore): New functions.
-       * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_strtab_restore_size): Delete.
-       (_bfd_elf_strtab_save, _bfd_elf_strtab_restore): Declare.
-
-2016-06-01  Trevor Saunders  <tbsaunde+binutils@tbsaunde.org>
-
-       * elf32-hppa.h: Add extern "C".
-       * elf32-nds32.h: Likewise.
-       * elf32-tic6x.h: Likewise.
-
-2016-06-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * po/sr.po: New Serbian translation.
-       * configure.ac (ALL_LINGUAS): Add sr.
-       * configure: Regenerate.
-
-2016-05-28  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (b_reloc_p): New function.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_relocate_section) <bfd_reloc_outofrange>: Handle
-       branch relocations.
-
-2016-05-28  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_calculate_relocation): <R_MIPS16_26>
-       <R_MIPS_26, R_MICROMIPS_26_S1>: Drop the region bits of the
-       reloc location from calculation, treat the addend as signed with
-       local non-section symbols and enable overflow detection.
-
-2016-05-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * aoutx.h: Adjust linker callback calls throughout file,
-       removing dead code.
-       * bout.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-alpha.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-arm.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-h8300.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-h8500.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-i960.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-mcore.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-mips.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-rs6000.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-sh.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-tic80.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-w65.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-z80.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-z8k.c: Likewise.
-       * coff64-rs6000.c: Likewise.
-       * cofflink.c: Likewise.
-       * ecoff.c: Likewise.
-       * elf-bfd.h: Likewise.
-       * elf-m10200.c: Likewise.
-       * elf-m10300.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-arc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-arm.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-avr.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-bfin.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-cr16.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-cr16c.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-cris.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-crx.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-d10v.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-epiphany.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-fr30.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-frv.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-ft32.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-h8300.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-hppa.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-i370.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-i386.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-i860.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-ip2k.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-iq2000.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-lm32.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32c.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32r.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68hc1x.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68k.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-mep.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-metag.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-microblaze.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-moxie.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-msp430.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-mt.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-nds32.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-nios2.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-or1k.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-s390.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-score.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-score7.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh64.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-spu.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-tic6x.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-tilepro.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-v850.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-vax.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-visium.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-xstormy16.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-xtensa.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-alpha.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-hppa.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-ia64-vms.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-mmix.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-s390.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-sh64.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c: Likewise.
-       * elflink.c: Likewise.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c: Likewise.
-       * elfnn-ia64.c: Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.c: Likewise.
-       * elfxx-sparc.c: Likewise.
-       * elfxx-tilegx.c: Likewise.
-       * linker.c: Likewise.
-       * pdp11.c: Likewise.
-       * pe-mips.c: Likewise.
-       * reloc.c: Likewise.
-       * reloc16.c: Likewise.
-       * simple.c: Likewise.
-       * vms-alpha.c: Likewise.
-       * xcofflink.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-rl78.c (get_symbol_value, get_romstart, get_ramstart): Delete
-       status param.  Adjust calls to these and linker callbacks throughout.
-       * elf32-rx.c: (get_symbol_value, get_gp, get_romstart,
-       get_ramstart): Delete status param.  Adjust calls to these and
-       linker callbacks throughout.
-
-2016-05-27  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_calculate_relocation) <R_MIPS16_26>
-       <R_MIPS_26, R_MICROMIPS_26_S1>: Include the addend in JALX's
-       target alignment verification.
-
-2016-05-27  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_calculate_relocation): Also use the
-       section name if `bfd_elf_string_from_elf_section' returns an
-       empty string.
-
-2016-05-26  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_relocate_section)
-       <bfd_reloc_outofrange>: Use the `%X%H' rather than `%C' format
-       for message.  Continue processing rather than returning failure.
-
-2016-05-25  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_relocate_section)
-       <bfd_reloc_outofrange>: Call `->einfo' rather than `->warning'.
-       Call `bfd_set_error'.
-
-2016-05-25  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR binutils/14625
-       * archive.c (bfd_slurp_armap): Replace
-       bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap with
-       _bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap.
-       (bsd_write_armap): Call _bfd_archive_64_bit_write_armap if
-       BFD64 is defined and the archive is too big.
-       (coff_write_armap): Likewise.
-       * archive64.c (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap): Renamed to ...
-       (_bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap): This.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_write_armap): Renamed to ...
-       (_bfd_archive_64_bit_write_armap): This.
-       * configure.ac: Add --enable-64-bit-archive.
-       (want_64_bit_archive): New.  Set to true by default for 64-bit
-       MIPS and s390 ELF targets.
-       (USE_64_BIT_ARCHIVE): New AC_DEFINE.
-       * config.in: Regenerated.
-       * configure: Likewise.
-       * elf64-mips.c (bfd_elf64_archive_functions): Removed.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_write_armap): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_extended_name_table): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_construct_extended_name_table): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_truncate_arname): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_read_ar_hdr): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_write_ar_hdr): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_openr_next_archived_file): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_get_elt_at_index): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_generic_stat_arch_elt): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_update_armap_timestamp): Likewise.
-       * elf64-s390.c (bfd_elf64_archive_functions): Removed.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_write_armap): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_extended_name_table): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_construct_extended_name_table): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_truncate_arname): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_read_ar_hdr): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_write_ar_hdr): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_openr_next_archived_file): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_get_elt_at_index): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_generic_stat_arch_elt): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf64_archive_update_armap_timestamp): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-target.h (TARGET_BIG_SYM): Use _bfd_archive_64_bit on
-       BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE if USE_64_BIT_ARCHIVE is defined and
-       bfd_elfNN_archive_functions isn't defined.
-       (TARGET_LITTLE_SYM): Likewise.
-       * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap): New prototype.
-       (_bfd_archive_64_bit_write_armap): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_extended_name_table): New macro.
-       (_bfd_archive_64_bit_construct_extended_name_table): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_archive_64_bit_truncate_arname): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_archive_64_bit_read_ar_hdr): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_archive_64_bit_write_ar_hdr): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_archive_64_bit_openr_next_archived_file): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_archive_64_bit_get_elt_at_index): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_archive_64_bit_generic_stat_arch_elt): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_archive_64_bit_update_armap_timestamp): Likewise.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerated.
-       * plugin.c (plugin_vec): Use _bfd_archive_64_bit on
-       BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE if USE_64_BIT_ARCHIVE is defined.
-
-2016-05-25  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20103
-       * cofflink.c (coff_link_check_archive_element): Return TRUE if
-       linker add_archive_element callback returns FALSE.
-       * ecoff.c (ecoff_link_check_archive_element): Likewise.
-       * elf64-ia64-vms.c (elf64_vms_link_add_archive_symbols): Skip
-       archive element if linker add_archive_element callback returns
-       FALSE.
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_archive_symbols): Likewise.
-       * pdp11.c (aout_link_check_ar_symbols): Likewise.
-       * vms-alpha.c (alpha_vms_link_add_archive_symbols): Likewise.
-       * xcofflink.c (xcoff_link_check_dynamic_ar_symbols): Likewise.
-       (xcoff_link_check_ar_symbols): Likewise.
-
-2016-05-24  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_relocate_section)
-       <bfd_reloc_outofrange>: Unify error reporting code.
-
-2016-05-23  Jim Wilson  <jim.wilson@linaro.org>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c: Unconditionally enable R_AARCH64_NULL and
-       R_AARCH64_NONE.  Use HOWTO64 for R_AARCH64_NULL.
-       * relocs.c: Add BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_NULL.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Likewise.
-
-2016-05-23  Kuba Sejdak  <jakub.sejdak@phoesys.com>
-
-       * config.bfd: Add entry for arm-phoenix.
-
-2016-05-23  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (arm_dedicated_stub_section_padding): New function.
-       (elf32_arm_size_stubs): Declare stub_type in a more outer scope and
-       account for padding for stub section requiring one.
-       (elf32_arm_build_stubs): Add comment to stress the importance of
-       zeroing veneer section content.
-
-2016-05-23  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * bfd-in.h (bfd_elf32_arm_keep_private_stub_output_sections): Declare
-       bfd hook.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * elf32-arm.c (arm_dedicated_stub_output_section_required): New
-       function.
-       (arm_dedicated_stub_output_section_required_alignment): Likewise.
-       (arm_dedicated_stub_output_section_name): Likewise.
-       (arm_dedicated_stub_input_section_ptr): Likewise.
-       (elf32_arm_create_or_find_stub_sec): Add stub type parameter and
-       function description comment. Add support for dedicated output stub
-       section to given stub types.
-       (elf32_arm_add_stub): Add a stub type parameter and pass it down to
-       elf32_arm_create_or_find_stub_sec.
-       (elf32_arm_create_stub): Pass stub type down to elf32_arm_add_stub.
-       (elf32_arm_size_stubs): Pass stub type when calling
-       elf32_arm_create_or_find_stub_sec for Cortex-A8 erratum veneers.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_keep_private_stub_output_sections): New function.
-
-2016-05-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Don't check R_386_GOT32
-       when setting need_convert_load.
-
-2016-05-20  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_read_rel_addend): Adjust the addend for
-       microMIPS JALX.
-
-2016-05-19  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20117
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_load_reloc): Don't check
-       R_386_GOT32X.
-       (elf_i386_convert_load): Don't convert R_386_GOT32.
-
-2016-05-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR gas/20118
-       * elf.c (elf_fake_sections): Set sh_entsize for SHT_INIT_ARRAY,
-       SHT_FINI_ARRAY, and SHT_PREINIT_ARRAY.
-
-2016-05-19  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_elf_final_write_processing): Changed.
-       (debug_arc_reloc): Likewise.
-       (elf_arc_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elf_arc_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (elf_arc_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_arc_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
-
-2016-05-19  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * config.bfd: Remove `am34-*-linux*' support.
-
-2016-05-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (allocate_dynrelocs): Allocate got and other dynamic
-       relocs before plt relocs.
-
-2016-05-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_branch_reloc): Check for NULL owner
-       before dereferencing.
-
-2016-05-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * po/sv.po: Updated Swedish translation.
-
-2016-05-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_size_stubs): Free or cache local syms
-       for each BFD.  Don't goto error_ret_free_local from outside loop.
-
-2016-05-17  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elf-s390-common.c (elf_s390_add_symbol_hook): Remove
-       STB_GNU_UNIQUE handling.
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68k.c (elf_m68k_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
-       * elf32-sparc.c (elf32_sparc_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
-       * elf64-sparc.c (elf64_sparc_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_add_symbol_hook): Remove function.
-       (elf_backend_add_symbol_hook): Remove macro.
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Set `has_gnu_symbols'
-       for STB_GNU_UNIQUE symbols.
-
-2016-05-16  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_copy_notes): New function, factored out
-       from...
-       (v850_elf_copy_private_bfd_data): ... here.  Call the new
-       function and `_bfd_elf_copy_private_bfd_data'.
-
-2016-05-13  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20093
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load_reloc): Don't convert
-       GOTPCREL relocation against large section.
-
-2016-05-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf-m10300.c (_bfd_mn10300_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Use
-       linker dynamic sections in calculating size and address of
-       dynamic tags rather than using output sections.  Remove asserts.
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cr16.c (_bfd_cr16_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cris.c (elf_cris_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i370.c (i370_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-lm32.c (lm32_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68k.c (elf_m68k_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-metag.c (elf_metag_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nios2.c (nios2_elf32_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score.c (s3_bfd_score_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score7.c (s7_bfd_score_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-vax.c (elf_vax_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_xtensa_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-sh64.c (sh64_elf64_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-sparc.c (sparc_finish_dyn): Likewise.  Adjust error message.
-       * elf32-arc.c (GET_SYMBOL_OR_SECTION): Remove ASSERT arg and
-       don't set doit.  Look up dynobj section.
-       (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_sections): Adjust GET_SYMBOL_OR_SECTION
-       invocation and dynamic tag vma calculation.  Don't test
-       boolean var == TRUE.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_finish_dynamic_sections): Fix
-       DT_JMPREL calc.
-
-2016-05-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_sort_relocs): Wrap overlong lines.  Fix
-       octets_per_byte.  Put dynamic .rela.plt last in link orders.
-       Assign output_offset for reloc sections rather than writing
-       sorted relocs from block corresponding to output_offset.
-
-2016-05-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h (elf_reloc_type_class): Put reloc_class_plt last.
-
-2016-05-11  Andrew Bennett  <andrew.bennett@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (print_mips_ases): Add DSPR3.
-
-2016-05-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-hppa.c (elf32_hppa_init_stub_bfd): New function.
-       (elf32_hppa_check_relocs): Don't set dynobj.
-       (elf32_hppa_size_stubs): Test !SEC_LINKER_CREATED for stub sections.
-       (elf32_hppa_build_stubs): Likewise.
-       * elf32-hppa.h (elf32_hppa_init_stub_bfd): Declare.
-
-2016-05-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 20060
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_tls_setup): Clear forced_local.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_tls_setup): Likewise.
-
-2016-05-10  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Remove redundant
-       aarch64_tls_transition check.
-
-2016-05-10  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (enum elf32_arm_stub_type): New max_stub_type
-       enumerator.
-       (arm_stub_sym_claimed): New function.
-       (elf32_arm_create_stub): Use veneered symbol name and section if
-       veneer needs to claim its symbol, and keep logic unchanged otherwise.
-       (arm_stub_claim_sym): New function.
-       (arm_map_one_stub): Call arm_stub_claim_sym if veneer needs to claim
-       veneered symbol, otherwise create local symbol as before.
-
-2016-05-10  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_size_stubs): Use new macros
-       ARM_GET_SYM_BRANCH_TYPE and ARM_SET_SYM_BRANCH_TYPE to respectively get
-       and set branch type of a symbol.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_process_before_allocation): Likewise.
-       (elf32_arm_relocate_section): Likewise and fix identation along the
-       way.
-       (allocate_dynrelocs_for_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf32_arm_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf32_arm_swap_symbol_in): Likewise.
-       (elf32_arm_swap_symbol_out): Likewise.
-
-2016-05-10  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * bfd-in.h (elf32_arm_size_stubs): Add an output section parameter.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-       * elf32-arm.c (struct elf32_arm_link_hash_table): Add an output section
-       parameter to add_stub_section callback.
-       (elf32_arm_create_or_find_stub_sec): Get output section from link_sec
-       and pass it down to add_stub_section.
-       (elf32_arm_add_stub): Set section to stub_sec if NULL before using it
-       for error message.
-       (elf32_arm_size_stubs): Add output section parameter to
-       add_stub_section function pointer parameter.
-
-2016-05-10  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_create_stub): New function.
-       (elf32_arm_size_stubs): Use elf32_arm_create_stub for stub creation.
-
-2016-05-10  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (enum elf32_arm_stub_type): Delete
-       arm_stub_a8_veneer_lwm enumerator.
-       (arm_stub_a8_veneer_lwm): New unsigned constant to replace
-       aforementioned enumerator.
-       (struct elf32_arm_stub_hash_entry): Delete target_addend
-       field and add source_value.
-       (struct a8_erratum_fix): Delete addend field and add target_offset.
-       (stub_hash_newfunc): Initialize source_value field amd remove
-       initialization for target_addend.
-       (arm_build_one_stub): Stop special casing Thumb relocations: promote
-       the else to being always executed, moving the
-       arm_stub_a8_veneer_b_cond specific code in it.  Remove
-       stub_entry->target_addend from points_to computation.
-       (cortex_a8_erratum_scan): Store in a8_erratum_fix structure the offset
-       to target symbol from start of section rather than the offset from the
-       stub address.
-       (elf32_arm_size_stubs): Set stub_entry's source_value and target_value
-       fields from struct a8_erratum_fix's offset and target_offset
-       respectively.
-       (make_branch_to_a8_stub): Rename target variable to loc.  Compute
-       veneered_insn_loc and loc using stub_entry's source_value.
-
-2016-05-10  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       (elf32_arm_merge_eabi_attributes): Add merging logic for
-       Tag_DSP_extension.
-
-2016-05-10  Pip Cet  <pipcet@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/20059
-       * elfxx-target.h (bfd_elfNN_bfd_copy_link_hash_symbol_type):
-       Define as _bfd_generic_copy_link_hash_symbol_type when using
-       generic hash table.
-
-2016-05-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/20063
-       * elf.c (bfd_elf_get_elf_syms): Check for out of range sh_link
-       field before accessing sections array.
-
-2016-05-09  Christophe Monat  <christophe.monat@st.com>
-
-       PR ld/20030
-       * elf32-arm.c (is_thumb2_vldm): Account for T1 (DP) encoding.
-       (stm32l4xx_need_create_replacing_stub): Rename ambiguous nb_regs
-       to nb_words.
-       (create_instruction_vldmia): Add is_dp to disambiguate SP/DP
-       encoding.
-       (create_instruction_vldmdb): Likewise.
-       (stm32l4xx_create_replacing_stub_vldm): is_dp detects DP encoding,
-       uses it to re-encode.
-
-2016-05-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR 19938
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Revert accidental
-       commit.
-
-2016-05-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_init_stub_bfd): Remove redundant NULL check.
-
-2016-05-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/17550
-       * elf-bfd.h (elf_link_hash_entry): Update comments for indx,
-       documenting that indx == -3 if symbol is defined in a discarded
-       section.
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Set indx to -3 if
-       symbol is defined in a discarded section.
-       (elf_link_output_extsym): Strip a global symbol defined in a
-       discarded section.
-
-2016-05-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_backend_add_symbol_hook): Defined for Intel
-       MCU.
-
-2016-05-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_load): Extract the GOT load
-       conversion to ...
-       (elf_i386_convert_load_reloc): This.  New function.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Extract the GOT load
-       conversion to ...
-       (elf_x86_64_convert_load_reloc): This.  New function.
-
-2016-05-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_tls_transition): Remove abfd.
-       Don't check if contents == NULL.
-       (elf_i386_tls_transition): Add from_relocate_section.  Check
-       from_relocate_section instead of contents != NULL.  Update
-       elf_i386_check_tls_transition call.
-       (elf_i386_check_relocs): Cache the section contents if
-       keep_memory is FALSE.  Pass FALSE as from_relocate_section to
-       elf_i386_tls_transition.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Pass TRUE as from_relocate_section
-       to elf_i386_tls_transition.
-       (elf_backend_caches_rawsize): New.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_check_tls_transition): Don't check
-       if contents == NULL.
-       (elf_x86_64_tls_transition): Add from_relocate_section.  Check
-       from_relocate_section instead of contents != NULL.
-       (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Cache the section contents if
-       keep_memory is FALSE.  Pass FALSE as from_relocate_section to
-       elf_x86_64_tls_transition.
-       (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Pass TRUE as from_relocate_section
-       to elf_x86_64_tls_transition.
-       (elf_backend_caches_rawsize): New.
-
-2016-05-03  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       PR 10549
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_add_symbol_hook): Handle
-       STB_GNU_UNIQUE.
-
-2016-05-03  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * bfd-in.h (bfd_elf64_aarch64_set_options): Update prototype.
-       * bfd-in2.h (bfd_elf64_aarch64_set_options): Likewise.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (bfd_elfNN_aarch64_set_options): Initialize
-       no_apply_dynamic_relocs.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Apply absolute relocations even though
-       dynamic relocations generated.
-
-2016-04-29  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_size_dynamic_sections): Move interp
-       setting to ...
-       (elf_i386_create_dynamic_sections): Here.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_size_dynamic_sections): Move
-       interp setting to ...
-       (elf_x86_64_create_dynamic_sections): Here.
-
-2016-04-29  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (UNDEFINED_WEAK_RESOLVED_TO_ZERO): Take GOT_RELOC
-       and replace (EH)->has_got_reloc with GOT_RELOC.
-       (elf_i386_fixup_symbol): Pass has_got_reloc to
-       UNDEFINED_WEAK_RESOLVED_TO_ZERO.
-       (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elf_i386_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_i386_convert_load): Pass TRUE to
-       UNDEFINED_WEAK_RESOLVED_TO_ZERO.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (UNDEFINED_WEAK_RESOLVED_TO_ZERO): Take
-       GOT_RELOC and replace (EH)->has_got_reloc with GOT_RELOC.
-       (elf_x86_64_fixup_symbol): Pass has_got_reloc to
-       UNDEFINED_WEAK_RESOLVED_TO_ZERO.
-       (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elf_x86_64_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Pass TRUE to
-       UNDEFINED_WEAK_RESOLVED_TO_ZERO.
-
-2016-04-29  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (check_relocs_failed): New.
-       (elf_i386_check_relocs): Set check_relocs_failed on error.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Skip if check_relocs failed.
-
-2016-04-29  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Set
-       check_relocs_failed on error.
-
-2016-04-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR 19938
-       * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data): Rename
-       elf_backend_set_special_section_info_and_link to
-       elf_backend_copy_special_section_fields.
-       * elfxx-target.h: Likewise.
-       * elf.c (section_match): Ignore the SHF_INFO_LINK flag when
-       comparing section flags.
-       (copy_special_section_fields): New function.
-       (_bfd_elf_copy_private_bfd_data): Copy the EI_ABIVERSION field.
-       Perform two scans over special sections.  The first one looks for
-       a direct mapping between the output section and an input section.
-       The second scan looks for a possible match based upon section
-       characteristics.
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_copy_special_section_fields): New
-       function.  Handle setting the sh_link field of SHT_ARM_EXIDX
-       sections.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf32_i386_set_special_info_link): Rename to
-       elf32_i386_copy_solaris_special_section_fields.
-       * elf32-sparc.c (elf32_sparc_set_special_section_info_link):
-       Rename to elf32_sparc_copy_solaris_special_section_fields.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf64_x86_64_set_special_info_link): Rename to
-       elf64_x86_64_copy_solaris_special_section_fields.
-
-2016-04-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * po/zh_CN.po: Updated Chinese (simplified) translation.
-
-2016-04-27  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/20006
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Skip debug sections
-       when estimating distances between output sections.
-
-2016-04-27  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_is_start_stop): New function.
-       (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec): Use it.
-       * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_is_start_stop): Declare.
-
-2016-04-26  Trevor Saunders  <tbsaunde+binutils@tbsaunde.org>
-
-       * elf32-rx.c (rx_set_section_contents): Avoid arithmetic on void *.
-       * mmo.c (mmo_get_section_contents): Likewise.
-       (mmo_set_section_contents): Likewise.
-
-2016-04-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h (elf_link_hash_table): Update comments for
-       dynsymcount.
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms): Always count for
-       the unused NULL entry at the head of dynamic symbol table.
-       (bfd_elf_size_dynsym_hash_dynstr): Remove dynsymcount != 0
-       checks.
-
-2016-04-21  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_create_dynstrtab): Exclude linker
-       created file from dynobj.
-
-2016-04-21  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_create_dynstrtab): Set dynobj to a
-       normal input file if possible.
-
-2016-04-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * aout-adobe.c: Use _bfd_generic_link_check_relocs.
-       * aout-target.h: Likewise.
-       * aout-tic30.c: Likewise.
-       * binary.c: Likewise.
-       * bout.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-alpha.c: Likewise.
-       * coff-rs6000.c: Likewise.
-       * coff64-rs6000.c: Likewise.
-       * coffcode.h: Likewise.
-       * i386msdos.c: Likewise.
-       * i386os9k.c: Likewise.
-       * ieee.c: Likewise.
-       * ihex.c: Likewise.
-       * libbfd-in.h: Likewise.
-       * libecoff.h: Likewise.
-       * mach-o-target.c: Likewise.
-       * mmo.c: Likewise.
-       * nlm-target.h: Likewise.
-       * oasys.c: Likewise.
-       * pef.c: Likewise.
-       * plugin.c: Likewise.
-       * ppcboot.c: Likewise.
-       * som.c: Likewise.
-       * srec.c: Likewise.
-       * tekhex.c: Likewise.
-       * versados.c: Likewise.
-       * vms-alpha.c: Likewise.
-       * xsym.c: Likewise.
-       * elfxx-target.h: Use _bfd_elf_link_check_relocs.
-       * linker.c (bfd_link_check_relocs): New function.
-       (_bfd_generic_link_check_relocs): New function.
-       * targets.c (BFD_JUMP_TABLE_LINK): Add initialization of
-       _bfd_link_check_relocs field.
-       (struct bfd_target)L Add _bfd_link_check_relocs field.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-
-2016-04-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_gc_sweep_hook): Removed.
-       (elf_backend_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elf_backend_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-
-2016-04-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_check_relocs): Don't check relocations
-       in excluded sections
-
-2016-04-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19969
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (check_relocs_failed): New.
-       (elf_x86_64_need_pic): Moved before elf_x86_64_check_relocs.
-       Support relocation agaist local symbol.  Set check_relocs_failed.
-       (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Use elf_x86_64_need_pic.  Check
-       R_X86_64_32 relocation overflow.
-       (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Skip if check_relocs failed.
-       Update one elf_x86_64_need_pic and remove one elf_x86_64_need_pic.
-
-2016-04-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Call
-       _bfd_elf_create_ifunc_sections only for STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-
-2016-04-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_link_check_relocs): New.
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_check_relocs): New function.
-       (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Call _bfd_elf_link_check_relocs
-       if check_relocs_after_open_input is FALSE.
-
-2016-04-20  Trevor Saunders  <tbsaunde+binutils@tbsaunde.org>
-
-       * cache.c: Update old style function definitions.
-       * elf32-m68k.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-mmix.c: Likewise.
-       * stab-syms.c: Likewise.
-
-2016-04-20  Trevor Saunders  <tbsaunde+binutils@tbsaunde.org>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (put_thumb2_insn): Change argument type to bfd_byte *.
-
-2016-04-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerated with automake 1.11.6.
-       * aclocal.m4: Likewise.
-       * doc/Makefile.in: Likewise.
-
-2016-04-14  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
-
-       * reloc.c: Add BFD_RELOC_ARC_NPS_CMEM16 entry.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * elf32-arc.c: Add 'opcode/arc.h' include.
-       (struct arc_relocation_data): Add symbol_name.
-       (arc_special_overflow_checks): New function.
-       (arc_do_relocation): Use arc_special_overflow_checks, reindent as
-       required, add an extra comment.
-       (elf_arc_relocate_section): Setup symbol_name in reloc_data.
-
-2016-04-14  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (tls_got_entries): Add 'TLS_GOT_' prefix to all
-       entries.
-       (elf_arc_relocate_section): Update enum uses.
-       (elf_arc_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-
-2016-04-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_copy_private_bfd_data): Replace "link" with
-       "sh_link".
-
-2016-04-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR target/19938
-       * elf-bbfd.h (struct elf_backend_data): New field:
-       elf_strtab_flags.
-       New field: elf_backend_set_special_section_info_and_link
-       * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_strtab_flags): Define if not already
-       defined.
-       (elf_backend_set_special_section_info_and_link): Define if not
-       already defined.
-       (elfNN_bed): Use elf_backend_set_special_section_info_and_link and
-       elf_backend_strtab_flags macros to initialise fields in structure.
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Check for SHF_STRINGS
-       being set even if SHF_MERGE is not set.
-       (elf_fake_sections): Likewise.
-       (section_match): New function.  Matches two ELF sections based
-       upon fixed characteristics.
-       (find_link): New function.  Locates a section in a BFD that
-       matches a section in a different BFD.
-       (_bfd_elf_copy_private_bfd_data): Copy the sh_info and sh_link
-       fields of reserved sections.
-       (bfd_elf_compute_section_file_positions): Set the flags for the
-       .shstrtab section based upon the elf_strtab_flags field in the
-       elf_backend_data structure.
-       (swap_out_syms): Likewise for the .strtab section.
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Set the flags for the
-       .strtab section based upon the elf_strtab_flags field in the
-       elf_backend_data structure.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf32_i386_set_special_info_link): New function.
-       (elf_backend_strtab_flags): Set to SHF_STRINGS for Solaris
-       targets.
-       (elf_backend_set_special_section_info_and_link): Define for
-       Solaris targets.
-       * elf32-sparc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c: Likewise.
-
-2016-04-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19939
-       * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_allocate_ifunc_dyn_relocs): Add a pointer
-       to bfd_boolean.
-       * elf-ifunc.c (_bfd_elf_allocate_ifunc_dyn_relocs): Updated.
-       Set *readonly_dynrelocs_against_ifunc_p to TRUE if dynamic reloc
-       applies to read-only section.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_link_hash_table): Add
-       readonly_dynrelocs_against_ifunc.
-       (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Updated.
-       (elf_i386_size_dynamic_sections): Issue an error for read-only
-       segment with dynamic IFUNC relocations only if
-       readonly_dynrelocs_against_ifunc is TRUE.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_link_hash_table): Add
-       readonly_dynrelocs_against_ifunc.
-       (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): Updated.
-       (elf_x86_64_size_dynamic_sections): Issue an error for read-only
-       segment with dynamic IFUNC relocations only if
-       readonly_dynrelocs_against_ifunc is TRUE.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_allocate_ifunc_dynrelocs):
-       Updated.
-
-2016-04-06  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_size_stubs): Move error_ret_free_local to be
-       a fall through from error_ret_free_internal.  Free local_syms in
-       error_ret_free_local if allocated from bfd_elf_get_elf_syms ().
-
-2016-04-05  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (plt_do_relocs_for_symbol): Changed.
-       (relocate_plt_for_entry): Likewise.
-
-2016-04-05  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_check_relocs): Changed
-
-2016-04-05  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (name_for_global_symbol): Changed assert.
-       (get_replace_function): Created.:
-       (struct arc_relocation_data): Changed to signed types.
-       (defines S, L, P, PDATA): Casted to signed type.
-       (defines SECTSTART, _SDA_BASE_, TLS_REL): Likewise.
-       (PRINT_DEBUG_RELOC_INFO_BEFORE): Changed.
-       (arc_do_relocation): Changed.
-
-2016-04-05  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (name_for_global_symbol): Added assert to check for
-       symbol index.
-       (elf_arc_relocate_section): Added and changed asserts, validating
-       the synamic symbol index.
-       (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_symbol): Do not fill the dynamic
-       relocation if symbol has dynindx set to -1.
-
-2016-04-05  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       PR ld/19908
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Always turn hidden
-       and internal symbols which have a dynamic index into local
-       ones.
-
-2016-04-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR 19872
-       * dwarf2.c (parse_comp_unit): Skip warning about unrecognised
-       version number if the version is zero.
-
-2016-04-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 19886
-       * elflink.c (on_needed_list): Recursively check needed status.
-       (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Adjust.
-
-2016-03-30  Senthil Kumar Selvaraj  <senthil_kumar.selvaraj@atmel.com>
-
-       * elf32-avr.c (avr_elf32_load_records_from_section): Free
-       internal_relocs only if they aren't cached.
-
-2016-03-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR 17334
-       * elf32-bfin.c (elf32_bfinfdpic_finish_dynamic_sections): Relax
-       assertion on the size of the got section to allow it to be bigger
-       than the number of relocs.
-
-2016-03-29  Toni Spets  <toni.spets@iki.fi>
-
-       PR 19878
-       * coffcode.h (coff_write_object_contents): Revert accidental
-       2014-11-10 change.
-
-2016-03-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 19850
-       * dwarf2.c (read_attribute_value): Skip info_ptr check for
-       DW_FORM_flag_present.
-
-2016-03-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * cpu-v850_rh850.c (arch_info_struct): Restore v850-rh850 as an
-       architecture name for backwards compatibility.
-
-       * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_write_codeview_record): Fix possible
-       unbounded stack use.
-
-       * warning.m4 (GCC_WARN_CFLAGS): Only add -Wstack-usage if using a
-       sufficiently recent version of GCC.
-       * configure: Regenerate.
-
-2016-03-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 19851
-       * plugin.c (try_load_plugin): Avoid -Wstack-usage warning.
-
-2016-03-21  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
-
-       * archures.c (bfd_mach_arc_nps400): Define.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * cpu-arc.c (arch_info_struct): New entry for nps400, renumber
-       some existing entries to make space.
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_elf_object_p): Add nps400 case.
-       (arc_elf_final_write_processing): Likewise.
-
-2016-03-21  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_elf_print_private_bfd_data): Remove use of
-       EF_ARC_CPU_GENERIC.
-       (arc_elf_final_write_processing): Don't bother setting cpu field
-       in e_flags, this will have been set elsewhere.
-
-2016-03-21  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_elf_final_write_processing): Switch to using
-       EF_ARC_MACH_MSK.
-
-2016-03-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * warning.m4 (GCC_WARN_CFLAGS): Add -Wstack-usage=262144
-       * configure: Regenerate.
-       * elf32-m68hc1x.c (elf32_m68hc11_relocate_section): Replace use of
-       alloca with call to xmalloc.
-       * elf32-nds32.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-hppa.c: Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.c: Likewise.
-       * pef.c: Likewise.
-       * pei-x86_64.c: Likewise.
-       * som.c: Likewise.
-       * xsym.c: Likewise.
-
-2016-03-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19827
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Bind defined symbol
-       locally in PIE.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-
-2016-03-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19807
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Check
-       no_reloc_overflow_check to diable R_X86_64_32/R_X86_64_32S
-       relocation overflow check.
-
-2016-03-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-
-2016-03-11  Dan Gissel  <dgisselq@ieee.org>
-
-       PR 19713
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_section_offset): Ensure that the returned offset
-       uses bytes not octets.
-       * elflink.c (resolve_section): Likewise.
-       Add a bfd parameter.
-       (eval_section): Pass the input_bfd to resolve_section.
-       (bfd_elf_perform_complex_relocation): Convert byte offset to
-       octets before read and writing values.
-       (elf_link_input_bfd): Add byte to octet conversions.
-       (elf_reloc_link_order): Likewise.
-       (elf_fixup_link_order): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf_final_link): Likewise.
-       * reloc.c (_bfd_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       * syms.c (_bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line): Likewise.
-
-2016-03-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * config.bfd: Mark the i370 target as obsolete.
-
-2016-03-09  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
-
-       * cpu-v850.c (N): Append ":old-gcc-abi" instead of " (using old
-       gcc ABI)" to printable name.
-       * cpu-v850_rh850.c (bfd_v850_rh850_arch): Use "v850:rh850" instead
-       of "v850-rh850" as printable name.
-
-2016-03-09  Leon Winter  <winter-gcc@bfw-online.de>
-
-       PR ld/19623
-       * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section): Do not apply
-       relocations against absolute symbols.
-
-2016-03-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR binutils/19775
-       * coff-alpha.c (alpha_ecoff_openr_next_archived_file): Allow zero
-       length elements in the archive.
-
-2016-03-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19789
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Create dynamic sections
-       for -E/--dynamic-list only when not relocatable.
-
-2016-03-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19784
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Increment PLT reference
-       count for locally defined local IFUNC symbols in shared object.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-
-2016-03-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19579
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Group common symbol checking
-       together.
-
-2016-03-08  Cupertino Miranda  <Cupertino.Miranda@synopsys.com>
-           Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_bfd_get_32): Becomes an alias for bfd_get_32.
-       (arc_bfd_put_32): Becomes an alias for bfd_put_32.
-       (arc_elf_howto_init): Added assert to validate relocations.
-       (get_middle_endian_relocation): Delete.
-       (middle_endian_convert): New function.
-       (ME): Redefine, now does nothing.
-       (IS_ME): New define.
-       (arc_do_relocation): Extend the attached 'ARC_RELOC_HOWTO'
-       definition to call middle_endian_convert.  Add a new local
-       variable and make use of this throughout. Added call to
-       arc_bfd_get_8 and arc_bfd_put_8 for 8 bit relocations.
-
-2016-03-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/19775
-       * archive.c (bfd_generic_openr_next_archived_file): Allow zero
-       length elements in the archive.
-
-2016-03-07  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Always create .got
-       section if the symbol "_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_" is referenced.
-
-2016-03-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19579
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Treat common symbol in
-       executable as definition if the new definition comes from a
-       shared library.
-
-2016-03-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
-       * po/SRC-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
-
-2016-02-29  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_relocate_section): Added rules to fix the
-       relocation addend when sections get merged.
-
-2016-02-29  Cupertino Miranda <Cupertino.Miranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_elf_final_write_processing): Add condition to
-       the flag change.
-        (elf_arc_relocate_section): Fixes and conditions to support PIE.
-       Assert for code sections dynamic relocs.
-
-2016-02-26  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): Fix signed overflow
-       check for MOVW_SABS_G0, MOVW_SABS_G1, MOVW_SABS_G2.
-
-2016-02-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19609
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_load): Convert to R_386_32 for
-       load with locally bound symbols if PIC is false or there is no
-       base register.  Optimize branch to 0 if PIC is false.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Don't generate dynamic relocations
-       against undefined weak symbols if PIC is false.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Disable optimization
-       if we can't estimate relocation overflow with --no-relax.
-       Convert to R_X86_64_32S/R_X86_64_32 for load with locally bound
-       symbols if PIC is false.  Optimize branch to 0 if PIC is false.
-       (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Don't generate dynamic relocations
-       against undefined weak symbols if PIC is false.
-
-2016-02-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19645
-       * bfd.c (bfd): Change flags to 20 bits.
-       (BFD_CONVERT_ELF_COMMON): New.
-       (BFD_USE_ELF_STT_COMMON): Likewise.
-       (BFD_FLAGS_SAVED): Add BFD_CONVERT_ELF_COMMON and
-       BFD_USE_ELF_STT_COMMON.
-       (BFD_FLAGS_FOR_BFD_USE_MASK): Likewise.
-       * configure.ac: Remove --enable-elf-stt-common.
-       * elf.c (swap_out_syms): Choose STT_COMMON or STT_OBJECT for
-       common symbol depending on BFD_CONVERT_ELF_COMMON and
-       BFD_USE_ELF_STT_COMMON.
-       * elfcode.h (elf_slurp_symbol_table): Set BSF_ELF_COMMON for
-       STT_COMMON.
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_link_mark_dynamic_symbol): Also check
-       STT_COMMON.
-       (elf_link_convert_common_type): New function.
-       (elf_link_output_extsym): Choose STT_COMMON or STT_OBJECT for
-       common symbol depending on BFD_CONVERT_ELF_COMMON and
-       BFD_USE_ELF_STT_COMMON.  Set sym.st_info after sym.st_shndx.
-       * elfxx-target.h (TARGET_BIG_SYM): Add BFD_CONVERT_ELF_COMMON
-       and BFD_USE_ELF_STT_COMMON to object_flags.
-       (TARGET_LITTLE_SYM): Likewise.
-       * syms.c (BSF_KEEP_G): Renamed to ...
-       (BSF_ELF_COMMON): This.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-       * config.in: Likewise.
-       * configure: Likewise.
-
-2016-02-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19636
-       PR ld/19704
-       PR ld/19719
-       * elf32-i386.c (UNDEFINED_WEAK_RESOLVED_TO_ZERO): New.
-       (elf_i386_link_hash_entry): Add has_got_reloc and
-       has_non_got_reloc.
-       (elf_i386_link_hash_table): Add interp.
-       (elf_i386_link_hash_newfunc): Initialize has_got_reloc and
-       has_non_got_reloc.
-       (elf_i386_copy_indirect_symbol): Copy has_got_reloc and
-       has_non_got_reloc.
-       (elf_i386_check_relocs): Set has_got_reloc and has_non_got_reloc.
-       (elf_i386_fixup_symbol): New function.
-       (elf_i386_pie_finish_undefweak_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Don't allocate space for dynamic
-       relocations and discard relocations against resolved undefined
-       weak symbols in executable.  Don't make resolved undefined weak
-       symbols in executable dynamic.  Keep dynamic non-GOT/non-PLT
-       relocation against undefined weak symbols in PIE.
-       (elf_i386_size_dynamic_sections): Set interp to .interp section.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Don't generate dynamic relocations
-       against resolved undefined weak symbols in PIE, except for
-       R_386_PC32.
-       (elf_i386_finish_dynamic_symbol): Keep PLT/GOT entries without
-       dynamic PLT/GOT relocations for resolved undefined weak symbols.
-       Don't generate dynamic relocation against resolved undefined weak
-       symbol in executable.
-       (elf_i386_finish_dynamic_sections): Call
-       elf_i386_pie_finish_undefweak_symbol on all symbols in PIE.
-       (elf_backend_fixup_symbol): New.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (UNDEFINED_WEAK_RESOLVED_TO_ZERO): New.
-       (elf_x86_64_link_hash_entry): Add has_got_reloc and
-       has_non_got_reloc.
-       (elf_x86_64_link_hash_table): Add interp.
-       (elf_x86_64_link_hash_newfunc): Initialize has_got_reloc and
-       has_non_got_reloc.
-       (elf_x86_64_copy_indirect_symbol): Copy has_got_reloc and
-       has_non_got_reloc.
-       (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Set has_got_reloc and
-       has_non_got_reloc.
-       (elf_x86_64_fixup_symbol): New function.
-       (elf_x86_64_pie_finish_undefweak_symbol): Likewise.
-       (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): Don't allocate space for dynamic
-       relocations and discard relocations against resolved undefined
-       weak symbols in executable.  Don't make resolved undefined weak
-       symbols in executable dynamic.
-       (elf_x86_64_size_dynamic_sections): Set interp to .interp section.
-       (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Check relocation overflow for
-       dynamic relocations against unresolved weak undefined symbols.
-       Don't generate dynamic relocations against resolved weak
-       undefined symbols in PIE.
-       (elf_x86_64_finish_dynamic_symbol): Keep PLT/GOT entries without
-       dynamic PLT/GOT relocations for resolved undefined weak symbols.
-       Don't generate dynamic relocation against resolved undefined weak
-       symbol in executable.
-       (elf_x86_64_finish_dynamic_sections): Call
-       elf_x86_64_pie_finish_undefweak_symbol on all symbols in PIE.
-       (elf_backend_fixup_symbol): New.
-
-2016-02-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (create_linkage_sections): Create sfpr when
-       save_restore_funcs, rest of sections when not relocatable.
-       (ppc64_elf_init_stub_bfd): Always call create_linkage_sections.
-       (sfpr_define): Define all symbols on emitted code.
-       (ppc64_elf_func_desc_adjust): Adjust for sfpr now being created
-       when relocatable.  Move sfpr_define loop earlier.
-
-2016-02-24  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_need_pic): New function.
-       (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Use it.  Replace
-       x86_64_elf_howto_table[r_type] with howto.
-
-2016-02-24  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19698
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_record_link_assignment): Set versioned if
-       symbol version is unknown.
-
-2016-02-24  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Set plt_got.offset
-       to (bfd_vma) -1 when setting needs_plt to 0.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-
-2016-02-23  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_record_link_assignment): Check for shared
-       library, instead of PIC, and don't check PDE when making linker
-       assigned symbol dynamic.
-
-2016-02-23  Faraz Shahbazker  <faraz.shahbazker@imgtec.com>
-
-       * bfd/elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_post_process_headers): Increment
-       ABIVERSION for non-executable stack.
-
-2016-02-23  Rich Felker  <bugdal@aerifal.cx>
-
-       PR target/19516
-       * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol):
-       Always produce a RELATIVE reloc for a local symbol.
-
-2016-02-23  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
-
-       Fix test-case ld-elf/pr19617b
-       * elf32-cris.c (elf_cris_discard_excess_program_dynamics): Don't
-       discard unused non-function symbols when --dynamic-list-data.
-
-2016-02-22  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms): Always create the
-       dynsym section, even if it is empty, with dynamic sections.
-
-2016-02-22  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * syms.c: Remove BSF_COMMON from comments.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-
-2016-02-22  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64. (aarch64_type_of_stub): Remove redundation calcuation
-       for destination.  Remove useless function parameters.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Update parameters for aarch64_type_of_stub.
-
-2016-02-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR ld/19629
-       * aoutx.h (aout_link_add_symbols): Check for out of range string
-       table offsets.
-
-       PR ld/19628
-       * reloc.c (bfd_generic_get_relocated_section_contents): Stop
-       processing if we encounter a reloc without an associated symbol.
-
-2016-02-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19617
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Always create dynamic
-       sections for -E/--dynamic-list.
-
-2016-02-17  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_backend_omit_section_dynsym): New.  Defined
-       to bfd_true.
-
-2016-02-16  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
-
-       * plugin.c (plugin_vec): Set match priority to 255.
-       * format.c (bfd_check_format_matches) [BFD_SUPPORTS_PLUGINS]: When
-       matching against the plugin vector, take priority from there not
-       from TEMP.
-
-2016-02-15  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h (struct bfd_elf_special_section): Use unsigned values
-       for length and type fields.  Use a signed value for the
-       suffix_length field.
-
-2016-02-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19601
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Mask off the least
-       significant bit in GOT offset for R_386_GOT32X.
-
-2016-02-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR 19405
-       * elf32-nios2.c (nios2_elf32_install_imm16): Allow for signed
-       immediate values.
-       * elf-eh-frame.c (_bfd_elf_discard_section_eh_frame): Limit the
-       number of messages about FDE encoding preventing .eh_frame_hdr
-       generation.
-
-2016-02-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * oasys.c (oasys_archive_p): Fix indentation.
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_relax_section): Use an unsigned
-       constant for left shifting.
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Add a more
-       helpful warning message to explain why certain AArch64 relocs
-       might overflow.
-
-2016-02-05  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
-
-       * pe-mips.c (coff_mips_reloc): Fix formatting.
-
-2016-02-05  Cupertino Miranda  <Cupertino.Miranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * cpu-arc.c: Change default archure from bfd_mach_arc_arcv2
-       to bfd_mach_arc_arc600.
-
-2016-02-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Adjust last patch
-       for big-endian.
-
-2016-02-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19542
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Store the estimated
-       distances in the compressed_size field of the output section.
-
-2016-02-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Further restrict
-       ELFv2 entry optimization.
-
-2016-02-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR binutils/19547
-       * elf.c (assign_section_numbers): Clear HAS_RELOC if there are
-       no relocations in relocatable files.
-
-2016-02-01  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19553
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Don't add DT_NEEDED
-       if a symbol from a library loaded via DT_NEEDED doesn't match
-       the symbol referenced by regular object.
-
-2016-02-01  Nathaniel Smith  <njs@pobox.com>
-
-       * peicode.h (pe_ILF_build_a_bfd): Create an import symbol for both
-       CODE and DATA.
-
-2016-02-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_get_plt_sym_val): Don't abort on
-       an out of range reloc_index.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_get_plt_sym_val): Likewise.
-
-2016-02-01  Kamil Rytarowski  <n54@gmx.com>
-
-       * Makefile.am (OPTIONAL_BACKENDS): Add netbsd-core.lo.
-       (OPTIONAL_BACKENDS_CFILES): Add netbsd-core.c.
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
-
-2016-02-01  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_reloc_name_lookup): Fix indentation.
-
-2016-01-31  John David Anglin  <danglin@gcc.gnu.org>
-
-       PR ld/19526
-       * elf32-hppa.c (elf32_hppa_final_link): Don't sort non-regular output
-       files.
-       * elf64-hppa.c (elf32_hppa_final_link): Likewise.  Remove retval.
-
-2016-01-30  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19539
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_reloc_type_class): Check relocation
-       against STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol only with dynamic symbols.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_reloc_type_class): Likewise.
-
-2016-01-28  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR binutils/19523
-       * dwarf2.c (_bfd_dwarf2_slurp_debug_info): Set BFD_DECOMPRESS to
-       decompress debug sections.
-
-2016-01-25  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_symbol): Rename `index' to
-       `dynindx'.
-
-2016-01-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR target/19435
-       * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_close_and_cleanup): Suppress code to free
-       dsym filename buffer.
-
-2016-01-24  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (BZ16_REG_FIELD): Simplify calculation.
-
-2016-01-24  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (BZ16_REG): Correct calculation.
-
-2016-01-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (ADD_RELA): Fix compile time warning errors by
-       changing the type of _loc to be bfd_byte *.
-       (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-
-2016-01-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR ld/19455
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_create_dynamic_sections): Set the ELF
-       class of the linker stub bfd.
-       (elf32_arm_check_relocs): Skip check for pic format after
-       processing a vxWorks R_ARM_ABS12 reloc.
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Check for ELFCLASSNONE when
-       reporting a class mismatch.
-
-2016-01-21  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_type_of_stub): Allow insert long branch
-       veneer for sym_sec != input_sec.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_size_stub): Support STT_SECTION symbol.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Take rela addend into account when
-       calculation destination.
-
-2016-01-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf-linux-core.h (swap_linux_prpsinfo32_out): New function.
-       (swap_linux_prpsinfo64_out): New function.
-       (LINUX_PRPSINFO32_SWAP_FIELDS): Delete.
-       (LINUX_PRPSINFO64_SWAP_FIELDS): Delete.
-       * elf.c (elfcore_write_linux_prpsinfo32): Adjust.  Don't memset.
-       (elfcore_write_linux_prpsinfo64): Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (swap_ppc_linux_prpsinfo32_out): New function.
-       (PPC_LINUX_PRPSINFO32_SWAP_FIELDS): Delete.
-       (elfcore_write_ppc_linux_prpsinfo32): Adjust.  Don't memset.
-
-2016-01-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf-linux-core.h: Rename from elf-linux-psinfo.h.
-       * elf.c: Adjust #include.
-       * elf32-ppc.c: Don't #include elf-linux-psinfo.h
-       * Makefile.am (SOURCE_HFILES): Update.
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
-       * po/SRC-PORFILES.in: Regenerate.
-
-2016-01-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * configure.ac: Move corefile selection later in file.  Move
-       tdefaults code immediately after other target vector code.
-       * configure: Regenerate.
-
-2016-01-20  Mickael Guene  <mickael.guene@st.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_special_sections): Remove catch of noread
-       section using '.text.noread' pattern.
-
-2016-01-19  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
-
-       * elf.c (elfcore_grok_note): Recognize NT_FREEBSD_THRMISC notes.
-
-2016-01-18  Miranda Cupertino  <Cupertino.Miranda@synopsys.com>
-           Zissulescu Claudiu  <Claudiu.Zissulescu@synopsys.com>
-
-       * arc-plt.def: New file.
-       * arc-plt.h: Likewise.
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_abs_plt0_entry, elf_arc_abs_pltn_entry,
-                      elf_arcV2_abs_plt0_entry, elf_arcV2_abs_pltn_entry,
-                      elf_arc_pic_plt0_entry, elf_arc_pic_pltn_entry,
-                      elf_arcV2_pic_plt0_entry, elf_arcV2_pic_pltn_entry): Remove.
-       (name_for_global_symbol): Added.
-       (ADD_RELA): Helper to create dynamic relocs.
-       (new_got_entry_to_list): Create a new got entry in linked list.
-       (symbol_has_entry_of_type): Search for specific type of entry in
-       list.
-       (is_reloc_for_GOT): return FALSE for any TLS related relocs.
-       (is_reloc_for_TLS, arc_elf_set_private_flags)
-       (arc_elf_print_private_bfd_data, arc_elf_copy_private_bfd_data)
-       (arc_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): New functions.
-       (debug_arc_reloc): Cleaned debug info printing.
-       (PDATA reloc): Changed not to perform address alignment.
-       (reverse_me): Added. Fix for ARC_32 relocs.
-       (arc_do_relocation): Return bfd_reloc_of when no relocation should
-       occur.
-       (arc_get_local_got_ents): Renamed from arc_get_local_got_offsets.
-       Changed function to access an array of list of GOT entries instead
-       of just an array of offsets.
-       (elf_arc_relocate_section): Added support for PIC and TLS related relocations.
-       (elf_arc_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (elf_arc_adjust_dynamic_symbol, elf_arc_finish_dynamic_symbol,
-       (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise
-       (arc_create_dynamic_sections): Modified conditions to create
-       dynamic sections.
-       (ADD_SYMBOL_REF_SEC_AND_RELOC): New macro.
-       (plt_do_relocs_for_symbol, relocate_plt_for_symbol)
-       (relocate_plt_for_entry): Changed to support new way to define PLT
-       related code.
-       (add_symbol_to_plt): Likewise.
-       (arc_elf_link_hash_table_create): New function.
-
-2016-01-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR ld/19440
-       * coff-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff_swap_sym_in): Sign extend external
-       section number into internal section number.
-       * coff64-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff64_swap_sym_in): Likewise.
-       * coffswap.h (coff_swap_sym_in): Likewise.
-       * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_swap_sym_in): Likewise.
-       * coffcode.h (_coff_bigobj_swap_sym_in): Make sure that internal
-       section number field is big enough to hold the external value.
-
-2016-01-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * configure: Regenerate.
-
-2016-01-12  Yury Usishchev  <y.usishchev@samsung.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_fix_exidx_coverage): Insert cantunwind
-       when address in first unwind entry does not match start of
-       section.
-
-2016-01-08  Richard Sandiford  <richard.sandiford@arm.com>
-           Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       PR ld/19368
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_reloc_type_class): Map R_ARM_IRELATIVE to
-       reloc_class_ifunc.
-
-2016-01-06  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (reloc_type_to_name): Change ARC_RELOC_HOWTO to
-       place 'R_' before the reloc name returned.
-       (elf_arc_howto_table): Change ARC_RELOC_HOWTO to place 'R_' before
-       the relocation string.
-
-2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_merge_obj_abiflags): New function,
-       factored out from...
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): ... here.
-
-2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Move
-       attribute check after ELF file header flag check.
-
-2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_merge_obj_attributes): Propagate the
-       return status from `_bfd_elf_merge_object_attributes'.
-
-2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_merge_obj_e_flags): New function,
-       factored out from...
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): ... here.
-
-2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Fold the
-       handling of input MIPS ABI flags together.
-
-2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Suppress
-       attribute checks for null input.
-
-2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Use local
-       pointers to target data.
-
-2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Correct
-       an FP ABI warning.
-
-2016-01-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2017-01-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
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