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+From ed3056ebdb9795446157af03d3e08fbb93c1b01d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:24:16 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Relax assertion in BFIN linker to allow for discard GOT relocs.
+
+ 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.
+diff --git a/bfd/elf32-bfin.c b/bfd/elf32-bfin.c
+index 7cc8b6d..b2fcf38 100644
+--- a/bfd/elf32-bfin.c
++++ b/bfd/elf32-bfin.c
+@@ -4457,7 +4457,13 @@ elf32_bfinfdpic_finish_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd,
+ if (bfinfdpic_got_section (info))
+ {
+ BFD_ASSERT (bfinfdpic_gotrel_section (info)->size
+- == (bfinfdpic_gotrel_section (info)->reloc_count
++ /* PR 17334: It appears that the GOT section can end up
++ being bigger than the number of relocs. Presumably
++ because some relocs have been deleted. A test case has
++ yet to be generated for verify this, but in the meantime
++ the test below has been changed from == to >= so that
++ applications can continue to be built. */
++ >= (bfinfdpic_gotrel_section (info)->reloc_count
+ * sizeof (Elf32_External_Rel)));
+
+ if (bfinfdpic_gotfixup_section (info))
+--
+1.7.1