+2018-05-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+       PR 22458
+       * format.c (struct bfd_preserve): Add section_id.
+       (bfd_preserve_save, bfd_preserve_restore): Save and restore
+       _bfd_section_id.
+       (bfd_reinit): Set _bfd_section_id.
+       (bfd_check_format_matches): Put all matches of any priority into
+       matching_vector.  Save initial section id and start each attempted
+       match at that section id.
+       * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_section_id): Declare.
+       * section.c (_bfd_section_id): Rename from section_id and make
+       global.  Adjust uses.
+       (bfd_get_next_section_id): Delete.
+       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_setup_section_lists): Replace use of
+       bfd_get_section_id with _bfd_section_id.
+       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
+       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+
 2018-05-15  Christophe Guillon  <christophe.guillon@st.com>
 
        * coffcode.h (coff_bigobj_swap_aux_in): Make sure that all fields
 
   struct bfd_section *sections;
   struct bfd_section *section_last;
   unsigned int section_count;
+  unsigned int section_id;
   struct bfd_hash_table section_htab;
   const struct bfd_build_id *build_id;
 };
   preserve->sections = abfd->sections;
   preserve->section_last = abfd->section_last;
   preserve->section_count = abfd->section_count;
+  preserve->section_id = _bfd_section_id;
   preserve->section_htab = abfd->section_htab;
   preserve->marker = bfd_alloc (abfd, 1);
   preserve->build_id = abfd->build_id;
 /* Clear out a subset of BFD state.  */
 
 static void
-bfd_reinit (bfd *abfd)
+bfd_reinit (bfd *abfd, unsigned int section_id)
 {
   abfd->tdata.any = NULL;
   abfd->arch_info = &bfd_default_arch_struct;
   abfd->flags &= BFD_FLAGS_SAVED;
   bfd_section_list_clear (abfd);
+  _bfd_section_id = section_id;
 }
 
 /* Restores bfd state saved by bfd_preserve_save.  */
   abfd->sections = preserve->sections;
   abfd->section_last = preserve->section_last;
   abfd->section_count = preserve->section_count;
+  _bfd_section_id = preserve->section_id;
   abfd->build_id = preserve->build_id;
 
   /* bfd_release frees all memory more recently bfd_alloc'd than
   const bfd_target *save_targ, *right_targ, *ar_right_targ, *match_targ;
   int match_count, best_count, best_match;
   int ar_match_index;
+  unsigned int initial_section_id = _bfd_section_id;
   struct bfd_preserve preserve;
 
   if (matching != NULL)
 
       /* Don't check the default target twice.  */
       if (*target == &binary_vec
-         || (!abfd->target_defaulted && *target == save_targ)
-         || (*target)->match_priority > best_match)
+         || (!abfd->target_defaulted && *target == save_targ))
        continue;
 
       /* If we already tried a match, the bfd is modified and may
         have sections attached, which will confuse the next
         _bfd_check_format call.  */
-      bfd_reinit (abfd);
+      bfd_reinit (abfd, initial_section_id);
 
       /* Change BFD's target temporarily.  */
       abfd->xvec = *target;
              || (bfd_has_map (abfd)
                  && bfd_get_error () != bfd_error_wrong_object_format))
            {
-             /* This format checks out as ok!  */
-             right_targ = temp;
-
              /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if
                 other targets might match.  People who want those
                 other targets have to set the GNUTARGET variable.  */
                  best_match = match_priority;
                  best_count = 0;
                }
-             best_count++;
+             if (match_priority <= best_match)
+               {
+                 /* This format checks out as ok!  */
+                 right_targ = temp;
+                 best_count++;
+               }
            }
          else
            {
         state (except possibly for XVEC).  */
       if (match_targ != right_targ)
        {
-         bfd_reinit (abfd);
+         bfd_reinit (abfd, initial_section_id);
          if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
            goto err_ret;
          match_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
 
   return TRUE;
 }
 
-static unsigned int section_id = 0x10;  /* id 0 to 3 used by STD_SECTION.  */
+unsigned int _bfd_section_id = 0x10;  /* id 0 to 3 used by STD_SECTION.  */
 
 /* Initializes a new section.  NEWSECT->NAME is already set.  */
 
 static asection *
 bfd_section_init (bfd *abfd, asection *newsect)
 {
-  newsect->id = section_id;
+  newsect->id = _bfd_section_id;
   newsect->index = abfd->section_count;
   newsect->owner = abfd;
 
   if (! BFD_SEND (abfd, _new_section_hook, (abfd, newsect)))
     return NULL;
 
-  section_id++;
+  _bfd_section_id++;
   abfd->section_count++;
   bfd_section_list_append (abfd, newsect);
   return newsect;
   return bfd_make_section_with_flags (abfd, name, 0);
 }
 
-/*
-FUNCTION
-       bfd_get_next_section_id
-
-SYNOPSIS
-       int bfd_get_next_section_id (void);
-
-DESCRIPTION
-       Returns the id that the next section created will have.
-*/
-
-int
-bfd_get_next_section_id (void)
-{
-  return section_id;
-}
-
 /*
 FUNCTION
        bfd_set_section_flags