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-2015-12-24  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       (tag_cpu_arch_combine): Adjust comment in v4t_plus_v6_m with regards
-       to merging with ARMv8-M Baseline.
-
-2015-12-24  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       (tag_cpu_arch_combine): Adjust v4t_plus_v6_m and comb array to account
-       for new TAG_CPU_ARCH_V4T_PLUS_V6_M value.  Deal with NULL values in
-       comb array.
-
-2015-12-22 Yury Usishchev <y.usishchev@samsung.com>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h: Add callback to count additional relocations.
-       * elf32-arm.c (_arm_elf_section_data): Add new counter.
-       (insert_cantunwind_after): Increment relocations counter.
-       (elf32_arm_fix_exidx_coverage): Remove exidx entries and add
-       terminating CANTUNWIND entry only in final builds.
-       (elf32_arm_add_relocation): New function.
-       (elf32_arm_write_section): Add relocations in relocatable builds.
-       (elf32_arm_count_additional_relocs): New function.
-       (elf_backend_count_additional_relocs): New define.
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Use callback and adjust size of
-       .rel section.
-       * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_count_additional_relocs): New define.
-
-2015-12-22  Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
-
-       * archures.c: Add bfd_mach_rx_v2.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * cpu-rx.c (arch_info_struct): Add v2 information.
-       * elf32-rx.c (elf32_rx_machine): Add v2 support.
-
-2015-12-22 Mickael Guene <mickael.guene@st.com>
-
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * section.c: Add SEC_ELF_NOREAD.
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_post_process_headers): Only set
-       PF_X attribute if a segment only contains section with
-       SHF_ARM_NOREAD flag.
-       (elf32_arm_fake_sections): Add SEC_ELF_NOREAD conversion.
-       (elf32_arm_section_flags): New function to convert SHF_ARM_NOREAD
-       to bfd flag.
-       (elf32_arm_lookup_section_flags): New function to allow
-       INPUT_SECTION_FLAGS directive with SHF_ARM_NOREAD flag.
-       (elf32_arm_special_sections): Add special sections array
-       to catch section prefix by '.text.noread' pattern.
-
-2015-12-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * coff-x86_64.c (coff_amd64_reloc): Fix formatting.
-
-2015-12-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * coff-i386.c (coff_i386_reloc): Fix formatting.
-
-2015-12-16  Mickael Guene <mickael.guene@st.com>
-
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * reloc.c: Add new relocations.
-       * libbfd.h (bfd_reloc_code_real_names): Add new relocations
-       display names.
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_howto_table_1): Add HOWTO for new
-       relocations.
-       (elf32_arm_reloc_map): Add bfd/arm mapping for new relocations.
-       (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Implement new relocations
-       resolution.
-
-2015-12-15  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>
-
-       * coffgen.c (coff_write_alien_symbol): New parameter "iaux".
-       (coff_write_symbols): Pass NULL for new argument.
-       * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_final_link): New local variables
-       "iaux".
-       Extend scope of local variables "indx" and "hash". Pass address
-       of "iaux" to coff_write_alien_symbol(). Handle ".file" and the
-       file name ending up in the string table separately. Avoid
-       setting "rewrite" on more than one path.
-       * libcoff-in.h (coff_write_alien_symbol): New parameter of type
-       "union internal_auxent *".
-       * libcoff.h: Re-generate.
-
-2015-12-15  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR 19339
-       * elf-vxworks.h: Update copyright notice.
-       * elf-vxworks.c: Update copyright notice.
-       * elf-nacl.h: Update copyright notice.
-       * elf-nacl.c: Update copyright notice.
-
-2015-12-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19317
-       * linker.c (_bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol): Don't complain
-       plugin needed to handle slim lto object for relocatable link.
-
-2015-12-09  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>
-
-       * elf32-nios2.c (nios2_elf32_finish_dynamic_sections): Correct
-       %hiadj/%lo computations for _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ in initial
-       PLT entries.  Assert alignment requirements.
-
-2015-12-08  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-rl78.c (rl78_offset_for_reloc): Add more relocs.
-       (rl78_elf_relax_section): Add bc/bz/bnc/bnz/bh/bnh.  Fix reloc
-       choices.
-
-       * elf32-rx.c (rx_elf_object_p): Ignore empty and nobits sections.
-
-2015-12-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-rx.c (elf32_rx_relax_delete_bytes): Add extra parameter -
-       the start of the relocs for the section.  Delete code to load in
-       the relocs.
-       (elf32_rx_relax_section): Do not free the loaded relocs.
-
-2015-12-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_check_relocs): Don't error on local ifunc
-       plt call.  Wrap long lines.
-       (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Wrap long lines.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_check_relocs): Don't error on local ifunc
-       plt calls.  Move __tls_get_addr checks later.  Don't create plt
-       for addr14/addr24 relocs.
-       (ppc64_elf_gc_sweep_hook): Adjust to suit check_relocs changes.
-       (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Correct local ifunc handling for
-       PLT64, PLT32 and PLT16 relocs.
-
-2015-12-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR19323
-       * elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Check for ridiculous e_shnum and
-       e_phnum values.
-
-2015-12-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_PPC64_ENTRY): New.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (reloc_howto_type ppc64_elf_howto_raw): Add
-       entry for R_PPC64_ENTRY.
-       (LD_R2_0R12, ADD_R2_R2_R12, LIS_R2, ADDIS_R2_R12): Define.
-       (ppc64_elf_reloc_type_lookup): Handle R_PPC64_ENTRY.
-       (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Edit code at R_PPC64_ENTTY.  Use
-       new insn defines.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-
-2015-12-07  Kaz Kojima  <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp>
-
-       * config.bfd: Mark sh5*-*-* and sh64*-*-* as obsolete.
-
-2015-12-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_load): Skip if addend isn't 0.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Skip R_386_GOT32X optimization if
-       addend isn't 0.
-
-2015-12-04  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
-
-       * elf.c (rewrite_elf_program_header): Remove useless loop.
-
-2015-12-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR binutils/19315
-       * dwarf2.c (_bfd_elf_find_function): Return symbol matched.
-       (_bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line): Check symbol returned above
-       against dwarf range.
-       * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_find_function): Update prototype.
-
-2015-12-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_tls_optimize): Don't segfault on NULL
-       symbol section or output section.
-       (ppc64_elf_edit_toc): Similarly for ld -R objects.
-       (ppc64_elf_size_stubs): Likewise.
-
-2015-12-01  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19319
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_load): Check h->def_regular
-       instead of bfd_link_hash_new.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Likewise.  Skip
-       relocation overflow for bfd_link_hash_undefined and
-       bfd_link_hash_new if h->def_regular is set.
-
-2015-12-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * aoutx.h (adjust_sizes_and_vmas): Remove unused text_size and
-       text_end parameters.  Update callers.
-       * aout-tic30.c: Update adjust_sizes_and_vmas callers.
-       * hp300hpux.c: Likewise.
-       * i386lynx.c: Likewise.
-       * libaout.h: Likewise.
-       * netbsd.h: Likewise.
-       * pdp11.c: Likewise.
-       * riscix.c: Likewise.
-
-2015-12-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * aout-adobe.c: Invoke aout N_* macros with pointer to
-       struct internal_exec.
-       * aout-arm.c: Likewise.
-       * aout-cris.c: Likewise.
-       * aout-target.h: Likewise.
-       * aout-tic30.c: Likewise.
-       * aoutf1.h: Likewise.
-       * aoutx.h: Likewise.
-       * bout.c: Likewise.
-       * freebsd.h: Likewise.
-       * gen-aout.c: Likewise.
-       * hp300hpux.c: Likewise.
-       * i386aout.c: Likewise.
-       * i386linux.c: Likewise.
-       * i386lynx.c: Likewise.
-       * i386mach3.c: Likewise.
-       * i386os9k.c: Likewise.
-       * libaout.h: Likewise.
-       * m68klinux.c: Likewise.
-       * m88kmach3.c: Likewise.
-       * mipsbsd.c: Likewise.
-       * netbsd.h: Likewise.
-       * pc532-mach.c: Likewise.
-       * pdp11.c: Likewise.
-       * riscix.c: Likewise.
-       * sparclinux.c: Likewise.
-       * sparclynx.c: Likewise.
-
-2015-12-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * coff-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff_put_symbol_name): Replace abfd param
-       with info param.  Test info->traditional_format rather than
-       BFD_TRADITIONAL_FORMAT flag.
-       * coff64-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff64_put_symbol_name): Likewise.
-       * libxcoff.h (struct xcoff_backend_data_rec): Update
-       _xcoff_put_symbol_name prototype.
-       (bfd_xcoff_put_symbol_name): Add info param.
-       * xcofflink.c (xcoff_find_tc0): Update bfd_xcoff_put_symbol_name call.
-       (xcoff_write_global_symbol): Likewise.
-       (xcoff_link_input_bfd): Test info->traditional_format rather than
-       BFD_TRADITIONAL_FORMAT flag.
-       * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_final_link): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_coff_link_input_bfd, _bfd_coff_write_global_sym): Likewise.
-
-2015-12-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * po/SRC-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
-
-2015-12-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (ARC_ELF_HOWTO): Delete.
-       (arc_elf_howto): New function.
-       (bfd_elf32_bfd_reloc_type_lookup): Use it in place of existing
-       init code.
-       (bfd_elf32_bfd_reloc_name_lookup): Use arc_elf_howto.
-       (arc_info_to_howto_rel, elf_arc_relocate_section): Likwise.
-       (elf_arc_check_relocs): Likewise.
-
-2015-12-01  Cupertino Miranda  <cupertino.miranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_elf_howto_init): Init dst_mask.
-
-2015-11-20  Stefan Teleman  <stefan.teleman@oracle.com>
-
-       PR ld/19260
-       * cache.c (bfd_cache_max_open): Avoid using getrlimit on 32-bit
-       Solaris as the result is unreliable.
-
-2015-11-20  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
-
-       * mach-o-x86-64.c (x86_64_howto_table): Change name here too.
-
-2015-11-20  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
-
-       * targets.c (aarch64_mach_o_vec, arm_mach_o_vec): Declare.
-       (_bfd_target_vector): Add new vectors.
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_MACH_O_SUBTRACTOR32)
-       (BFD_RELOC_MACH_O_SUBTRACTOR64, BFD_RELOC_MACH_O_ARM64_ADDEND)
-       (BFD_RELOC_MACH_O_ARM64_GOT_LOAD_PAGE21)
-       (BFD_RELOC_MACH_O_ARM64_GOT_LOAD_PAGEOFF12)
-       (BFD_RELOC_MACH_O_ARM64_POINTER_TO_GOT): New relocations.
-       (BFD_RELOC_MACH_O_X86_64_SUBTRACTOR32)
-       (BFD_RELOC_MACH_O_X86_64_SUBTRACTOR64): Remove.
-       * mach-o-x86-64.c (bfd_mach_o_x86_64_swap_reloc_out): Change
-       name of subtractor relocations.
-       * config.bfd: Handle aarch64-*-darwin*, arm-*-darwin*.
-       * Makefile.am (BFD32_BACKENDS): Add mach-o-arm.lo.
-       (BFD32_BACKENDS_CFILES): Add mach-o-arm.c.
-       (BFD64_BACKENDS): Add mach-o-aarch64.lo.
-       (BFD64_BACKENDS_CFILES): Add mach-o-aarch64.c.
-       * configure.ac: Handle aarch64_mach_o_vec and arm_mach_o_vec.
-       * mach-o-aarch64.c: New file.
-       * mach-o-arm.c: New file.
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * configure: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-
-2015-11-20  David Bridgham  <dab@froghouse.org>
-
-       * pdp11.c (TARGET_PAGE_SIZE): Set to 256 to match definition in
-       ld/emulparams/pdp11.sh.
-
-2015-11-19  Andreas Krebbel  <krebbel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       PR ld/19263
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_gc_sweep_hook): Add null ptr check.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_check_relocs): Port the GOTOFF handling
-       over from the 32 bit code.
-       (elf_s390_relocate_section): Likewise.
-
-2015-11-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 19256
-       * archive.c (bfd_generic_openr_next_archived_file): Don't allow
-       backward file movement via "negative" sizes.
-       * coff-alpha.c (alpha_ecoff_openr_next_archived_file): Likewise.
-
-2015-11-18  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
-
-       * mach-o.h (bfd_mach_o_swap_in_non_scattered_reloc)
-       (bfd_mach_o_canonicalize_non_scattered_reloc)
-       (bfd_mach_o_pre_canonicalize_one_reloc): Declare.
-       (bfd_mach_o_backend_data): Rename field
-       _bfd_mach_o_swap_reloc_in to _bfd_mach_o_canonicalize_one_reloc.
-       * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_swap_in_non_scattered_reloc): Now public.
-       (bfd_mach_o_canonicalize_non_scattered_reloc): Renames from
-       bfd_mach_o_canonicalize_one_reloc.
-       (bfd_mach_o_pre_canonicalize_one_reloc): New function.
-       (bfd_mach_o_canonicalize_relocs): Adjust.
-       (bfd_mach_o_canonicalize_relocs): Rename define from
-       bfd_mach_o_swap_reloc_in.
-       * mach-o-target.c (TARGET_NAME_BACKEND): Use
-       bfd_mach_o_canonicalize_one_reloc instead of
-       bfd_mach_o_swap_reloc_in.
-       * mach-o-i386.c (bfd_mach_o_i386_canonicalize_one_reloc): Renames
-       from bfd_mach_o_i386_swap_reloc_in and adjust.
-       (bfd_mach_o_canonicalize_one_reloc): Renames from
-       bfd_mach_o_i386_canonicalize_one_reloc.
-       * mach-o-x86_64.c (bfd_mach_o_x86_64_canonicalize_one_reloc): Renames
-       from bfd_mach_o_x86_64_swap_reloc_in and adjust.
-       (bfd_mach_o_canonicalize_one_reloc): Renames from
-       bfd_mach_o_x86_64_canonicalize_one_reloc.
-
-2015-11-18  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
-
-       * mach-o.h (struct mach_o_data_struct): Add hdr_offset field.
-       (bfd_mach_o_fat_archive_p): Renames prototype.
-       (bfd_mach_o_fat_openr_next_archived_file): Renames.
-       (bfd_mach_o_header_p): Add argument.
-       * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_read_header): Add hdr_off argument and
-       use it.
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_section_32, bfd_mach_o_read_section_64)
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_section): Remove offset argument.
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_dylinker): Remove bfd_seek call.
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_dylib, bfd_mach_o_read_prebound_dylib)
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_prebind_cksum, bfd_mach_o_read_twolevel_hints)
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_fvmlib, bfd_mach_o_read_dysymtab)
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_symtab, bfd_mach_o_read_uuid)
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_linkedit, bfd_mach_o_read_str)
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_dyld_info, bfd_mach_o_read_version_min)
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_encryption_info): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_encryption_info_64): New function.
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_main, bfd_mach_o_read_source_version)
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_segment): Remove call to bfd_seek.
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_command): Use hdr_offset in bfd_seek.
-       Handle BFD_MACH_O_LC_LINKER_OPTIMIZATION_HINT,
-       BFD_MACH_O_LC_ENCRYPTION_INFO_64, BFD_MACH_O_LC_VERSION_MIN_WATCHOS.
-       (bfd_mach_o_header_p): Add hdr_off argument.
-       (bfd_mach_o_gen_object_p, bfd_mach_o_gen_core_p): Adjust calls.
-       (bfd_mach_o_fat_archive_p): Renames.
-       (bfd_mach_o_fat_openr_next_archived_file): Renames.
-       (bfd_mach_o_close_and_cleanup): Remove useless code.
-       (bfd_mach_o_close_and_cleanup): Define.
-       * mach-o-x86-64.c (bfd_mach_o_x86_64_object_p)
-       (bfd_mach_o_x86_64_core_p): Adjust calls.
-       * mach-o-target.c: Move defines for archive from mach-o.c.
-       Remove check on TARGET_ARCHIVE.
-       * mach-o-i386.c (bfd_mach_o_i386_object_p)
-       (bfd_mach_o_i386_core_p): Adjust calls.
-
-2015-11-17  Christophe Lyon  <christophe.lyon@linaro.org>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_write_section): Force offset output as
-       long (%ld).
-
-2015-11-13  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
-
-       * version.m4: Bump version to 2.26.51
-       * configure: Regenerate.
-
-2015-11-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-            Peter Bergner <bergner@vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_howto_raw): Add R_PPC_REL16DX_HA.
-       (ppc_elf_reloc_type_lookup): Handle R_PPC_REL16DX_HA.
-       (ppc_elf_addr16_ha_reloc): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (is_insn_dq_form): Handle lxv and stxv instructions.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_howto_raw): Add R_PPC64_REL16DX_HA.
-       (ppc64_elf_reloc_type_lookup): Handle R_PPC64_REL16DX_HA.
-       (ppc64_elf_ha_reloc): Likewise.
-       (ppc64_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Likewise.
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_PPC_REL16DX_HA): New.
-
-2015-11-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Handle VTINHERIT
-       and VTENTRY relocations when deleting relocations.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-
-2015-11-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Properly move
-       kept relocations when deleting relocations.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-
-2015-11-09  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Use read and write
-       pointers to reloc array, rather than memmove when deleting a
-       reloc.  Don't use RELOC_AGAINST_DISCARDED_SECTION.  Adjust
-       reloc counts at end of loop.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-
-2015-11-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Use read and write
-       pointers to reloc array, rather than memmove when deleting a
-       reloc.  Don't use RELOC_AGAINST_DISCARDED_SECTION.  Adjust
-       reloc counts at end of loop.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
-
-2015-11-09  Dominik Vogt  <vogt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_size_stubs, ppc64_elf_build_stubs): Fix left
-       shift of negative value.
-       * libbfd.c (safe_read_leb128): Likewise.
-       * dwarf2.c (place_sections): Likewise.
-       * bfd-in.h (align_power): Likewise.
-       * bfd-in2.h (align_power): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * po/zh_CN.po: Updated (simplified) Chinese translation.
+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.
 
-2015-10-29  Catherine Moore  <clm@codesourcery.com>
+2016-05-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_check_mips16_stubs): Set a stub's output
-       section to bfd_abs_section_ptr if the stub is discarded.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-10-29  Ed Schouten  <ed@nuxi.nl>
+2016-05-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       * config.bfd (targ_defvec): Add support for CloudABI on aarch64.
-       For this target we have to make sure we use ELFOSABI_CLOUDABI
-       instead of ELFOSABI_NONE.
-       * configure.ac (tb): Likewise.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c: Likewise.
-       * targets.c (_bfd_target_vector): Likewise.
-       * configure: Regenerate.
+       * elf-bfd.h (elf_reloc_type_class): Put reloc_class_plt last.
 
-2015-10-29  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+2016-05-11  Andrew Bennett  <andrew.bennett@imgtec.com>
 
-       * libhppa.h (bfd_hppa_insn2fmt): Add cast.
+       * elfxx-mips.c (print_mips_ases): Add DSPR3.
 
-2015-10-28  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-05-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Fix a typo in
-       comment.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-10-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-05-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       * elf32-arm.c (create_instruction_branch_absolute): Replace
-       pointer parameters with a simple integer parameter.
-       (stm32l4xx_create_replacing_stub_ldmia): Update calls to
-       create_instruction_branch_absolute.
-       (stm32l4xx_create_replacing_stub_ldmdb): Likewise.
-       (stm32l4xx_create_replacing_stub_vldm): Likewise.
-       (elf32_arm_write_section): Use pointer type for veneer addresses.
+       PR 20060
+       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_tls_setup): Clear forced_local.
+       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_tls_setup): Likewise.
 
-2015-10-28  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
+2016-05-10  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
 
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_ARC_32_PCREL): New entry.
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_elf_howto_ini): Update formula.
-       (get_middle_endian_relocation): New function.
-       (PDATA): Define.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Likewise.
+       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Remove redundant
+       aarch64_tls_transition check.
 
-2015-10-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2016-05-10  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
 
-       PR ld/19162
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_reloc): Move code iterating over
-       linker input bfds..
-       * section.c (bfd_get_next_section_by_name): ..to here.  Add ibfd param.
-       (bfd_get_linker_section): Adjust bfd_get_next_section_by_name call.
-       * tekhex.c (first_phase): Likewise.
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_gc_sections): Likewise.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-10-27  Laurent Alfonsi <laurent.alfonsi@st.com>
-            Christophe Monat <christophe.monat@st.com>
+2016-05-10  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
 
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * bfd-in.h (bfd_arm_stm32l4xx_fix): New enum. Specify how
-       STM32L4XX instruction scanning should be done.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_set_stm32l4xx_fix)
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_stm32l4xx_erratum_scan)
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_stm32l4xx_fix_veneer_locations): Add prototypes.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Add stm32l4xx fix type argument
-       to prototype.
-       * elf32-arm.c (STM32L4XX_ERRATUM_VENEER_SECTION_NAME)
-       (STM32L4XX_ERRATUM_VENEER_ENTRY_NAME): Define macros.
-       (elf32_stm32l4xx_erratum_type): New enum.
-       (elf32_stm32l4xx_erratum_list): New struct. List of veneers or
-       jumps to veneers.
-       (_arm_elf_section_data): Add stm32l4xx_erratumcount,
-       stm32l4xx_erratumlist.
-       (elf32_arm_link_hash_table): Add stm32l4xx_erratum_glue_size,
-       stm32l4xx_fix and num_stm32l4xx_fixes fields.
-       (ctz): New function.
-       (popcount): New function.
-       (elf32_arm_link_hash_table_create): Initialize stm32l4xx_fix.
-       (put_thumb2_insn): New function.
-       (STM32L4XX_ERRATUM_LDM_VENEER_SIZE): Define. Size of a veneer for
-       LDM instructions.
-       (STM32L4XX_ERRATUM_VLDM_VENEER_SIZE): Define. Size of a veneer for
-       VLDM instructions.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_allocate_interworking_sections): Initialise erratum
-       glue section.
-       (record_stm32l4xx_erratum_veneer) : New function. Create a single
-       veneer, and its associated symbols.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_add_glue_sections_to_bfd): Add STM32L4XX erratum glue.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_set_stm32l4xx_fix): New function. Set the type of
-       erratum workaround required.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_stm32l4xx_fix_veneer_locations): New function. Find
-       out where veneers and branches to veneers have been placed in
-       virtual memory after layout.
-       (is_thumb2_ldmia): New function.
-       (is_thumb2_ldmdb): Likewise.
-       (is_thumb2_vldm ): Likewise.
-       (stm32l4xx_need_create_replacing_stub): New function. Decide if a
-       veneer must be emitted.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_stm32l4xx_erratum_scan): Scan the sections of an
-       input BFD for potential erratum-triggering insns. Record results.
-       (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Set stm32l4xx_fix field in
-       global hash table.
-       (elf32_arm_size_dynamic_sections): Collect glue information.
-       (create_instruction_branch_absolute): New function.
-       (create_instruction_ldmia): Likewise.
-       (create_instruction_ldmdb): Likewise.
-       (create_instruction_mov): Likewise.
-       (create_instruction_sub): Likewise.
-       (create_instruction_vldmia): Likewise.
-       (create_instruction_vldmdb): Likewise.
-       (create_instruction_udf_w): Likewise.
-       (create_instruction_udf): Likewise.
-       (push_thumb2_insn32): Likewise.
-       (push_thumb2_insn16): Likewise.
-       (stm32l4xx_fill_stub_udf): Likewise.
-       (stm32l4xx_create_replacing_stub_ldmia): New function. Expands the
-       replacing stub for ldmia instructions.
-       (stm32l4xx_create_replacing_stub_ldmdb): Likewise for ldmdb.
-       (stm32l4xx_create_replacing_stub_vldm): Likewise for vldm.
-       (stm32l4xx_create_replacing_stub): New function. Dispatches the
-       stub emission to the appropriate functions.
-       (elf32_arm_write_section): Output veneers, and branches to veneers.
-
-2015-10-27  Sangamesh Mallayya  <nickc@redhat.com>sangamesh.swamy@in.ibm.com>
-
-       * configure.ac (powerpc64-*-aix[5-9].*): Match powerpc64 running
-       aix for core file support.
-       * configure: Regenerate.
-       * rs6000-core.c: Check for __ld_info64 if compiling 64-bit gdb.
-       Added BFD64 check if we are using old core file format for 32-bit gdb.
-       Set sizeof CORE_COMMONSZ appropriately in case of either new or
-       old core file format.
-       (read_hdr): Added BFD64 check for 64-bit support.
-       (rs6000coff_core_p): Likewise.
-       (rs6000coff_core_file_matches_executable_p): Likewise.
-       (rs6000coff_core_file_failing_command): Likewise.
-       (rs6000coff_core_file_failing_signal): Likewise.
-       Add support for debugging core files generated by binaries in
-       Large Memory model.
-       (rs6000coff_core_p): If Large Memory Model is used, then the .data
-       segment should start from BDATAORG which has been defined in the
-       system header files.
-
-2015-10-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19175
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_load): Check bfd_link_hash_new
-       instead of calling bfd_link_get_defined_symbol.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Likewise.  Skip
-       relocation overflow for bfd_link_hash_new.
-       * linker.c (bfd_link_get_defined_symbol): Removed.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-10-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-05-10  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
 
-       PR ld/19171
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_load): Call
-       bfd_link_get_defined_symbol to check if a symbol is defined.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Call
-       bfd_link_get_defined_symbol to get defined symbol section and
-       value.
-       * linker.c (bfd_link_get_defined_symbol): New function.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-10-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/11133
-       PR ld/19161
-       PR ld/19167
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_hook): Delete code handling __start_*
-       and __stop_* symbol refs.
-       (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec): Add start_stop parameter.  Handle __start_*
-       and __stop_* symbol refs here..
-       (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_reloc): ..and here.
-       * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_hook): Update prototype.
-       * elf-eh-frame.c (_bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame): Update
-       _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec call.
-
-2015-10-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/11133
-       PR ld/19161
-       * elflink.c (elf_gc_sweep): Revert last patch.
-       (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_hook): Don't set SEC_KEEP here.
-
-2015-10-22  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19161
-       * elflink.c (elf_gc_sweep): Always keep sections marked with
-       SEC_KEEP.
-
-2015-10-22  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@bitrange.com>
-
-       * mmo.c (struct mmo_data_struct): New members
-       symbol_consistency_override_calculated and ignore_symbol_consistency.
-       (mmo_section_has_contents, mmo_ignore_symbol_consistency): New
-       functions.
-       (mmo_create_symbol): Check with mmo_ignore_symbol_consistency if to
-       report an error for unexpected value of Main.
-       (mmo_write_symbols_and_terminator): Similar.
-
-2015-10-22  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_load): Use call_nop_byte and
-       check call_nop_as_suffix for 1-byte NOP padding to pad call.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-22  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf64-x86-64.c: Include opcode/i386.h.
-       (x86_64_elf_howto_table): Add R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX and
-       R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX.
-       (R_X86_64_standard): Replace R_X86_64_PLT32_BND with
-       R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX.
-       (x86_64_reloc_map): Add BFD_RELOC_X86_64_GOTPCRELX and
-       BFD_RELOC_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX.
-       (need_convert_mov_to_lea): Renamed to ...
-       (need_convert_load): This.
-       (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Handle R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX and
-       R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX.  Replace need_convert_mov_to_lea with
-       need_convert_load.
-       (elf_x86_64_gc_sweep_hook): Handle R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX and
-       R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX.
-       (elf_x86_64_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elf_x86_64_convert_mov_to_lea): Renamed to ...
-       (elf_x86_64_convert_load): This.  Replace need_convert_mov_to_lea
-       with need_convert_load.  Support R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX and
-       R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX transformations.
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_X86_64_GOTPCRELX): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX): Likewise.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-       * libbfd.h: Likewise.
-
-2015-10-22  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c: Include opcode/i386.h.
-       (elf_howto_table): Add R_386_GOT32X.
-       (R_386_ext2): Replace R_386_IRELATIVE with R_386_GOT32X.
-       (elf_i386_reloc_type_lookup): Handle BFD_RELOC_386_GOT32X.
-       (need_convert_mov_to_lea): Renamed to ...
-       (need_convert_load): This.
-       (elf_i386_check_relocs): Handle R_386_GOT32X.  Replace
-       need_convert_mov_to_lea with need_convert_load.
-       (elf_i386_gc_sweep_hook): Handle R_386_GOT32X.
-       (elf_i386_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elf_i386_convert_mov_to_lea): Renamed to ...
-       (elf_i386_convert_load): This.  Replace need_convert_mov_to_lea
-       with need_convert_load.  Support R_386_GOT32X transformations.
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_386_GOT32X): New.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-       * libbfd.h: Likewise.
-
-2015-10-22  Andreas Krebbel  <krebbel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_check_relocs): Set the non_got_ref marker
-       only when linking an executable.
-       (elf_s390_relocate_section): Redirect PC-relative relocs to a IPLT
-       slot.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_check_relocs): Set the non_got_ref marker
-       only when linking an executable.
-       (elf_s390_relocate_section): Redirect PC-relative relocs to a IPLT
-       slot.
-
-2015-10-22  Andreas Krebbel  <krebbel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Set the PLT
-       reference counters for local IFUNC calls.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-22  Andreas Krebbel  <krebbel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_check_relocs): Fallthrough to the PLT
-       slot allocating code for GOTOFF relocs on ifunc symbols.
-       (elf_s390_gc_sweep_hook): Decrement plt refcount for GOTOFF relocs
-       on ifunc symbols.
-       (elf_s390_relocate_section): Redirect a GOTOFF reloc to an iplt
-       slot.
-
-2015-10-22  Andreas Krebbel  <krebbel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       PR ld/18841
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_reloc_type_class): Return
-       reloc_class_ifunc for ifunc symbols.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_reloc_type_class): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-22  Andreas Krebbel  <krebbel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_finish_dynamic_symbol): Call
-       elf_s390_finish_ifunc_symbol only for actually defined symbols.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-22  Andreas Krebbel  <krebbel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       * elf-s390-common.c (s390_elf_allocate_ifunc_dyn_relocs): Remove
-       `head' parameter.
-       * elf32-s390.c (allocate_dynrelocs): Don't use last parameter.
-       * elf64-s390.c (allocate_dynrelocs): Don't use last parameter.
-
-2015-10-20  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@bitrange.com>
-
-       * mmo.c (mmo_write_symbols_and_terminator): Correct printed value
-       of Main in error message.
-
-2015-10-18  Doug Evans  <xdje42@gmail.com>
-
-       * targets.c (bfd_flavour_name): "MMO" is spelled "mmo".
-
-2015-10-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_size_stubs): Correct __glink_PLTresolve
-       eh_frame FDE for ELFv1.
-
-2015-10-16  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_mov_to_lea): Check if symbol
-       is defined.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_mov_to_lea): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-16  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_mov_to_lea): Don't check
-       def_regular.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_mov_to_lea): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Fix typos in comments
-
-2015-10-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_copy_private_bfd_data): Remove assertion
-       that input and output .note.renesas sections are same size.
-       Instead, only copy input to output if they are.
-
-2015-10-15  Riku Voipio  <riku.voipio@iki.fi>
-
-       PR ld/19123
-       * elfcore.h (elf_core_file_p): Use the file_ptr type to hold the
-       offset for bfd_seek.
-       * elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-14  Rich Felker  <dalias@libc.org>
-
-       PR ld/19091
-       * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Always emit
-       DT_PLTGOT for FDPIC output.
-
-2015-10-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_map_sections_to_segments): Don't set
-       PT_GNU_RELRO p_flags.
-       (assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections): Set PT_GNU_RELRO
-       flags to PF_R here.
-
-2015-10-12  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19073
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_add_default_symbol): Skip the unversioned
-       definition after the default version.
-
-2015-10-12  Andreas Krebbel  <krebbel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       PR ld/19083
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_gc_sweep_hook): Do not reduce got
-       refcount for relocs not really requiring a got slot.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-11  John David Anglin  <danglin@gcc.gnu.org>
-
-       * elf-hppa.h (elf_hppa_action_discarded): Ignore relocations in
-       .data.rel.ro.local.
-
-2015-10-07  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-
-       * archures.c: Remove support for older ARC. Added support for new
-       ARC cpus (ARC600, ARC601, ARC700, ARCV2).
-       * bfd-in2.h: Likewise.
-       * config.bfd: Likewise.
-       * cpu-arc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-arc.c: Totally changed file with a refactored
-       inplementation of the ARC port.
-       * libbfd.h: Added ARC specific relocation types.
-       * reloc.c: Likewise.
-
-2015-10-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * bfd.c (bfd_update_compression_header): Clear the ch_reserved
-       field in 64-bit output.
-       (bfd_convert_section_contents): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18914
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Don't re-export a
-       symbol if it isn't undefined.
-
-2015-10-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * config.bfd (targ_selvecs, targ64_selvecs): Add iamcu_elf32_vec,
-       i386_pei_vec and x86_64_pei_vec for Solaris2/x86.
-
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_tls_transition_without_check):  Add
-       relax transitions for TLSDESC_ADD, TLSDESC_LDR, TLSDESC_OFF_G0_NC,
-       TLSDESC_OFF_G1.
-       (aarch64_tls_transition_without_check): Add relaxation support.
-       (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Add support.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_tls_relax): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): Check overflow for
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSDESC_OFF_G1.
-
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c(IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELAX_RELOC):
-       Add relaxation support for TLSGD_MOVW_G0_NC and TLSGD_MOVW_G1.
-       (aarch64_tls_transition_without_check): Likewise
-       (elfNN_aarch64_tls_relax): Likwise.
-
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Create GOT section
-       for TLSLE_MOVW_TPREL_G(1, 1_NC, 2) relocation.
-
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * reloc.c: Make AARCH64_TLSIE_MOVW_GOTTPREL_G1 and
-       AARCH64_TLSIE_MOVW_GOTTPREL_G0_NC defined in alphabetical order.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Likewise.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): Make
-       TLSIE_MOVW_GOTTPREL_G1 check overflow.
-       (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Add support for TLSIE_MOVW_GOTTPREL_G1
-       and TLSIE_MOVW_GOTTPREL_G0_NC.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Add
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSGD_MOVW_G0_NC support.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSGD_MOVW_G0_NC): New entry.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): New entry for
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSGD_MOVW_G0_NC.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Likewise
-
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Add
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSGD_MOVW_G1 support.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSGD_MOVW_G1): New entry.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): New entry for
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSGD_MOVW_G1.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Likewise.
-
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Add
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_MOVW_GOTOFF_G0_NC support.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
-
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_MOVW_GOTOFF_G0_NC): New.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): New entry
-       MOVW_GOTOFF_G0_NC.
-       * libbfd.h: Regnerate.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+2016-05-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
+       PR 19938
+       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Revert accidental
+       commit.
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Add support
-       for BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_MOVW_GOTOFF_G1.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Likewise
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise
+2016-05-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-2015-010-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
+       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_init_stub_bfd): Remove redundant NULL check.
 
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_MOVW_GOTOFF_G1): New.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): New entry for
-       MOVW_GOTOFF_G1.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+2016-05-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Add
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_LD_64_GOTOFF_LO15 support.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Likewise
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Calculate offset within GOT.
+       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.
 
-2015-10-02  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
+2016-04-29  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Change if to
-       switch statement.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-10-01  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-04-29  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       PR ld/19031
        * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Set
-       pointer_equality_needed for R_X86_64_PC32 reloc in non-code
-       sections.
-
-2015-10-01  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_output_plt_map): Remove.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_output_arch_local_syms): Emit AARCH64_MAP_INSN once.
-
-2015-10-01  Kaz Kojima  <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp>
-
-       * config.bfd (targ_selvecs): Remove sh_elf32_vec and
-       sh_elf32_le_vec from sh*-*-linux cases.
-
-2015-10-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/19013
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_sections): Revert last change.
-
-2015-09-30  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/19031
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Set
-       pointer_equality_needed for R_386_PC32 reloc in non-code
+       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.
 
-2015-09-30  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-04-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-       PR ld/19013
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_sections): Only merge input bfds
-       that have the compatible ELF machine code with the output bfd.
-
-2015-09-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/19013
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_sections): Only merge input bfds that
-       will be handled by elf_link_input_bfd.  Rename abfd param to obfd.
-
-2015-09-30  Rich Felker  <dalias@libc.org>
-
-       * config.bfd (targ_selvecs): Add fdpic and misc targets
-       for sh*-*-linux*.
-
-2015-09-29  Andrew Stubbs  <ams@codesourcery.com>
-           H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR binutils/19020
-       * bfd.c (bfd_convert_section_contents): Add ptr_size parameter.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-
-2015-08-11  Peter Zotov  <whitequark@whitequark.org>
-
-       PR ld/18759
-       * elf32-or1k.c (R_OR1K_32_PCREL): Set pcrel_offset to TRUE.
-       (R_OR1K_16_PCREL): Likewise.
-       (R_OR1K_8_PCREL): Likewise.
-
-2015-09-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * bout.c (b_out_slurp_reloc_table): Cast constant to unsigned in
-       order to avoid problems with left shifting negative values.
-       (abs32code): Likewise.
-       * mach-o.c (FILE_ALIGN): Likewise.
-       * coff-rs6000.c (xcoff_debug_sections): Delete unused static
-       array.
-       * elf32-visium.c (visium_reloc_map): Likewise.
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Remove useless
-       calls to abs function.
-       * elf32-frv.c (_frvfdpic_relax_tls_entries): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score.c (score_elf_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score7.c (score_elf_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i860.c (i860_howto_pc26_reloc): Use multiplication instead
-       of shifting to create a negative mask.
-       * elf32-msp430.c (elf_backend_special_sections): Define.
-       * elfxx-mips.c (got_ofst_reloc_p): Delete unused function.
-       (got_hi16_reloc_p): Delete unused function.
-       * ppcboot.c (ppcboot_bfd_print_private_bfd_data): Fix test of
-       partition name.
-
-2015-09-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/15835
-       * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_section_list): New structure.
-       (struct elf_obj_tdata): Replace symtab_shndx_hdr with
-       symtab_shndx_list.  Delete symtab_shndx_section.
-       (elf_symtab_shndx): Replace macro with elf_symtab_shndx_list.
-       * elf.c (bfd_elf_get_syms): If symtab index sections are present,
-       scan them for the section that matches the provided symbol table.
-       (bfd_section_from_shdr): Record all SHT_SYMTAB_SHNDX sections.
-       (assign_section_numbers): Use the first symtab index table in the
-       list.
-       (_bfd_elf_compute_section_file_positions): Replace use of
-       symtab_shndx_hdr with use of symtab_shndx_list.
-       (find_section_in_list): New function.
-       (assign_file_postions_except_relocs): Use new function.
-       (_bfd_elf_copy_private_symbol_data): Likewise.
-       (swap_out_syms): Handle multiple symbol table index sections.
-       * elf32-m32c.c (m32c_elf_relax_section): Replace use of
-       symtab_shndx_hdr with use of symtab_shndx_list.
-       * elf32-rl78.c (rl78_elf_relax_section): Likewise.
-       * elf32-rx.c (rx_relax_section): Likewise.
-       * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_relax_delete_bytes): Likewise.
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Likewise.
-
-2015-09-21  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * bfd.c (bfd_update_compression_header): Use bfd_put_32 on
-       ch_type.
-       (bfd_check_compression_header): Use bfd_get_32 on ch_type.
-       (bfd_convert_section_contents): Use bfd_get_32 and bfd_put_32
-       on ch_type.
-
-2015-09-20  Rich Felker  <dalias@libc.org>
-
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_create_dynamic_sections): Don't create
-       .interp when info->nointerp.
-       (bfd_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Adjust assert.
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_size_dynamic_sections): Don't size .interp
-       when info->nointerp.
-       * elf32-bfin.c (elf32_bfinfdpic_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cr16.c (_bfd_cr16_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cris.c (elf_cris_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-frv.c (elf32_frvfdpic_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-hppa.c (elf32_hppa_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i370.c (i370_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-lm32.c (lm32_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68k.c (elf_m68k_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-metag.c (elf_metag_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nios2.c (nios2_elf32_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score.c (s3_bfd_score_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score7.c (s7_bfd_score_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-tic6x.c (elf32_tic6x_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-tilepro.c (tilepro_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-vax.c (elf_vax_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_xtensa_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-hppa.c (elf64_hppa_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-sh64.c (sh64_elf64_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elfnn-ia64.c (elfNN_ia64_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-tilegx.c (tilegx_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-
-2015-09-18  Doug Evans  <xdje42@gmail.com>
-
-       * targets.c (enum bfd_flavour): Add comment.
-       (bfd_flavour_name): New function.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+       * po/zh_CN.po: Updated Chinese (simplified) translation.
 
-2015-09-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2016-04-27  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * elf64-ppc.h (struct ppc64_elf_params <tls_get_addr_opt>): Rename
-       from no_tls_get_addr_opt.
-       * elf64-ppc.c: Update for rename and inversion of tls_get_addr_opt.
-       (ppc64_elf_tls_setup): Set tls_get_addr_opt to 0 only when at
-       default of -1.
+       PR ld/20006
+       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Skip debug sections
+       when estimating distances between output sections.
 
-2015-09-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2016-04-27  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       PR 18867
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_adjust_relocs): Correct start of insertion
-       sort main loop.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-09-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2016-04-26  Trevor Saunders  <tbsaunde+binutils@tbsaunde.org>
 
-       PR 18867
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_adjust_relocs): Modify insertion sort to
-       insert a run.  Return status in case of malloc failure.
-       Adjust callers.
+       * elf32-rx.c (rx_set_section_contents): Avoid arithmetic on void *.
+       * mmo.c (mmo_get_section_contents): Likewise.
+       (mmo_set_section_contents): Likewise.
 
-2015-09-15  Max Filippov  <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
+2016-04-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_xtensa_be_plt_entry)
-       (elf_xtensa_le_plt_entry): Emit 'entry' instruction only for
-       windowed ABI.
-       (elf_xtensa_create_plt_entry): Generate 'l32r' offsets and fix
-       up instructions according to ABI.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-09-14  Rich Felker  <dalias@libc.org>
+2016-04-21  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_relocate_section): Set EF_SH_PIC flag
-       instead of clearing it on cross-section relocations.
-       (sh_elf_merge_private_data): Clear EF_SH_PIC flag by default.
+       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_create_dynstrtab): Exclude linker
+       created file from dynobj.
 
-2015-09-12  Helge Deller  <deller@gmx.de>
+2016-04-21  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       PR ld/18514
-       * elf32-hppa.c (elf32_hppa_finish_dynamic_sections): Set .plt entry
-       size to 0.
+       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_create_dynstrtab): Set dynobj to a
+       normal input file if possible.
 
-2015-09-09  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-04-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELAX_RELOC): Sort alphabetically.
-
-2015-09-09  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_tls_transition_without_check): Support three
-       TLS local dynamic traditional relocations types.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_tls_relax): Support TLS local dynamic traditional to
-       local executable relaxation.
-
-2015-09-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_mov_to_lea): Remove
-       convert_mov_to_lea.
-
-2015-09-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (R_386_irelative): Renamed to ...
-       (R_386_ext2): This.
-       (R_386_vt_offset): Updated.
-       (elf_i386_rtype_to_howto): Likewise.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Likewise.
-
-2015-09-01  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18900
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_link_hash_entry): Add
-       func_pointer_refcount.
-       (elf_i386_link_hash_newfunc): Clear func_pointer_refcount.
-       (elf_i386_get_local_sym_hash): Likewise.
-       (elf_i386_copy_indirect_symbol): Also copy
-       func_pointer_refcount.
-       (elf_i386_check_relocs): Increment func_pointer_refcount.
-       (elf_i386_gc_sweep_hook): Decrement func_pointer_refcount.
-       (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Don't create the PLT entry if
-       there are only function pointer relocations which can be
-       resolved at run-time.  Keep dynanamic relocations for run-time
-       function pointer initialization.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Copy dynamic function pointer
-       relocations.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_link_hash_entry): Add
-       func_pointer_refcount.
-       (elf_x86_64_link_hash_newfunc): Clear func_pointer_refcount.
-       (elf_x86_64_get_local_sym_hash): Likewise.
-       (elf_x86_64_copy_indirect_symbol): Also copy
-       func_pointer_refcount.
-       (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Increment func_pointer_refcount.
-       (elf_x86_64_gc_sweep_hook): Decrement func_pointer_refcount.
-       (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): Don't create the PLT entry if
-       there are only function pointer relocations which can be
-       resolved at run-time.  Keep dynanamic relocations for run-time
-       function pointer initialization.
-       (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Copy dynamic function pointer
-       relocations.
-
-2015-09-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_maybe_function_sym): Adjust symbol value
-       if .opd section has been edited.
-
-2015-09-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 18878
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ARRAY_SIZE): Define.  Use throughout.
-       (enum ppc_stub_type): Add ppc_stub_save_res.
-       (struct map_stub): Add "next" and "needs_save_res".
-       (struct ppc_link_hash_entry): Add "save_res" flag.
-       (struct ppc_link_hash_table): Add "group".
-       (sfpr_define): Add stub_sec param.  Define symbol in stub_sec if
-       stub_sec is non-null.  Set "save_res".
-       (save_res_funcs): Make file scope, rename from funcs.  Adjust uses.
-       (ppc64_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Prohibit plt call to save_res syms.
-       (ppc_build_one_stub): Handle ppc_stub_save_res.
-       (ppc_size_one_stub): Set stub type to ppc_size_one_stub on finding
-       stub for linker defined save_res sym.
-       (group_sections): Init new fields of struct map_stub.
-       (ppc64_elf_size_stubs): Reserve space for save/restore func copy.
-       (ppc64_elf_build_stubs): Copy save/restore funcs to groups.  Emit
-       alias syms too.
-       (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Set destination for ppc_stub_save_res.
-
-2015-08-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (get_r2off): Return -1 on error.
-       (ppc_build_one_stub): Adjust for get_r2off change.  Don't emit
-       addi r2,r2,0 on r2off stubs when the low 16-bit delta is zero.
-       (ppc_size_one_stub): Corresponding size changes for r2off stubs.
-       Add condition in test for -R objects.
-
-2015-08-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * section.c (section_id): Make file scope.
-       (bfd_get_next_section_id): New function.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (struct map_stub): Remove toc_off field.  Move decl.
-       (struct ppc_stub_hash_entry): Delete stub_sec and id_sec.  Add
-       group.  Update all uses.
-       (struct ppc_link_hash_table): Delete top_id, top_index, and
-       input_list.  Add sec_info_arr_size.  Rename stub_group to
-       sec_info, and make group info indirect.  Update stub_group refs
-       throughout file.
-       (ppc_add_stub): Don't look for stub_sec on link_sec stub_group
-       entry.
-       (ppc_build_one_stub): Delete FIXME.
-       (ppc64_elf_setup_section_lists): Size htab->sec_info for all
-       sections, not just input sections.  Don't create htab->input_list.
-       (ppc64_elf_next_input_section): Update to use sec_info union as
-       list pointer.
-       (PREV_SEC): Delete.
-       (group_sections): Pass "info" param rather than "htab".  Iterate
-       over output sections rather than input_list.  Use sec_info union
-       as list pointers.  Alloc atruct map_stub, and return fail status.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-
-2015-08-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (elf_sort_symbol): Use correctly sized type for
-       calculating signed section->id difference.
-       (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Likewise.
-       * pef.c (bfd_pef_scan_start_address): Warning fix.
-       * vms-alpha.c (vms_new_section_hook): Likewise.
-
-2015-08-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_convert_32_to_16_alu1): Warning fix.
-       (find_relocs_at_address_addr): Make "reloc_type" an enum.
-       (nds32_elf_relax_delete_blanks): Warning fix.
-       (nds32_elf_relax_loadstore): Correct loop bound.
-
-2015-08-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * section.c (struct bfd_section): Make "id" and "index" unsigned.
-       * coff-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff_sizeof_headers): Adjust local var to suit.
-       * elf.c (elf_map_symbols): Likewise.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (sym_exists_at): Make "id" param unsigned.
-       (struct ppc_link_hash_table): Make "top_id" and "top_index" unsigned.
-       (ppc64_elf_setup_section_lists): Ditto for local vars.
-       * elf32-arm.c: Similarly to elf64-ppc.c.
-       * elf32-avr.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-hppa.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68hc1x.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-metag.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-nios2.c: Likewise.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c: Likewise.
-       * simple.c (struct saved_offsets): Make "section_count" unsigned.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-
-2015-08-27  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 18867
-       * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_sort_relocs_p): New function.
-       (elf_backend_sort_relocs_p): Define.
-
-2015-08-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 18867
-       * elflink.c (cmp_ext32l_r_offset, cmp_ext32b_r_offset): Delete.
-       (cmp_ext64l_r_offset, cmp_ext64b_r_offset): Delete.
-       (ext32l_r_offset, ext32b_r_offset, ext64l_r_offset, ext64b_r_offset):
-       New functions.
-       (elf_link_adjust_relocs): Use an insertion sort to sort relocs.
-
-2015-08-26  Matthew Fortune  <matthew.fortune@imgtec.com>
-
-       PR ld/18401
-       * elfxx-mips.c (bfd_mips_isa_ext_mach): New function: Converts an
-       ISA value to a bfd machine number.
-       (bfd_mips_isa_ext): Update the ISA level and revision if
-       necessary.  Use mips_mach_extends_p to decide if the ISA extension
-       needs to be set.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Allow the ISA extension to
-       be inferred from the ABI setting.  Set the ISA level from the
-       maximum of the incoming and outgoing ISA levels.
-
-2015-08-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/18854
-       * elf.c (bfd_section_from_shdr): Replace assertions with warnings
-       about multiple symbol tables.
-
-2015-08-25  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
-
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_LD64_GOTOFF_LO15): Use LP64 instead of
-       ILP64.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-
-2015-08-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables): Always init vd_nodename.
-       Don't copy fields not set by _bfd_elf_swap_verdef_in.
-
-2015-08-19  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELOC): Recognize new relocation
-       types, including BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST16_DTPREL_LO12,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST16_DTPREL_LO12_NC,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST32_DTPREL_LO12,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST32_DTPREL_LO12_NC,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST64_DTPREL_LO12,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST64_DTPREL_LO12_NC,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST8_DTPREL_LO12,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST8_DTPREL_LO12_NC.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
-
-2015-08-19  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST16_DTPREL_LO12,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST16_DTPREL_LO12_NC,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST32_DTPREL_LO12,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST32_DTPREL_LO12_NC,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST64_DTPREL_LO12,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST64_DTPREL_LO12_NC.
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST8_DTPREL_LO12,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_LDST8_DTPREL_LO12_NC): New entries.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-
-2015-08-19  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       PR ld/18276
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELOC): Recognize new relocation
-       types, including BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADD_DTPREL_HI12,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_MOVW_DTPREL_G0,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_MOVW_DTPREL_G0_NC,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_MOVW_DTPREL_G1,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_MOVW_DTPREL_G1_NC,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_MOVW_DTPREL_G2.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
-
-2015-08-19  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADD_DTPREL_HI12,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_MOVW_DTPREL_G0,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_MOVW_DTPREL_G0_NC,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_MOVW_DTPREL_G1,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_MOVW_DTPREL_G1_NC,
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_MOVW_DTPREL_G2): New entries.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-
-2015-08-19  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELOC): Recognize
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADD_DTPREL_LO12_NC.
-       (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
-
-2015-08-19  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADD_DTPREL_LO12_NC): New entry.
+       * 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.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): New entry for
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADD_DTPREL_LO12_NC.
-
-2015-08-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf-s390-common.c: Simplify expressions using
-       bfd_linke_executable, bfd_link_pie and bfd_link_pic.
-       * elf32-arm.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-bfin.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-frv.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68k.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-nios2.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-s390.c: Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-alpha.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * elf64-s390.c: Likewise.
-       * elflink.c: Likewise.
-
-2015-08-18  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Delete useless check.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-
-2015-08-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18841
-       * elf-bfd.h (elf_link_hash_table): Add dynsym.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_reloc_type_class): Return
-       reloc_class_ifunc for relocation against STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_reloc_type_class): Likewise.
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_create_dynamic_sections): Set dynsym.
-       (bfd_elf_size_dynsym_hash_dynstr): Use dynsym.
-       (elf_final_link_info): Remove dynsym_sec.
-       (elf_link_output_extsym): Replace dynsym_sec with dynsym.
-       (bfd_elf_final_link): Remove reference to dynsym_sec.  Replace
-       dynsym_sec with dynsym.
-
-2015-08-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * bfd/aoutx.h: Replace shared, executable, relocatable and pie
-       fields with bfd_link_executable, bfd_link_dll,
-       bfd_link_relocatable, bfd_link_pic and bfd_link_pie.
-       * bfd/bout.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff-alpha.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff-arm.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff-i386.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff-i960.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff-m68k.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff-mcore.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff-mips.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff-rs6000.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff-sh.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff-tic80.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff-x86_64.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coff64-rs6000.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/coffgen.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/cofflink.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/ecoff.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/ecofflink.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf-bfd.h: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf-eh-frame.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf-ifunc.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf-m10200.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf-m10300.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf-s390-common.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf-vxworks.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-arm.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-avr.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-bfin.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-cr16.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-cr16c.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-cris.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-crx.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-d10v.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-dlx.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-epiphany.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-fr30.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-frv.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-ft32.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-h8300.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-hppa.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-i370.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-i386.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-i860.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-ip2k.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-iq2000.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-lm32.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-m32c.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-m32r.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-m68hc11.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-m68hc1x.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-m68k.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-mcore.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-mep.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-metag.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-microblaze.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-moxie.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-msp430.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-mt.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-nds32.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-nios2.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-or1k.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-rl78.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-rx.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-s390.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-score.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-score7.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-sh-symbian.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-sh.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-sh64.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-spu.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-tic6x.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-tilepro.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-v850.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-vax.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-visium.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-xc16x.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-xstormy16.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf32-xtensa.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf64-alpha.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf64-hppa.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf64-ia64-vms.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf64-mmix.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf64-ppc.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf64-s390.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf64-sh64.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elf64-x86-64.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elflink.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elfnn-ia64.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elfxx-mips.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elfxx-sparc.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/elfxx-tilegx.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/i386linux.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/linker.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/m68klinux.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/pdp11.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/pe-mips.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/peXXigen.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/reloc.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/reloc16.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/sparclinux.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/sunos.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/vms-alpha.c: Likewise.
-       * bfd/xcofflink.c: Likewise.
-
-2015-08-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 18667
-       * Makefile.am: Use $(SED) in place of sed throughout.
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
-
-2015-08-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_func_desc_adjust): Don't redefine .TOC.
-       if already defined, and set linker_def.
-       (ppc64_elf_set_toc): Use .TOC. value if defined other than by
-       the backend.
-
-2015-08-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/18759
-       * elf32-or1k.c: Revert 2015-08-11 change.
-
-2015-08-13  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18801
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_size_dynamic_sections): Issue an error
-       for read-only segment with dynamic IFUNC relocations.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-
-2015-08-12  Simon Dardis  <simon.dardis@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (STUB_MOVE): Change to use 'or' only.
-       (mips_o32_exec_plt0_entry, mips_n32_exec_plt0_entry,
-       mips_n64_exec_plt0_entry, micromips_insn32_o32_exec_plt0_entry):
-       Update to use 'or' instead of 'addu/daddu'.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Update usage of STUB_MOVE.
-       (move_insns_32): Reorder table.
 
-2015-08-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-04-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Properly skip IFUNC
-       relocations in debug sections.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Likewise.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-08-11  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-04-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Improve warning
-       message for R_AARCH64_LD64_GOTPAGE_LO15/R_AARCH64_LD32_GOTPAGE_LO14.
+       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_check_relocs): Don't check relocations
+       in excluded sections
 
-2015-08-11  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-04-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELAX_RELOC): New.
-       (aarch64_can_relax_tls): Use the new IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELAX_RELOC.
+       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.
 
-2015-08-11  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-04-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_type_of_stub): New parameter "sym_sec".
-       Loose the check for symbol from ABS section.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Pass sym_sec.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-08-11  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-04-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       PR ld/18668
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_type_of_stub): Update destination for
-       calls go through plt stub.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Adjust code logic for CALL26,
-       JUMP26 relocation to support inserting veneer for call to plt stub.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-08-11  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-04-20  Trevor Saunders  <tbsaunde+binutils@tbsaunde.org>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELOC): Recognize
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADD_DTPREL_LO12.
-       (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
-
-2015-08-11  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADD_DTPREL_LO12): New entry.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): New entry for
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADD_DTPREL_LO12.
+       * cache.c: Update old style function definitions.
+       * elf32-m68k.c: Likewise.
+       * elf64-mmix.c: Likewise.
+       * stab-syms.c: Likewise.
 
-2015-08-11  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-04-20  Trevor Saunders  <tbsaunde+binutils@tbsaunde.org>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELOC): Recognize
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADD_LO12_NC.
-       (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
+       * elf32-arm.c (put_thumb2_insn): Change argument type to bfd_byte *.
 
-2015-08-11  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-04-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADD_LO12_NC): New entry.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): New entry for
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADD_LO12_NC.
-
-2015-08-11  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELOC): Recognize
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADR_PAGE21.
-       (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
+       * Makefile.in: Regenerated with automake 1.11.6.
+       * aclocal.m4: Likewise.
+       * doc/Makefile.in: Likewise.
 
-2015-08-11  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-04-14  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADR_PAGE21): New entry.
+       * reloc.c: Add BFD_RELOC_ARC_NPS_CMEM16 entry.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): New entry for
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADR_PAGE21.
-
-2015-08-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18808
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Skip IFUNC
-       relocations in debug sections.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Likewise.
-
-2015-08-11  Peter Zotov  <whitequark@whitequark.org>
-
-       PR ld/18759
-       * elf32-or1k.c (R_OR1K_32_PCREL): Set pcrel_offset to TRUE.
-       (R_OR1K_16_PCREL): Likewise.
-       (R_OR1K_8_PCREL): Likewise.
-
-2015-08-11  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/18747
-       * coff-sh.c (_bfd_sh_align_load_span): Fix typo when setting
-       opcode count.
-
-       PR binutils/18758
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_setup_sections): Add checks for corrupt section
-       group information.
-       * peicode.h (pe_ILF_make_a_section): Ensure alignment of the
-       used_by_bfd pointer.
-       (pe_ILF_build_a_bfd): Ensure alignment of vars.data pointer.
-
-2015-08-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_copy_private_bfd_data): Fix a typo.
-
-2015-08-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h (elf_symbol_version): New enum.
-       (elf_link_hash_entry): Replace hidden with versioned.
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Don't look for symbol
-       version if the symbol is unversioned.  Initialize versioned.
-       (_bfd_elf_add_default_symbol): Don't look for symbol version
-       if the symbol is unversioned or hidden.  Initialize versioned.
-       (elf_collect_hash_codes): Don't look for symbol version if the
-       symbol is unversioned.
-       (elf_collect_gnu_hash_codes): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf_gc_mark_dynamic_ref_symbol): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_link_hash_copy_indirect): Check versioned instead of
-       hidden.
-       (elf_link_output_extsym): Likewise.
-
-2015-08-07  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR binutils/18785
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_copy_private_bfd_data): When copying the
-       sh_link and sh_info fields in stripped section headers, we also
-       check if the sh_type, sh_flags, sh_addralign and sh_entsize
-       fields of the output section match the output.  Since
-       --only-keep-debug turns all non-debug sections into SHT_NOBITS
-       sections, the output SHT_NOBITS type matches any input type.
-
-2015-08-07  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18720
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Add a parameter to indicate
-       if the new symbol matches the existing one.  The new hidden
-       versioned symbol matches the existing symbol if they have the
-       same symbol version. Update the existing symbol only if they
-       match.
-       (_bfd_elf_add_default_symbol): Update call to
-       _bfd_elf_merge_symbol.
-       (_bfd_elf_link_assign_sym_version): Don't set the hidden field
-       here.
-       (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Override a definition only if the
-       new symbol matches the existing one.
-       (_bfd_elf_link_hash_copy_indirect): Don't copy any references to
-       the hidden versioned symbol.
-       (elf_link_output_extsym): Bind a symbol locally when linking
-       executable if it is locally defined, hidden versioned, not
-       referenced by shared library and not exported.  Turn on
-       VERSYM_HIDDEN only if the hidden versioned symbol is defined
-       locally.
-
-2015-08-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_copy_private_bfd_data): Copy the sh_link and
-       sh_info fields of sections whose type has been changed to
-       SHT_NOBITS.
-
-2015-08-04  Yuriy M. Kaminskiy"  <yumkam@gmail.com>
-           Tyler Hicks  <tyhicks@canonical.com>
-
-       PR binutils/18750
-       * ihex.c (ihex_scan): Fixes incorrect escape sequence in error message
-       and stack overflow when char is signed and \200-\376 was in place of hex
-       digit; also fixes \377 was handled as EOF instead of "incorrect character".
-       (ihex_read_section): Changed for consistency.
-       (ihex_bad_byte): Prevent (now impossible to trigger) stack
-       overflow and incorrect escape sequence handling.
-       * srec.c (srec_bad_byte): Likewise.
-
-2015-08-03  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
-
-       * elf32-cris.c (cris_elf_relocate_section)
-       (elf_cris_finish_dynamic_symbol, cris_elf_check_relocs)
-       (elf_cris_discard_excess_dso_dynamics): Use SYMBOLIC_BIND, not
-       just link_info->symbolic, to check if a symbol should be bound
-       symbolically.
-
-2015-07-30  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18735
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_add_default_symbol): Add the default
-       symbol if not performing a relocatable link.
-       (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Adjust the default symbol if
-       not performing a relocatable link.
-
-2015-07-29  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Remove
-       !info->relocatable check for info->executable.  Add
-       !info->relocatable check for !info->executable.
-       (elf_link_output_extsym): Remove
-       !info->relocatable check for info->executable.
-
-2015-07-29  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@bitrange.com>
-
-       * mmo.c (mmo_write_symbols_and_terminator): Skip symbol-type
-       assignment loop for bfd plugin objects.
-
-2015-07-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_map_sections_to_segments): Do not make a new
-       segment for loaded sections after nonloaded sections if the
-       sections are on the same page.
-
-2015-07-28  Iain Buclaw  <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org>
-
-       * configure.in: Add asprintf and vasprintf to AC_CHECK_DECLS.
-       * config.in, configure: Regenerate.
-
-2015-07-27  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * configure: Regenerated.
-
-2015-07-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-msp430.c (uses_large_model): New function.
-       (msp430_elf_eh_frame_address_size): New function.
-       (elf_backend_eh_frame_address_size): Define.
-
-2015-07-27  Szabolcs Nagy  <szabolcs.nagy@arm.com>
-
-       PR ld/18705
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elf_backend_extern_protected_data): Define.
-
-2015-07-27  Szabolcs Nagy  <szabolcs.nagy@arm.com>
-
-       PR ld/18705
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf_backend_extern_protected_data): Define.
-
-2015-07-25  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18718
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_output_extsym): Check symbol version
-       section check only if not linking executable, the symbol is
-       referenced by shared library or not locally defined.
-
-2015-07-25  Thomas Preud'homme  <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Use SYMBOLIC_BIND to
-       check if a symbol should be bound symbolically.
-       * elf32-hppa.c (elf32_hppa_check_relocs,
-       elf32_hppa_adjust_dynamic_symbol, elf32_hppa_relocate_section,
-       elf32_hppa_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68k.c (elf_m68k_check_relocs,
-       elf_m68k_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nios2.c (nios2_elf32_relocate_section,
-       nios2_elf32_check_relocs, allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       * elf32-tic6x.c (elf32_tic6x_finish_dynamic_symbol,
-       elf32_tic6x_relocate_section): Likewise.
-
-2015-07-24  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_assign_file_positions_for_non_load): Use .rela
-       prefix for reloc section corresponding to rela section associated
-       with renamed debug section.
-
-2015-07-24  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * section.c (bfd_get_section_by_name_if): Iterate over entire hash
-       chain.
+       * 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>
+
+       * 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.
 
-2015-07-23  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+2016-03-29  Toni Spets  <toni.spets@iki.fi>
 
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_finish_dynamic_sections)
-       <DT_MIPS_RLD_MAP_REL>: Add target address to host address
-       difference, not to host pointer.
+       PR 19878
+       * coffcode.h (coff_write_object_contents): Revert accidental
+       2014-11-10 change.
 
-2015-07-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2016-03-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       * elf64-ppc.c (opd_entry_value): Remove assertion.  Instead,
-       return -1 if symbol referenced is not defined.  Tidy.
+       PR 19850
+       * dwarf2.c (read_attribute_value): Skip info_ptr check for
+       DW_FORM_flag_present.
 
-2015-07-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2016-03-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-       * po/SRC-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
+       * cpu-v850_rh850.c (arch_info_struct): Restore v850-rh850 as an
+       architecture name for backwards compatibility.
 
-2015-07-17  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+       * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_write_codeview_record): Fix possible
+       unbounded stack use.
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELOC): Sort alphabetically.
-       (IS_AARCH64_TLSDESC_RELOC): Sort alphabetically.
+       * warning.m4 (GCC_WARN_CFLAGS): Only add -Wstack-usage if using a
+       sufficiently recent version of GCC.
+       * configure: Regenerate.
 
-2015-07-16  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-03-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELOC): Recognize
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADR_PREL21.
-       (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Ditto.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Ditto.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Ditto.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook): Ditto.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Ditto.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Ditto.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Ditto.
+       PR 19851
+       * plugin.c (try_load_plugin): Avoid -Wstack-usage warning.
 
-2015-07-16  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-03-21  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADR_PREL21): New entry.
+       * archures.c (bfd_mach_arc_nps400): Define.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): New entry for
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLD_ADR_PREL21.
-
-2015-07-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-        PR binutils/18656
-        * bfd.c (bfd_convert_section_size): New function.
-        (bfd_convert_section_contents): Likewise.
-        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-
-2015-07-09  Catherine Moore  <clm@codesourcery.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Call to
-       _bfd_elf_maybe_strip_eh_frame_hdr should be before
-       bed->elf_backend_size_dynamic_sections.
-
-2015-07-08  Pitchumani Sivanupandi <pitchumani.s@atmel.com>
-
-       * elf32-avr.c: Add 32 bit PC relative relocation for AVR target.
-
-2015-07-05  Richard Sandiford  <richard.sandiford@arm.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (toc_adjusting_stub_needed): Use the symbol value
-       plus addend rather than the original st_value when looking up
-       entries in opd->adjust.
-
-2015-07-03   Kai Tietz  <ktietz@redhat.com>
-            Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR ld/11539
-       * coffcode.h (coff_bfd_gc_sections): Define default
-       to bfd_coff_gc_sections function.
-       (coff_gc_mark_hook_fn): New type.
-       * coffgen.c (init_reloc_cookie): Copy and adjust coff
-       related code about gc-sections from elflink.c to here.
-       (fini_reloc_cookie): Likewise.
-       (init_reloc_cookie_rels): Likewise.
-       (fini_reloc_cookie_rels): Likewise.
-       (init_reloc_cookie_for_section): Likewise.
-       (fini_reloc_cookie_for_section): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_coff_gc_mark_hook): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_coff_gc_mark_rsec): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_coff_gc_mark_reloc): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_coff_gc_mark): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_coff_gc_mark_extra_sections): Likewise.
-       (coff_gc_sweep_symbol_info): Likewise.
-       (coff_gc_sweep_symbol): Likewise.
-       (gc_sweep_hook_fn): Likewise.
-       (coff_gc_sweep): Likewise.
-       (bfd_coff_gc_sections): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_coff_gc_keep): Likewise.
-       * libcoff-in.h (coff_reloc_cookie): New struct.
-       (bfd_coff_gc_sections): New prototype.
-       * libcoff.h: Regenerate.
-
-2015-07-01  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>
-           Cesar Philippidis  <cesar@codesourcery.com>
+       * 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.
 
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-       * elf32-nios2.c (elf_nios2_howto_table_rel): Rename to...
-       (elf_nios2_r1_howto_table_rel): This.
-       (elf_nios2_r2_howto_table_rel): New.
-       (BFD_IS_R2): New.
-       (lookup_howto): Add ABFD parameter.  Adjust to look up in either
-       the R1 or R2 relocation table, as determined by ABFD.
-       (nios2_reloc_map): Add R2 relocations.
-       (nios2_elf32_bfd_reloc_type_lookup): Do lookup using lookup_howto.
-       Pass it the ABFD parameter.
-       (nios2_elf32_bfd_reloc_name_lookup): Use ABFD to decide whether to
-       return an R1 or R2 relocation.
-       (nios2_elf32_info_to_howto): Do lookup using lookup_howto.
-       Pass it the ABFD parameter.
-       (nios2_elf32_do_call26_relocate): Check for alignment on a 4-byte
-       boundary.
-       (nios2_elf32_relocate_section): Adjust call to lookup_howto.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerated.
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_S12): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_I10_1_PCREL): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_T1I7_1_PCREL): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_T1I7_2): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_T2I4): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_T2I4_1): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_T2I4_2): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_X1I7_2): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_X2L5): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_F1I5_2): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_L5I4X1): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_T1X1I6): New.
-       (BFD_RELOC_NIOS2_R2_T1X1I6_2): New.
-
-2015-07-01  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>
-           Cesar Philippidis  <cesar@codesourcery.com>
-
-       * archures.c (bfd_mach_nios2r1, bfd_mach_nios2r2): New.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-       * cpu-nios2.c (nios2_compatible): New.
-       (N): Use nios2_compatible instead of bfd_default_compatible.
-       (NIOS2R1_NEXT, NIOS2R2_NEXT): Define.
-       (arch_info_struct): New.
-       (bfd_nios2_arch): Chain to NIOS2R1_NEXT.
-       * elf32-nios2.c (is_nios2_elf): New.
-       (nios2_elf32_merge_private_bfd_data): New.
-       (nios2_elf32_object_p): New.
-       (bfd_elf32_bfd_merge_private_bfd_data): Define.
-       (elf_backend_object_p): Define.
-
-2015-07-01  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_mov_to_lea): Refactor.
-
-2015-06-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/18570
-       * elf-attrs.c (obj_attr_size): Use an unsigned int type for the tag.
-       (write_obj_attribute): Likewise.
-       (elf_new_obj_attr): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf_get_obj_attr_int): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf_add_obj_attr_int): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf_add_obj_attr_string): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf_add_obj_attr_int_string): Likewise.
-       (gnu_obj_attrs_arg_type): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_obj_attrs_arg_type): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_parse_attributes): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_merge_unknown_attribute_list): Likewise.
-       * elf-bfd.h (struct obj_attribute_list): Likewise.
-       Update prototypes.
-
-2015-06-28  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * bfd-in.h (compressed_debug_section_type): Remove
-       COMPRESS_DEBUG_ZLIB.
-       * bfd-in2.h : Regenerated.
-
-2015-06-26  Matthew Fortune  <matthew.fortune@imgtec.com>
-
-       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Use executable
-       instead of !shared to indicate an application vs shared library.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Handle DT_MIPS_RLD_MAP_REL.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_get_target_dtag): Likewise.
-
-2015-06-25  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-msp430.c (msp430_final_link_relocate): Fix comments.  Fix
-       REL loads to match RELA stores.
-
-2015-06-25  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_compute_section_file_positions): Don't
-       initialize sh_size for .shstrtab here.
-
-2015-06-25  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR gas/18451
-       * elf-bfd.h (elf_sym_strtab): New.
-       (elf_link_hash_table): Add strtabcount, strtabsize and
-       strtab.
-       (_bfd_elf_stringtab_init): Removed.
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_stringtab_init): Removed.
-       (_bfd_elf_compute_section_file_positions): Replace
-       bfd_strtab_hash/_bfd_elf_stringtab_init/_bfd_stringtab_free/
-       _bfd_stringtab_size with
-       elf_strtab_hash/_bfd_elf_strtab_init/_bfd_elf_strtab_free/
-       _bfd_elf_strtab_size.  Use _bfd_elf_strtab_add,
-       _bfd_elf_strtab_finalize and _bfd_elf_strtab_offset to get
-       st_name.
-       (swap_out_syms): Likewise.
-       * elflink.c (elf_final_link_info): Replace bfd_strtab_hash
-       with elf_strtab_hash.  Remove symbuf, symbuf_count,
-       symbuf_size and shndxbuf_size.
-       (elf_link_flush_output_syms): Removed.
-       (elf_link_output_sym): Renamed to ...
-       (elf_link_output_symstrtab): This.  Replace _bfd_stringtab_add
-       with _bfd_elf_strtab_add.  Don't flush symbols to the file nor
-       swap out symbols.
-       (elf_link_swap_symbols_out): New.
-       (elf_link_output_extsym): Replace elf_link_output_sym with
-       elf_link_output_symstrtab.
-       (elf_link_input_bfd): Likewise.
-       (elf_final_link_free): Replace _bfd_stringtab_free with
-       _bfd_elf_strtab_free.  Remove symbuf.
-       (bfd_elf_final_link): Replace _bfd_elf_stringtab_init with
-       _bfd_elf_strtab_init.  Don't set symbuf, symbuf_count,
-       symbuf_size nor shndxbuf_size.  Initialize strtabsize and
-       strtab.  Initialize symshndxbuf to -1 when number of sections
-       >= 64K.  Replace elf_link_output_sym/elf_link_output_sym with
-       elf_link_output_symstrtab/elf_link_output_symstrtab. Don't
-       call elf_link_flush_output_syms.  Call _bfd_elf_strtab_finalize
-       and elf_link_swap_symbols_out.  Replace _bfd_stringtab_size
-       and _bfd_stringtab_emit with _bfd_elf_strtab_size and
-       _bfd_elf_strtab_emit.
-
-2015-06-24  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_mov_to_lea): Silence older
-       GCC warning.
-
-2015-06-24  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Always allocate
-       space for the first .plt entry.
-       (elf_i386_size_dynamic_sections): Always add DT_PLTGOT for .plt
-       section.  Add DT_PLTRELSZ, DT_PLTREL and DT_JMPREL only if
-       there are PLT relocations.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): Always
-       allocate space for the first .plt entry.
-       (elf_x86_64_size_dynamic_sections): Always add DT_PLTGOT for
-       .plt section.  Add DT_PLTRELSZ, DT_PLTREL and DT_JMPREL only if
-       there are PLT relocations.
-
-2015-06-24  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18591
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_mov_to_lea): Don't convert
-       R_X86_64_GOTPCREL to R_X86_64_PC32 if it will cause relocation
-       overflow.
-
-2015-06-23  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_readonly_dynrelocs): New function.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_size_dynamic_sections): Traverse hash table to check
-       relocations against read-only sections.
-
-2015-06-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR 18481
-       * elf32-arm.c (R_ARM_TLS_LE32): Set the special function to NULL.
-
-2015-06-15  Jon Turney  <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
-
-       * bfd.c: Change struct bfd_build_id to use bfd_size_type.
-       * bfd-in2.h : Regenerate.
-
-2015-06-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Correct binary search of
-       dynamic relocs.
-
-2015-06-10  Jon Turney  <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h : Remove struct elf_build_id.
-       * bfd.c : Add struct bfd_build_id.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * elf.c (elfobj_grok_gnu_build_id): Update to use bfd_build_id.
-       * libpei.h: Add protoype and macros for
-       bfd_XXi_slurp_codeview_record.
-       * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_slurp_codeview_record): Make public
-       * peicode.h (pe_bfd_read_buildid): Add.
-       (pe_bfd_object_p): Use pe_bfd_read_buildid().
+2016-03-21  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
-2015-06-15  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.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.
 
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_LD64_GOTOFF_LO15): New entry.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): New entry for
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_LD64_GOTOFF_LO15.
-
-2015-06-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section): Revert
-       2014-03-26 change.  Call _bfd_clear_contents for relocs against
-       local and global symbols defined in discarded input sections.
-
-2015-06-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-msp430.c (rl78_sym_diff_handler): New function.
-       (msp430_howto_table): Use the new function for the SYM_DIFF reloc.
-       (msp430x_howto_table): Likewise.
-
-2015-06-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Move dynamic text
-       relocs with insns moved by --ppc476-workaround.  Correct
-       output of REL16 relocs.
-
-2015-06-01  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Support
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_LD32_GOTPAGE_LO14.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Ditto.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_swap_hook): Ditto.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Ditto.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Ditto.
-
-2015-06-01  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_LD32_GOTPAGE_LO14): New entry.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): New entry for
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_LD32_GOTPAGE_LO14.
-
-2015-06-01  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-03-21  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): Set overflow type to
-       complain_overflow_unsigned for BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLE_ADD_LO12.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Don't use
-       PGOFF for BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSLE_ADD_LO12.
+       * elf32-arc.c (arc_elf_final_write_processing): Switch to using
+       EF_ARC_MACH_MSK.
 
-2015-06-01  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-03-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_reloc_got_type): Support
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_LD64_GOTPAGE_LO15.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Ditto.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_swap_hook): Ditto.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Ditto.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Ditto.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-06-01  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-03-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_LD64_GOTPAGE_LO15): New entry.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): New entry for
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_LD64_GOTPAGE_LO15.
+       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.
 
-2015-05-28  Catherine Moore  <clm@codesourcery.com>
-           Bernd Schmidt <bernds@codesourcery.com>
-           Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
+2016-03-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       bfd/
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-       * elf-bfd.h (DWARF2_EH_HDR, COMPACT_EH_HDR): Define.
-       (COMPACT_EH_CANT_UNWIND_OPCODE): Define.
-       (dwarf_eh_frame_hdr_info): Move dwarf-specific fields from
-       eh_frame_hdr_info.
-       (compact_eh_frame_hdr_info): Declare.
-       (eh_frame_hdr_info):  Redeclare with union for dwarf-specific
-       fields and compact-eh fields.
-       (elf_backend_data): Add cant_unwind_opcode and compact_eh_encoding.
-       (bfd_elf_section_data): Add eh_frame_entry_field.
-       (elf_section_eh_frame_entry): Define.
-       (bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame_entries): Declare.
-       (_bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame_entry): Declare.
-       (_bfd_elf_end_eh_frame_parsing): Declare.
-       (_bfd_elf_write_section_eh_frame_entry): Declare.
-       (_bfd_elf_eh_frame_entry_present): Declare.
-       (_bfd_elf_section_for_symbol): Declare.
-       * elf-eh-frame.c (bfd_elf_discard_eh_frame_entry): New function.
-       (bfd_elf_record_eh_frame_entry): New function.
-       (_bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame_entry): New function.
-       (_bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame): Update hdr_info field references.
-       (cmp_eh_frame_hdr): New function.
-       (add_eh_frame_hdr_terminator): New function.
-       (_bfd_elf_end_eh_frame_parsing): New function.
-       (find_merged_cie): Update hdr_info field references.
-       (_bfd_elf_discard_section_eh_frame): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_discard_section_eh_frame_hdr): Add Compact EH support.
-       (_bfd_elf_eh_frame_entry_present): New function.
-       (_bfd_elf_maybe_strip_eh_frame_hdr): Add Compact EH support.
-       (_bfd_elf_write_section_eh_frame_entry): New function.
-       (_bfd_elf_write_section_eh_frame): Update hdr_info field references.
-       (_bfd_elf_fixup_eh_frame_hdr): New function.
-       (write_compact_eh_frame_hdr): New function.
-       (write_dwarf_eh_frame_hdr): New function.
-       (_bfd_elf_write_section_eh_frame_hdr): Add Compact EH support.
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_section_for_symbol): New function.
-       (elf_section_ignore_discarded_relocs): Add Compact EH support.
-       (elf_link_input_bfd): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf_final_link): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_gc_mark): Likewise.
-       (bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame_entries): New function.
-       (bfd_elf_gc_sections): Add Compact EH support.
-       (bfd_elf_discard_info): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.c: Include dwarf2.h.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_compact_eh_encoding): New function.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_cant_unwind_opcode): New function.
-       * elfxx-mips.h (_bfd_mips_elf_compact_eh_encoding): Declare.
-       (_bfd_mips_elf_cant_unwind_opcode): Declare.
-       (elf_backend_compact_eh_encoding): Define.
-       (elf_backend_cant_unwind_opcode): Define.
-       * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_compact_eh_encoding): Provide default.
-       (elf_backend_cant_unwind_opcode): Provide default.
-       (elf_backend_data elfNN_bed): Add elf_backend_compact_eh_encoding and
-       elf_backend_cant_unwind_opcode.
-       * section.c (SEC_INFO_TYPE_EH_FRAME_ENTRY): Add definition.
-
-2015-05-27  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR binutils/18458
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Create .plt.got section
-       for now binding only if pointer equality isn't needed.
-       (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Use .plt.got section for now
-       binding only if pointer equality isn't needed.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Create .plt.got
-       section for now binding only if pointer equality isn't needed.
-       (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): Use .plt.got section for now
-       binding only if pointer equality isn't needed.
-
-2015-05-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR binutils/18437
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_get_plt_sym_val): Skip extra relocations
-       in .rel.plt/.rela.plt.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_get_plt_sym_val): Likewise.
-
-2015-05-19  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_tls_transition_without_check): Sort
-       relocation case labels alphabetically.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Ditto.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_tls_relax): Ditto.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Ditto.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook): Ditto.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Ditto.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Ditto.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Ditto.
-
-2015-05-18  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Rewrite
-       comments.
-
-2015-05-16  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Create .plt.got section
-       for now binding.
-       (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Use .plt.got section for now
-       binding.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Create .plt.got
-       section for now binding.
-       (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): Use .plt.got section for now
-       binding.
-
-2015-05-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * bfd.c (bfd_update_compression_header): Also write the zlib
-       header if the SHF_COMPRESSED bit cleared..
-       (bfd_check_compression_header): Return the uncompressed size.
-       * compress.c (decompress_contents): Don't skip the zlib header.
-       (bfd_compress_section_contents): Properly handle ELFCOMPRESS_ZLIB,
-       which doesn't have the zlib header.
-       (bfd_init_section_decompress_status): Likewise.
-       (bfd_get_full_section_contents): Updated.
-       (bfd_is_section_compressed): Likewise.
-       (bfd_is_section_compressed_with_header): Return the uncompressed
-       size.
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Updated.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
 
-2015-05-14  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Remove overflow
-       check restrictions.
-
-2015-05-14  Max Filippov  <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_xtensa_gc_sweep_hook): Treat PLT reference
-       as GOT reference when plt.refcount is not positive.
-
-2015-05-12  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Allocate space
-       for the first .plt entry only if needed.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-
-2015-05-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * Makefile.am (ALL_MACHINES): Add cpu-iamcu.lo.
-       (ALL_MACHINES_CFILES): Likewise.
-       * archures.c (bfd_mach_iamcu): New.
-       (bfd_mach_i386_iamcu): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_i386_iamcu_intel_syntax): Likewise.
-       (bfd_iamcu_arch): Likewise.
-       (bfd_archures_list): Add &bfd_iamcu_arch.
-       * config.bfd (targ_selvecs): Add iamcu_elf32_vec to
-       i386_elf32_vec.
-       (targ_archs): Add bfd_iamcu_arch if needed.
-       * configure.ac: Support iamcu_elf32_vec.
-       * cpu-iamcu.c: New file.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf32_iamcu_elf_object_p): New function.
-       Add support for iamcu_elf32_vec and elf32_iamcu_bed.
-       * targets.c (iamcu_elf32_vec): New.
-       (_bfd_target_vector): Add iamcu_elf32_vec.
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Likewise.
-       * configure: Likewise.
-
-2015-05-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Replace EM_486 with EM_IAMCU.
-
-2015-05-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_mov_to_lea): Replace input_bfd
-       and output_bfd with abfd.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_mov_to_lea): Likewise.
-
-2015-05-06  Toni Spets  <toni.spets@iki.fi>
-
-       PR ld/18372
-       * peXXigen.c (rsrc_process_section): Skip discarded resource
-       sections.
-
-2015-05-01  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * config.bfd: Support i[3-7]86-*-elf*.
-
-2015-04-30  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_backend_post_process_headers): Undef for
-       Solaris 2.
-
-2015-04-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR 18317
-       * elf32-mep.c (MEPREL): Use bfd_elf_generic_reloc instead of
-       mep_reloc.
-       (mep_reloc): Delete unused function.
-
-2015-04-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR 17099
-       * coff-i386.c (coff_i386_rtype_to_howto): Allow absolute PCRLONG
-       relocs.
-
-2015-04-27  Andreas Krebbel  <krebbel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       * elf-s390-common.c (elf_s390_merge_obj_attributes): New function.
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf32_s390_merge_private_bfd_data): Call
-       elf_s390_merge_obj_attributes.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf64_s390_merge_private_bfd_data): New function.
-
-2015-04-24  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       PR ld/18270
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_size_dynamic): Count local symbol for
-       GOT_NORMAL for both sgot/srelgot section.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Relocate against GOT entry address
-       and generate necessary runtime relocation for GOT entry.
-
-2015-04-24  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR binutils/18209
-       * archive.c (_bfd_get_elt_at_filepos): Copy is_linker_input.
-
-2015-04-24  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Reject
-       PC-relative relocation for external symbol.
-
-2015-04-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+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.
 
-       PR 18313
-       * compress.c (decompress_contents): Zero initialse the z_stream
-       structure.
+2016-03-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-2015-04-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+       * config.bfd: Mark the i370 target as obsolete.
 
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_is_local_label_name): Extend test for assembler
-       local labels to include local labels with a numeric suffix and
-       fake symbols.
+2016-03-09  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
-2015-04-24  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.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.
 
-       PR binutils/18316
-       * section.c (SEC_MEP_VLIW): New.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
+2016-03-09  Leon Winter  <winter-gcc@bfw-online.de>
 
-2015-04-23  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18277
-       * compress.c (bfd_compress_section_contents): Remove the
-       write_compress argument.
-       (bfd_init_section_compress_status): Updated.
-       (bfd_compress_section): Likewise.
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_set_reloc_sh_name): New.
-       (_bfd_elf_init_reloc_shdr): Add delay_st_name_p.  Set sh_name
-       to (unsigned int) -1 if delay_st_name_p is TRUE.  Use
-       _bfd_elf_set_reloc_sh_name.
-       (elf_fake_sections): Don't rename DWARF debug section for
-       linker output if it will be compressed.  Instead, set
-       delay_st_name_p to TRUE and pass it to _bfd_elf_init_reloc_shdr.
-       (assign_section_numbers): Call _bfd_elf_strtab_addref only if
-       sh_name != (unsigned int) -1.  Don't finalize nor assign
-       shstrtab section here.  Delay setting output section names to
-       _bfd_elf_write_object_contents.
-       (_bfd_elf_compute_section_file_positions): Update comments on
-       sh_offset for shstrtab section.
-       (assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections): Set sh_offset to
-       -1 for shstrtab section.
-       (assign_file_positions_except_relocs): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_assign_file_positions_for_non_load): Set up sh_name
-       when compressing DWARF debug sections.  Place shstrtab section
-       after DWARF debug sections have been compressed.
-       (_bfd_elf_write_object_contents): Setting sh_name for output
-       sections.
+       PR ld/19623
+       * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section): Do not apply
+       relocations against absolute symbols.
 
-2015-04-23  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR binutils/18209
-       * bfd.c (bfd): Add is_linker_input.
-       * elf.c (convert_debug_to_zdebug): New.
-       (convert_zdebug_to_debug): Likewise.
-       (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Don't convert .debug_* to
-       .zdebug_* here.  Use convert_zdebug_to_debug.  Set SEC_ELF_RENAME.
-       (_bfd_elf_init_reloc_shdr): Pass a pointer to section name
-       instead of a pointer to section.
-       (elf_fake_sections): Rename the section name if SEC_ELF_RENAME
-       is set.
-       * section.c (SEC_ELF_RENAME): New.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
+2016-03-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-2015-04-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (TOC_BASE_ALIGN): Define.
-       (ppc64_elf_next_toc_section): Align multi-got toc base.
-       (ppc64_elf_set_toc): Likewise initial toc base and .TOC. symbol.
-
-2015-04-22  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18289
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_link_hash_entry): Add gotoff_ref.
-       (elf_i386_link_hash_newfunc): Initialize gotoff_ref to 0.
-       (elf_i386_create_dynamic_sections): Always allow copy relocs for
-       building executables.
-       (elf_i386_copy_indirect_symbol): Also copy gotoff_ref.
-       (elf_i386_check_relocs): Set gotoff_ref for R_386_GOTOFF.
-       (elf_i386_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Also allocate copy relocs for
-       PIE and R_386_GOTOFF.
-       (elf_i386_relocate_section): Allow R_386_GOTOFF in executable.
-
-2015-04-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf.c (assign_section_numbers): Always set up sh_name.
-
-2015-04-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf.c (assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections): Iterate
-       sections by pointer.
-       (_bfd_elf_assign_file_positions_for_non_load): Likewise.
-
-2015-04-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * bfd-in.h (compressed_debug_section_type): New.
-       * compress.c (bfd_compress_section_contents): Add an argument
-       for linker write compression and always generate .zdebug_*
-       section when linking.
-       (bfd_init_section_compress_status): Pass FALSE to
-       bfd_compress_section_contents.
-       (bfd_compress_section): New function.
-       * elf.c (elf_fake_sections): For linking, set SEC_ELF_COMPRESS
-       on DWARF debug sections if COMPRESS_DEBUG is set and rename
-       section if COMPRESS_DEBUG_GABI_ZLIB isn't set.
-       (assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections): Set sh_offset
-       to -1 if SEC_ELF_COMPRESS is set.
-       (assign_file_positions_except_relocs): Likwise.
-       (_bfd_elf_assign_file_positions_for_relocs): Renamed to ...
-       (_bfd_elf_assign_file_positions_for_non_load): This.  Change
-       return time to bfd_boolean.  Compress the section if
-       SEC_ELF_COMPRESS is set.
-       (_bfd_elf_write_object_contents): Updated.
-       (_bfd_elf_set_section_contents): Write section contents to
-       the buffer if SEC_ELF_COMPRESS is set.
-       * merge.c: Include "elf-bfd.h".
-       (sec_merge_emit): Add arguments for contents and offset.  Write
-       to contents with offset if contents isn't NULL.
-       (_bfd_write_merged_section): Write section contents to the
-       buffer if SEC_ELF_COMPRESS is set.  Pass contents and
-       output_offset to sec_merge_emit.
-       * elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Allocate the buffer for
-       output section contents if SEC_ELF_COMPRESS is set.
-       * section.c (SEC_ELF_COMPRESS): New.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
+       PR binutils/19775
+       * coff-alpha.c (alpha_ecoff_openr_next_archived_file): Allow zero
+       length elements in the archive.
 
-2015-04-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2016-03-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * elf32-rl78.c (rl78_elf_relocate_section): Typo fix.
+       PR ld/19789
+       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Create dynamic sections
+       for -E/--dynamic-list only when not relocatable.
 
-2015-04-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-03-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * elf32-rl78.c (RL78_OP_REL): New macro.
-       (rl78_elf_howto_table): Use it for complex relocs.
-       (get_symbol_value): Handle the cases when the info or status
-       arguments are NULL.
-       (get_romstart): Cache the status returned by get_symbol_value.
-       (get_ramstart): Likewise.
-       (RL78_STACK_PUSH): Generate an error message if the stack
-       overflows.
-       (RL78_STACK_POP): Likewise for underflows.
-       (rl78_compute_complex_reloc): New function.  Contains the basic
-       processing code for all RL78 complex relocs.
-       (rl78_special_reloc): New function.  Provides special reloc
-       handling for complex relocs.
-       (rl78_elf_relocate_section): Use rl78_compute_complex_reloc.
-       (rl78_offset_for_reloc): Likewise.
+       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.
 
-2015-04-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-03-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       PR ld/pr17709
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_adjust_dynamic_copy): Check
-       info->extern_protected_data when warning copy relocs against
-       protected symbols.
-       (_bfd_elf_symbol_refs_local_p): Check info->extern_protected_data
-       when checking protected non-function symbols.
+       PR ld/19579
+       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Group common symbol checking
+       together.
 
-2015-04-13  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
+2016-03-08  Cupertino Miranda  <Cupertino.Miranda@synopsys.com>
+           Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
-       * elf.c (elfcore_grok_note): Recognize NT_X86_XSTATE on
-       FreeBSD.
-       (elfcore_write_xstatereg): Use correct note name on FreeBSD.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-04-13  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-03-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-       PR ld/18250
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_is_defined_archive_symbol): Return FALSE
-       if the object has been claimed by plugin.
+       PR binutils/19775
+       * archive.c (bfd_generic_openr_next_archived_file): Allow zero
+       length elements in the archive.
 
-2015-04-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-03-07  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
 
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Replace SYMBOLIC_BIND
-       with SYMBOL_REFERENCES_LOCAL when checking R_386_GOTOFF against
-       protected data symbol when building shared library.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Check
-       R_X86_64_GOTOFF64 against undefined symbol and replace
-       SYMBOLIC_BIND with SYMBOL_REFERENCES_LOCAL when checking
-       R_X86_64_GOTOFF64 against protected data symbol when building
-       shared library.
+       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Always create .got
+       section if the symbol "_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_" is referenced.
 
-2015-04-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-03-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       PR ld/pr17709
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Also check R_386_GOTOFF
-       against protected data symbol when building shared library.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Also check
-       R_X86_64_GOTOFF64 against protected data symbol when building
+       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.
 
-2015-04-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/pr15228
-       PR ld/pr17709
-       * elf-bfd.h (elf_backend_data): Add extern_protected_data.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_backend_extern_protected_data): New.
-       Defined to 1.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_backend_extern_protected_data): Likewise.
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_adjust_dynamic_copy): Don't error on
-       copy relocs against protected symbols if extern_protected_data
-       is true.
-       (_bfd_elf_symbol_refs_local_p): Don't return true on protected
-       non-function symbols if extern_protected_data is true.
-       * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_extern_protected_data): New.
-       Default to 0.
-       (elfNN_bed): Initialize extern_protected_data with
-       elf_backend_extern_protected_data.
-
-2015-04-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * compress.c (bfd_compress_section_contents): Replace bfd_malloc
-       and free with bfd_alloc and bfd_release on compressed buffer.
-       Release buffer if compressed section isn't smaller.
-
-2015-04-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/18222
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_adjust_dynamic_copy): Don't report an error
-       on adding a protected visibility variable to .dynbss.
-
-2015-04-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       Revert 2015-03-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-       PR ld/pr15228
-       PR ld/pr17709
-       * elf-bfd.h (elf_backend_data): Delete extern_protected_data.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_backend_extern_protected_data): Delete.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_backend_extern_protected_data): Likewise.
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_adjust_dynamic_copy): Remove
-       extern_protected_data test.
-       (_bfd_elf_symbol_refs_local_p): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_extern_protected_data): Delete.
-       (elfNN_bed): Delete elf_backend_extern_protected_data init.
-
-2015-04-09  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * compress.c (bfd_compress_section_contents): Update comments.
-       (bfd_init_section_decompress_status): Likewise.
-       (bfd_init_section_compress_status): Likewise.
-
-2015-04-09  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elfxx-target.h (TARGET_BIG_SYM): Add BFD_COMPRESS_GABI to
-       object_flags.
-       (TARGET_LITTLE_SYM): Likewise.
-
-2015-04-09  Max Filippov  <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (splay-tree.h): include header.
-       (text_action_struct): drop next pointer.
-       (text_action_list_struct): drop head pointer, add count and
-       tree fields.
-       (find_fill_action): instead of linear search in text_action_list
-       search in the tree.
-       (text_action_compare, action_first, action_next): new functions.
-       (text_action_add, text_action_add_literal): instead of linear
-       search and insertion insert new node into the tree.
-       (removed_by_actions): pass additional parameter: action_list,
-       use it to traverse the tree.
-       (offset_with_removed_text): pass additional action_list parameter
-       to removed_by_actions.
-       (map_action_fn_context): new typedef.
-       (map_action_fn_context_struct): new structure.
-       (map_action_fn): new function.
-       (map_removal_by_action): use splay_tree_foreach to build map.
-       (find_insn_action): replace linear search in text_action_list
-       with series of splay_tree_lookups.
-       (print_action, print_action_list_fn): new functions.
-       (print_action_list): use splay_tree_foreach.
-       (init_xtensa_relax_info): drop action_list.head initialization.
-       Initialize the tree.
-       (compute_text_actions): use non-zero action_list_count instead of
-       non-NULL action list.
-       (xlate_map_context): new typedef.
-       (xlate_map_context_struct): new structure.
-       (xlate_map_fn): new function.
-       (build_xlate_map): use splay_tree_foreach to build map.
-       (action_remove_bytes_fn): new function.
-       (relax_section): use zero action_list_count instead of NULL
-       action list. Use splay_tree_foreach to count final section size.
-       Drop unused variable 'removed'.
-
-2015-04-09  Max Filippov  <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (removed_literal_map_entry): new typedef.
-       (removed_literal_map_entry_struct): new structure.
-       (removed_literal_list_struct): add new fields: n_map and map.
-       (map_removed_literal, removed_literal_compare): new functions.
-       (find_removed_literal): build index array for literals ordered
-       by VMA, use binary search to find removed literal.
-
-2015-04-09  Max Filippov  <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (removal_by_action_entry_struct,
-       removal_by_action_map_struct): new structures.
-       (removal_by_action_entry, removal_by_action_map): new typedefs.
-       (text_action_list_struct): add new field: map.
-       (map_removal_by_action, removed_by_actions_map,
-       offset_with_removed_text_map): new functions.
-       (relax_section): replace offset_with_removed_text with
-       offset_with_removed_text_map.
-       (translate_reloc, relax_property_section, relax_section_symbols):
-       replace removed_by_actions with removed_by_actions_map.
-
-2015-04-09  Max Filippov  <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (reloc_range_list, reloc_range_list_entry,
-       reloc_range): new typedef.
-       (reloc_range_list_struct, reloc_range_list_entry_struct,
-       reloc_range_struct): new structures.
-       (reloc_range_compare, build_reloc_ranges,
-       reloc_range_list_append, reloc_range_list_remove,
-       reloc_range_list_update_range, free_reloc_range_list): new
-       functions.
-       (compute_text_actions): precompute relocation opcodes before the
-       loop. Add relevant_relocs variable, initialize it before the
-       loop, pass it to the check_section_ebb_pcrels_fit.
-       (check_section_ebb_pcrels_fit): add new parameter:
-       relevant_relocs. Update address range in the relevant_relocs if
-       it's non-NULL and iterate only over relevant relocations.
-
-2015-04-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-rx.c (describe_flags): Report the settings of the string
-       insn using bits.
-       (rx_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Handle merging of the string insn
-       using bits.
-
-2015-04-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * compress.c (bfd_compress_section_contents): Work around a GCC
-       uninitialized warning bug fixed in GCC 4.7.
-
-2015-04-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * archive.c (_bfd_get_elt_at_filepos): Also copy BFD_COMPRESS_GABI
-       bit.
-       * bfd.c (bfd::flags): Increase size to 18 bits.
-       (BFD_COMPRESS_GABI): New.
-       (BFD_FLAGS_SAVED): Add BFD_COMPRESS_GABI.
-       (BFD_FLAGS_FOR_BFD_USE_MASK): Likewise.
-       (bfd_update_compression_header): New fuction.
-       (bfd_check_compression_header): Likewise.
-       (bfd_get_compression_header_size): Likewise.
-       (bfd_is_section_compressed_with_header): Likewise.
-       * compress.c (MAX_COMPRESSION_HEADER_SIZE): New.
-       (bfd_compress_section_contents): Return the uncompressed size if
-       the full section contents is compressed successfully.  Support
-       converting from/to .zdebug* sections.
-       (bfd_get_full_section_contents): Call
-       bfd_get_compression_header_size to get compression header size.
-       (bfd_is_section_compressed): Renamed to ...
-       (bfd_is_section_compressed_with_header): This.  Add a pointer
-       argument to return compression header size.
-       (bfd_is_section_compressed): Use it.
-       (bfd_init_section_decompress_status): Call
-       bfd_get_compression_header_size to get compression header size.
-       Return FALSE if uncompressed section size is 0.
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Support converting
-       from/to .zdebug* sections.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
-
-2015-04-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_get_reloc_section): Allow for .got.plt being
-       mapped to output .got section.
-
-2015-04-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-ppc.c (struct ppc_elf_link_hash_entry): Add has_addr16_ha
-       and has_addr16_lo.  Make has_sda_refs a bitfield.
-       (ppc_elf_check_relocs): Set new flags.
-       (ppc_elf_link_hash_table_create): Update default_params.
-       (ppc_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Clear protected_def in cases
-       where we won't be making .dynbss entries or editing code.  Set
-       params->pic_fixup when we'll edit code for protected var access.
-       (allocate_dynrelocs): Allocate got entry for edited code and
-       discard dyn_relocs.
-       (struct ppc_elf_relax_info): Add picfixup_size.
-       (ppc_elf_relax_section): Rename struct one_fixup to struct
-       one_branch_fixup.  Rename fixups to branch_fixups.  Size space for
-       pic fixups.
-       (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Edit non-PIC accessing protected
-       visibility variables to PIC.  Don't emit dyn_relocs for code
-       we've edited.
-       * elf32-ppc.h (struct ppc_elf_params): Add pic_fixup.
-
-2015-04-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_is_local_label_name): Treat assembler generated
-       local labels as local.
-
-2015-04-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-03-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       * compress.c (get_uncompressed_size): Removed.
-       (bfd_compress_section_contents): Use bfd_putb64 to write
-       uncompressed section size.
-       (bfd_init_section_decompress_status): Replace
-       get_uncompressed_size with bfd_getb64.
+       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
+       * po/SRC-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
 
-2015-04-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-02-29  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
 
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_init_private_section_data): Also preserve the
-       SHF_COMPRESSED bit if not decompress.
+       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_relocate_section): Added rules to fix the
+       relocation addend when sections get merged.
 
-2015-04-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-02-29  Cupertino Miranda <Cupertino.Miranda@synopsys.com>
 
-       * compress.c (get_uncompressed_size): New.  Extracted from ...
-       (bfd_init_section_decompress_status): This.  Use it.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-04-02  Andrew Turner  <andrew@freebsd.org>
+2016-02-26  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
 
-       * config.bfd: Add aarch64-*-freebsd* target triple.
+       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): Fix signed overflow
+       check for MOVW_SABS_G0, MOVW_SABS_G1, MOVW_SABS_G2.
 
-2015-04-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-02-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * configure: Regenerated.
+       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.
 
-2015-04-01  Tejas Belagod  <tejas.belagod@arm.com>
-           Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
-           Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+2016-02-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * bfd-in.h (bfd_elf64_aarch64_set_options)
-       (bfd_elf32_aarch64_set_options): Add parameter.
+       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.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_erratum_843419_stub)
-       (_bfd_aarch64_adrp_p, _bfd_aarch64_erratum_843419_sequence_p)
-       (_bfd_aarch64_erratum_843419_stub_name)
-       (_bfd_aarch64_erratum_843419_fixup)
-       (_bfd_aarch64_erratum_843419_scan)
-       (_bfd_aarch64_erratum_843419_branch_to_stub)
-       (_bfd_aarch64_erratum_843419_p): Define.
-       (enum elf_aarch64_stub_type): Define
-       aarch64_stub_erratum_843419_veneer.
-       (struct elf_aarch64_stub_hash_entry): Define adrp_offset.
-       (struct elf_aarch64_link_hash_table): Define fix_erratum_843419
-       and fix_erratum_843419_adr.
-       (stub_hash_newfunc): Initialize adrp_offset;
-       (_bfd_aarch64_add_stub_entry_after): Define.
-       (aarch64_map_one_stub, aarch64_build_one_stub)
-       (aarch64_size_one_stub): Handle
-       aarch64_stub_erratum_843419_veneer.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_resize_stubs): Round stub section size.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Add scan for 843419.
-       (bfd_elfNN_aarch64_set_options): Add parameter. Initialize
-       fix_erratum_843419 and fix_erratum_843419_adr.
-       (struct erratum_835769_branch_to_stub_data): Add info.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_write_section): Initialise info.  Handle 843419.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_size_dynamic_sections): Handle 843419.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_decode_adrp_imm)
-       (_bfd_aarch64_sign_extend): Define.
-       (reencode_adr_imm): Remove static. Rename to:
-       (_bfd_aarch64_reencode_adr_imm): Define.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Call _bfd_aarch64_reencode_adr_imm.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.h (AARCH64_ADR_OP, AARCH64_ADRP_OP)
-       (AARCH64_ADRP_OP_MASK, _bfd_aarch64_sign_extend)
-       (_bfd_aarch64_decode_adrp_imm, _bfd_aarch64_reencode_adr_imm):
-       Define.
-
-2015-04-01  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * configure: Regenerated.
-
-2015-03-31  Ed Schouten  <ed@nuxi.nl>
-
-       * config.bfd (targ_defvec): Set to x86_64_elf64_cloudabi_vec
-       for x86_64-*-cloudabi*.
-       * configure.ac: Handle x86_64_elf64_cloudabi_vec.
-       * configure: Regenerated.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (TARGET_LITTLE_SYM): Support x86_64-*-cloudabi*.
-       (TARGET_LITTLE_NAME): Likewise.
-       (ELF_OSABI): Likewise.
-       (elf64_bed): Likewise.
-       * targets.c (x86_64_elf64_cloudabi_vec): New.
-       (_bfd_target_vector): Add x86_64_elf64_cloudabi_vec.
-
-2015-03-31  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * configure.ac: Revert the AM_ZLIB change.
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
-       * aclocal.m4: Likewise.
-       * configure: Likewise.
-       * doc/Makefile.in: Likewise.
-
-2015-03-30  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18169
-       * elf-bfd.h (elf_backend_data): Add get_reloc_section.
-       (_bfd_elf_get_reloc_section): New.
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_get_reloc_section): Likewise.
-       (assign_section_numbers): Call get_reloc_section to look up the
-       section the relocs apply.
-       * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_get_reloc_section): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_bed): Initialize get_reloc_section with
-       elf_backend_get_reloc_section.
-
-2015-03-29  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * Makefile.am (ZLIB): New.
-       (ZLIBINC): Likewise.
-       (AM_CFLAGS): Add $(ZLIBINC).
-       (libbfd_la_LIBADD): Add $(ZLIB).
-       * compress.c: Don't check HAVE_ZLIB_H to include <zlib.h>.
-       (decompress_contents): Don't check HAVE_ZLIB_H.
-       (bfd_compress_section_contents): Likewise.
-       (bfd_get_full_section_contents): Likewise.
-       (bfd_init_section_decompress_status): Likewise.
-       (bfd_init_section_compress_status): Likewise.
-       * configure.ac (AM_ZLIB): Removed.
-       (zlibdir): New.  AC_SUBST.
-       (zlibinc): Likewise.
-       Add --with-system-zlib.
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
-       * acinclude.m4: Likewise.
        * config.in: Likewise.
        * configure: Likewise.
-       * doc/Makefile.in: Likewise.
-
-2015-03-27  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       PR ld/15228
-       PR ld/18167
-       * elflink.c (elf_merge_st_other): Add "sec" parameter.  Don't set
-       protected_def when symbol section is read-only.  Adjust all calls.
-       * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_link_hash_entry): Update protected_def comment.
-
-2015-03-26  Tejas Belagod  <tejas.belagod@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_build_one_stub): Replace the call to generic
-       _bfd_final_link_relocate with aarch64_relocate.
-
-2015-03-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/18160
-       * elflink.c (elf_gc_sweep): Skip if relocation is incompatible.
-       (bfd_elf_gc_sections): Likewise.
-
-2015-03-25  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_resize_stubs): Adjust stub section
-       size for initial branch.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_build_stubs): Write initial branch.
-       _bfd_aarch64_decode_(elfNN_aarch64_output_arch_local_syms): Write
-       mapping symbol on initial branch.
-
-2015-03-25  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_erratum_835769_scan):
-       Update erratum count.
-
-2015-03-25  Senthil Kumar Selvaraj  <senthil_kumar.selvaraj@atmel.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_extra_sections): Don't break on
-       first matching debug section.
+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.
 
-2015-03-24  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-02-23  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       PR gas/18087
-       * compress.c (bfd_compress_section_contents): Don't write the
-       zlib header and set contents as well as compress_status if
-       compression didn't make the section smaller.
-       (bfd_init_section_compress_status): Don't check compression
-       size here.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-03-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-02-23  Faraz Shahbazker  <faraz.shahbazker@imgtec.com>
 
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * coffgen.c (coff_get_normalized_symtab): Fix test for out of
-       range auxillary sections.
+       * bfd/elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_post_process_headers): Increment
+       ABIVERSION for non-executable stack.
 
-2015-03-24  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+2016-02-23  Rich Felker  <bugdal@aerifal.cx>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_create_or_find_stub_sec): Factor
-       code into:
-       (_bfd_aarch64_get_stub_for_link_section): Define.
+       PR target/19516
+       * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol):
+       Always produce a RELATIVE reloc for a local symbol.
 
-2015-03-24  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+2016-02-23  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_create_or_find_stub_sec): Adjust
-       update of section_group[].stub_sec.
+       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.
 
-2015-03-24  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+2016-02-22  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (struct aarch64_erratum_835769_fix) Remove.
-       (erratum_835769_scan) Drop fix_table_size_p and fixes_p arguments.
-       Delete fixes, fix_table_size and associated code.  Call
-       _bfd_aarch64_add_stub_entry_in_group. Rename to...
-       (bfd_aarch64_erratum_835769_scan): Define.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Delete erratum_835769_fixes,
-       erratum_835769_fix_table_size, i and associated code.  Relocate
-       call to _bfd_aarch64_erratum_835769_scan.  Delete adhoc stub size
-       correction.  Delete construction of stub entry from
-       erratum_835769_fixes array.
+       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms): Always create the
+       dynsym section, even if it is empty, with dynamic sections.
 
-2015-03-24  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+2016-02-22  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Use
-       _bfd_aarch64_add_stub_entry_in_group.
+       * syms.c: Remove BSF_COMMON from comments.
+       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
 
-2015-03-24  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2016-02-22  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
 
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Report overflow to
-       stubs, even those for undefined weak symbols.  Otherwise, don't
-       report relocation overflow on branches to undefined strong
-       symbols.  Fix memory leak.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Don't report relocation
-       overflow on branches to undefined strong symbols.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-03-23  Keith Seitz  <keiths@redhat.com>
+2016-02-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_create_or_find_stub_sec): Add
-       missing ';'.
+       PR ld/19629
+       * aoutx.h (aout_link_add_symbols): Check for out of range string
+       table offsets.
 
-2015-03-23  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+       PR ld/19628
+       * reloc.c (bfd_generic_get_relocated_section_contents): Stop
+       processing if we encounter a reloc without an associated symbol.
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (erratum_835769_scan): Factor stub name
-       construction into...
-       (_bfd_aarch64_erratum_835769_stub_name): Define.
+2016-02-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-2015-03-23  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+       PR ld/19617
+       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Always create dynamic
+       sections for -E/--dynamic-list.
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Factor out
-       stub resize code into...
-       (bfd_aarch64_resize_stubs): Define.
+2016-02-17  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-2015-03-23  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_backend_omit_section_dynsym): New.  Defined
+       to bfd_true.
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_create_or_find_stub_sec): Factor stub
-       creation code into...
-       (bfd_aarch64_create_stub_section): Define.
+2016-02-16  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
-2015-03-23  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.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.
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_create_or_find_stub_sec): Rename
-       from elf_aarch64_create_or_find_stub_sec.
-       (_bfd_aarch64_add_stub_entry_in_group): Rename from
-       elfNN_aarch64_add_stub.  Call
-       _bfd_aarch64_create_or_find_stub_sec.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs, elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Call
-       _bfd_aarch64_add_stub_entry_in_group.
+2016-02-15  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-2015-03-23  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.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.
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (erratum_835769_scan) Add comment.  Reverse
-       sense of boolean return.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Adjust for above.
+2016-02-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-2015-03-23  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+       PR ld/19601
+       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Mask off the least
+       significant bit in GOT offset for R_386_GOT32X.
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elf_aarch64_create_or_find_stub_sec):
-       Remove unused parameter.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Adjust for above.
+2016-02-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-2015-03-23  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.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.
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Remove bfd_indx.
+2016-02-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-2015-03-23  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.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 (aarch64_erratum_835769_fixes)
-       (num_aarch64_erratum_835769_fixes): Remove.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Remove assignments to above.
+       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Add a more
+       helpful warning message to explain why certain AArch64 relocs
+       might overflow.
 
-2015-03-23  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+2016-02-05  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_mem_op_p): Update comment. Rename rtn
-       to rt2.
-       (aarch64_erratum_seqeunce): Rename rtn to rt2.
+       * pe-mips.c (coff_mips_reloc): Fix formatting.
 
-2015-03-23  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+2016-02-05  Cupertino Miranda  <Cupertino.Miranda@synopsys.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_write_section): Adjust layout.
+       * cpu-arc.c: Change default archure from bfd_mach_arc_arcv2
+       to bfd_mach_arc_arc600.
 
-2015-03-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-02-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       * elf32-rl78.c (rl78_cpu_name): New function.  Prints the name of
-       the RL78 core based upon the flags.
-       (rl78_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Handle merging of G13 and G14
-       flags.
-       (rl78_elf_print_private_bfd_data): Use rl78_cpu_name.
-       (elf32_rl78_machine): Always return bfd_mach_rl78.
+       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Adjust last patch
+       for big-endian.
 
-2015-03-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-02-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       PR 18078
-       * compress.c (bfd_compress_section_contents): Do not define this
-       function if it is not used.
+       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.
 
-2015-03-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-02-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       * compress.c (bfd_compress_section_contents): Make it static.
-       * bfd/bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
+       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Further restrict
+       ELFv2 entry optimization.
 
-2015-03-18  Eric Youngdale  <eyoungdale@ptc.com>
+2016-02-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       PR ld/16598
-       * peicode.h (pe_ILF_build_a_bfd): Add support for creating relocs
-       suitable for the AMD64.
+       PR binutils/19547
+       * elf.c (assign_section_numbers): Clear HAS_RELOC if there are
+       no relocations in relocatable files.
 
-2015-03-18  Jon Turney  <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
-           Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-02-01  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       PR binutils/18087
-       * coffgen.c (make_a_section_from_file): Only prepend a z to a
-       debug section's name if the section was actually compressed.
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Likewise.
-       * compress.c (bfd_init_section_compress_status): Do not compress
-       the section if doing so would make it bigger.  In such cases leave
-       the section alone and return COMPRESS_SECTION_NONE.
+       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.
 
-2015-03-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2016-02-01  Nathaniel Smith  <njs@pobox.com>
 
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab): Return count of 0
-       on nothing to do, before malloc of returned symbol array.
+       * peicode.h (pe_ILF_build_a_bfd): Create an import symbol for both
+       CODE and DATA.
 
-2015-03-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-02-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       * elf32-rx.c (elf32_rx_relax_delete_bytes): If the relocs are not
-       stored in the elf_section_data structure then load them as
-       necessary.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-03-14  Andreas Krebbel  <krebbel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+2016-02-01  Kamil Rytarowski  <n54@gmx.com>
 
-       * elf-s390-common.c (elf_s390_elf_sort_relocs_p): Don't sort
-       relocs against code sections.
-       * elf32-s390.c: Define elf_backend_sort_relocs_p.
-       * elf64-s390.c: Likewise.
+       * Makefile.am (OPTIONAL_BACKENDS): Add netbsd-core.lo.
+       (OPTIONAL_BACKENDS_CFILES): Add netbsd-core.c.
+       * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 
-2015-03-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2016-02-01  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
 
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_get_synthetic_symtab): Examine stubs in
-       reverse order.  Account for larger size of __tls_get_addr_opt stub.
+       * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_reloc_name_lookup): Fix indentation.
 
-2015-03-10  Yuri Gribov  <y.gribov@samsung.arm>
+2016-01-31  John David Anglin  <danglin@gcc.gnu.org>
 
-       PR ld/16572
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Remove support for
-       ELF_ARM_HASENTRY.
-       (elf32_arm_print_private_bfd_data): Likewise.
+       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.
 
-2015-03-06  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-01-30  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       PR binutils/17765
-       * elflink.c (put_value): Like previous delta, but for the 32-bit
-       case.
+       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.
 
-2015-03-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-01-28  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
-       PR binutils/17765
-       * elflink.c (put_value): Avoid using an undefined shift
-       operation.
+       PR binutils/19523
+       * dwarf2.c (_bfd_dwarf2_slurp_debug_info): Set BFD_DECOMPRESS to
+       decompress debug sections.
 
-2015-03-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-01-25  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
-       PR ld/pr15228
-       PR ld/pr17709
-       * elf-bfd.h (elf_backend_data): Add extern_protected_data.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_backend_extern_protected_data): New.
-       Defined to 1.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_backend_extern_protected_data): Likewise.
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_adjust_dynamic_copy): Don't error on
-       copy relocs against protected symbols if extern_protected_data
-       is true.
-       (_bfd_elf_symbol_refs_local_p): Don't return true on protected
-       non-function symbols if extern_protected_data is true.
-       * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_extern_protected_data): New.
-       Default to 0.
-       (elfNN_bed): Initialize extern_protected_data with
-       elf_backend_extern_protected_data.
+       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_symbol): Rename `index' to
+       `dynindx'.
 
-2015-03-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-01-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-       PR binutils/18025
-       * coffgen.c (coff_find_nearest_line_with_names): If the dwarf2
-       lookup fails, check for an address bias in the dwarf info, and if
-       one exists, retry the lookup with the biased value.
-       * dwarf2.c (_bfd_dwarf2_find_symbol_bias): New function.
-       Determines if a bias exists bewteen the addresses of functions
-       based on DWARF information vs symbol table information.
-       * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_dwarf2_find_symbol_bias): Prototype.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
+       PR target/19435
+       * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_close_and_cleanup): Suppress code to free
+       dsym filename buffer.
 
-2015-03-04  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+2016-01-24  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (decode_add_imm, decode_movw_imm)
-       (decode_tst_branch_ofs_14, decode_ld_lit_ofs_19)
-       (decode_cond_branch_ofs_19, decode_branch_ofs_26): Remove.
+       * elfxx-mips.c (BZ16_REG_FIELD): Simplify calculation.
 
-2015-03-04  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+2016-01-24  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_build_one_stub): Call abort.
-       (aarch64_size_one_stub): Likewise.
-       (aarch64_map_one_stub): Likewise.
+       * elfxx-mips.c (BZ16_REG): Correct calculation.
 
-2015-03-04  Andreas Arnez  <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+2016-01-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-       * cpu-s390.c (N): New macro.
-       (bfd_s390_31_arch): New.  Define only if default target word size
-       is 64 bits.  Otherwise define...
-       (bfd_390_64_arch): ...this.  Make static.
-       (bfd_s390_arch): Define according to the default target word size.
-       Let the 'next' field point to the alternate arch.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-03-04  Richard Sandiford  <richard.sandiford@arm.com>
+2016-01-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-       PR gas/17843
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Expect
-       R_AARCH64_TLSLE_MOVW_TPREL_G0_NC and R_AARCH64_TLSLE_MOVW_TPREL_G1_NC
-       to be used with MOVK rather than MOVZ.
+       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.
 
-2015-03-03  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>
+2016-01-21  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
 
-       * elf32-rl78.c (rl78_elf_relax_section): Only relax ADDR16's if
-       there's a symbol.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-02-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2016-01-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_tls_setup): Set no_tls_get_addr_opt if
-       not PLT_NEW.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-02-27  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-01-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       * elf32-i386.c (need_convert_mov_to_lea): New.
-       (elf_i386_check_relocs): Set need_convert_mov_to_lea if needed.
-       (elf_i386_convert_mov_to_lea): Return TRUE if
-       need_convert_mov_to_lea is unset.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (need_convert_mov_to_lea): New.
-       (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Set need_convert_mov_to_lea if needed.
-       (elf_x86_64_convert_mov_to_lea): Return TRUE if
-       need_convert_mov_to_lea is unset.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-02-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-01-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
-       PR binutils/17910
-       * coffgen.c (_bfd_coff_internal_syment_name): Only check for
-       string length overflow when the string table length is actually
-       set.
+       * configure.ac: Move corefile selection later in file.  Move
+       tdefaults code immediately after other target vector code.
+       * configure: Regenerate.
 
-2015-02-27  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+2016-01-20  Mickael Guene  <mickael.guene@st.com>
 
-       * bfd/bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * bfd/libbfd.h: Regenerate.
+       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_special_sections): Remove catch of noread
+       section using '.text.noread' pattern.
 
-2015-02-26  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+2016-01-19  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
 
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): Fix
-       TLSDESC_LD_PREL19 field width and masks.
-       (aarch64_tls_transition_without_check)
-       (aarch64_reloc_got_type, elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate)
-       (elfNN_aarch64_tls_relax, elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section)
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook, elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Handle
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSDESC_LD_PREL19.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend)
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
+       * elf.c (elfcore_grok_note): Recognize NT_FREEBSD_THRMISC notes.
 
-2015-02-26  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (IS_AARCH64_TLSDESC_RELOC): Reorder R_TYPE
-       tests.
-       (aarch64_tls_transition_without_check)
-       (aarch64_reloc_got_type, elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate)
-       (elfNN_aarch64_tls_relax, elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section)
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook, elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Handle
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSDESC_ADR_PREL21.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend)
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSGD_ADR_PREL21): Define.
-
-2015-02-26  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (IS_AARCH64_TLS_RELOC)
-       (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table, aarch64_tls_transition_without_check)
-       (aarch64_reloc_got_type, elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate)
-       (elfNN_aarch64_tls_relax, elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section)
-       (elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook, elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Handle
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSGD_ADR_PREL21.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend)
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSGD_ADR_PREL21): Define.
-
-2015-02-26  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c: (TLSIE_LD_GOTTREL_PREL19): Fix HOWTO bit field width.
-       (aarch64_tls_transition_without_check, aarch64_reloc_got_type)
-       (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate, elfNN_aarch64_tls_relax)
-       (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section, elfNN_aarch64_gc_sweep_hook)
-       (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Handle
-       BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TLSIE_LD_GOTTPREL_PREL19.
-
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend)
-       (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Likewise.
-
-2015-02-26  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c: (TLSDESC_CALL): Fix HOWTO bit field width.
-
-2015-02-26  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (TLSLE_MOVW_TPREL_G2)
-       (TLSLE_MOVW_TPREL_G1, TLSLE_MOVW_TPREL_G1_NC)
-       (TLSLE_MOVW_TPREL_G0, TLSLE_MOVW_TPREL_G0_NC): Fix bit field
-       width.
-
-2015-02-26  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c: (TLSIE_MOVW_GOTTPREL_G0_NC): Fix HOWTO bit
-       field width.
-
-2015-02-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * coffcode.h (coff_compute_section_file_positions): Report
-       negative page sizes.
-       * elf.c (elf_fake_sections): Handle excessive alignmment powers.
-       (assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections): Replace assertion
-       with an error message.
-       (rewrite_elf_program_header): Handle excessive segment
-       alignments.
-       * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_read_section_32): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_section_64): Likewise.
-       * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XX_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common): Use %B to
-       print a bfd name, not %A.
-
-2015-02-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (plt_stub_size, build_plt_stub): Don't build
-       thread-safe stubs for iplt.
-       (build_tls_get_addr_stub): Restore r2 immediately after call.
-
-2015-02-26  Terry Guo  <terry.guo@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_merge_eabi_attributes): Update how we
-       merge Tag_ABI_HardFP_use.
-
-2015-02-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Heed -z nocopyreloc.
-       Use text relocs rather than giving an error on trying to use
-       .dynbss for protected shared lib vars.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
-
-2015-02-25  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
-
-       * elf32-avr.c (struct elf_avr_section_data): New structure.
-       (struct avr_relax_info): New structure.
-       (elf_avr_new_section_hook): New function.
-       (struct elf_avr_section_data): Add relax_info.
-       (get_avr_relax_info): New function.
-       (init_avr_relax_info): New function.
-       (elf32_avr_relax_delete_bytes): Find next property record before
-       deleting bytes.  When deleting don't move bytes beyond the next
-       property record.
-       (avr_elf32_assign_records_to_section): New function.
-       (avr_property_record_compare): New function.
-       (avr_load_all_property_sections): New function.
-       (elf32_avr_relax_section): Load property data.  After relaxing the
-       section, move any .align directives that have enough deleted bytes
-       before them.
-       (bfd_elf32_new_section_hook): Define.
-
-2015-02-25  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
-
-       * elf32-avr.h (struct avr_property_header): New strucure.
-       (avr_elf32_load_property_records): Declare.
-       (avr_elf32_property_record_name): Declare.
-       * elf32-avr.c: Add bfd_stdint.h include.
-       (retrieve_local_syms): New function.
-       (get_elf_r_symndx_section): New function.
-       (get_elf_r_symndx_offset): New function.
-       (internal_reloc_compare): New function.
-       (struct avr_find_section_data): New structure.
-       (avr_is_section_for_address): New function.
-       (avr_find_section_for_address): New function.
-       (avr_elf32_load_records_from_section): New function.
-       (avr_elf32_load_property_records): New function.
-       (avr_elf32_property_record_name): New function.
-
-2015-02-25  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
-
-       * elf32-avr.h (AVR_PROPERTY_RECORD_SECTION_NAME): Define.
-       (AVR_PROPERTY_RECORDS_VERSION): Define.
-       (AVR_PROPERTY_SECTION_HEADER_SIZE): Define.
-       (struct avr_property_record): New structure.
-
-2015-02-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-v850.c (v850_set_note): New function.  Creates a Renesas
-       style note entry.
-       (v850_elf_make_note_section): New function.  Creates a note
-       section.
-       (v850_elf_create_sections): New function.  Create a note section
-       if one is not already present.
-       (v850_elf_set_note): New function.  Adds a note to a bfd.
-       (v850_elf_copy_private_bfd_data): New function.  Copies V850
-       notes.
-       (v850_elf_merge_notes): New function.  Merges V850 notes.
-       (print_v850_note): New function.  Displays a V850 note.
-       (v850_elf_print_notes): New function. Displays all notes attached
-       to a bfd.
-       (v850_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Call v850_elf_merge_notes.
-       (v850_elf_print_private_bfd_data): Call v850_elf_print_notes.
-       (v850_elf_fake_sections): Set the type of the V850 note section.
-       * bfd-in.h (v850_elf_create_sections): Add prototype.
-       (v850_elf_set_note): Add prototype.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+2016-01-18  Miranda Cupertino  <Cupertino.Miranda@synopsys.com>
+           Zissulescu Claudiu  <Claudiu.Zissulescu@synopsys.com>
 
-2015-02-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.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.ac (AC_CHECK_HEADERS): Add wctype.h.
        * configure: Regenerate.
-       * config.in: Regenerate.
-       * peXXigen.c: Include wctype.h if HAVE_WCTYPE_H is defined.
-       (u16_mbtowc): Use wint_t types if HAVE_WCTYPE_H is defined.
-       (rsrc_cmp): Use towlower instead of wcsncasecmp if HAVE_WCTYPE_H
-       is defined.
-
-2015-02-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * pdp11.c (set_section_contents): Pad the .text and .data sections
-       to their aligned sizes.
-
-2015-02-23  Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
 
-       * config.bfd: Add h8300-*-linux.
-       * configure.ac: Add h8300_elf32_linux_vec.
-       * configure: Regenerate.
-       * elf32-h8300.c: Likewise.
-       * targets.c(_bfd_target_vector): Likewise.
-
-2015-02-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR 17914
-       * cpu-w65.c: Correct typos in license notice.
-
-       PR 17940
-       * elf32-msp430.c (msp430_elf_relax_delete_bytes): Adjust debug
-       symbols at end of sections.  Adjust function sizes.
-
-2015-02-20  Andreas Arnez  <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-
-       * elf-bfd.h (elfcore_write_s390_vxrs_low): Add prototype.
-       (elfcore_write_s390_vxrs_high): Likewise.
-       * elf.c (elfcore_grok_s390_vxrs_low): New function.
-       (elfcore_grok_s390_vxrs_high): New function.
-       (elfcore_grok_note): Call them.
-       (elfcore_write_s390_vxrs_low): New function.
-       (elfcore_write_s390_vxrs_high): New function.
-       (elfcore_write_register_note): Call them.
-
-2015-02-19  Branko Drevensek  <branko.drevensek@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 17995
-       * verilog.c (verilog_write_record): Correct buffer size.
-
-2015-02-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_define_linkage_sym): Set 'bed' earlier.
-
-2015-02-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/4317
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_input_bfd): Drop undefined local syms.
-       (elf_link_output_extsym): Drop local and global undefined syms.
-       Tidy.  Expand comment.
-
-2015-02-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/17975
-       * elflink.c (struct elf_outext_info): Remove need_second_pass
-       and second_pass.
-       (elf_link_output_extsym): Delete code handling second forced
-       local pass.  Move code emitting NULL STT_FILE symbol later, so
-       that it can be omitted if forced local is stripped.  Don't
-       emit the NULL STT_FILE if no file symbols have been output.
-       (bfd_elf_final_link): Remove second forced local pass.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (add_stub_sym): Set linker_def on linker syms.
-       (ppc_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc_build_one_stub): Likewise.
-       (build_global_entry_stubs): Likewise.
-       (ppc64_elf_build_stubs): Likewise.
-
-2015-02-16  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/17975
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_output_extsym): Only check filesym_count
-       when outputting a NULL FILE symbol.  Set second_pass_sym to
-       h->forced_local && !h->root.linker_def.
-
-2015-02-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_always_size_sections): Set root.linker_def
-       on _TLS_MODULE_BASE_.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_always_size_sections): Likewise.
-
-2015-02-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * dwarf2.c (read_rangelist): Correct buffer overflow check
-       Whitespace throughout file.
-
-2015-02-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/17973
-       * bfd.c (struct bfd): Add lto_output.
-       * linker.c (_bfd_handle_already_linked): Explicitly test for
-       objects added by the lto plugin.
-       * opncls.c (_bfd_new_bfd_contained_in): Copy lto_output and
-       no_export flags from archive.
-       * archive.c (open_nested_file): New function, setting lto_output
-       and no_export, extracted from..
-       (find_nested_archive): ..here.  Flip params.  Rename from
-       _bfd_find_nested_archive.
-       (_bfd_get_elt_at_filepos): Correct var typo.  Use open_nested_file.
-       (_bfd_look_for_bfd_in_cache): Copy no_export.
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Remove now unnecessary
-       my_archive->no_export test.
-       (elf_link_input_bfd): Drop existing lto_output STT_FILE syms.
-       Don't use the file name when adding lto_output STT_FILE sym.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+2016-01-12  Yury Usishchev  <y.usishchev@samsung.com>
 
-2015-02-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * elf64-ppc.c (opd_entry_value): Tighten offset check.  Remove
-       now redundant assert.
-
-2015-02-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * dwarf.c (read_1_byte, read_1_signed_byte, read_2_bytes)
-       (read_4_bytes, read_8_bytes, read_n_bytes, read_string)
-       (read_indirect_string, read_alt_indirect_string)
-       (read_alt_indirect_ref, read_address, read_abbrevs)
-       (read_attribute_value, read_attribute, decode_line_info)
-       (find_abstract_instance_name, read_rangelist)
-       (scan_unit_for_symbols, parse_comp_unit)
-       (_bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line): Harden DWARF reading code.  Pass
-       end pointers to reading functions and check for offsets taking
-       pointers out of range.  Replace calls to read_*_leb128 with calls
-       to safe_read_leb128.
-
-       (* elf64-ppc.c (opd_entry_value): Add a check for an overlarge
-       offset.
-       * syms.c (_bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line): Add checks for
-       computed file_name address being before the start of the string
-       table.
-
-2015-02-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/17878
-       * bfd.c (bfd_plugin_format): New.
-       (bfd): Add plugin_format and plugin_dummy_bfd.
-       * plugin.c (try_load_plugin): Take a pointer to bfd_boolean
-       argument to return TRUE if any plugin is found.  Set plugin_format.
-       (has_plugin): New.
-       (bfd_plugin_target_p): New.
-       (bfd_plugin_specified_p): Likewise.
-       (bfd_plugin_target_p): Likewise.
-       (register_ld_plugin_object_p): Likewise.
-       (bfd_plugin_set_plugin): Set has_plugin.
-       (load_plugin): Cache try_load_plugin result.
-       (bfd_plugin_object_p): Try ld_plugin_object_p first.  Check
-       plugin_format.
-       * plugin.h (bfd_plugin_target_p): New.
-       (bfd_plugin_specified_p): Likewise.
-       (register_ld_plugin_object_p): Likewise.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
+       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_fix_exidx_coverage): Insert cantunwind
+       when address in first unwind entry does not match start of
+       section.
 
-2015-02-11  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+2016-01-08  Richard Sandiford  <richard.sandiford@arm.com>
+           Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
 
-       * libbfd-in.h [__cplusplus]: Open extern "C" scope.
-       * libcoff-in.h [__cplusplus]: Open extern "C" scope.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * libcoff.h: Regenerate.
-
-       * elf-bfd.h [__cplusplus]: Wrap in extern "C".
-       * mach-o.h [__cplusplus]: Wrap in extern "C".
-       * som.h [__cplusplus]: Wrap in extern "C".
-
-2015-02-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * coffcode.h (styp_to_sec_flags): Use an unsigned long type to
-       hold the flag bits.
-       * peXXigen.c (pe_print_reloc): Use unsigned types to hold the
-       size and number of relocs.
-       (pe_print_debugdata): Use a 32-bit aligned buffer to store the
-       codeview record.
-       * versados.c (process_otr): Check the esdid value before using it
-       to access the EDATA.
-
-2015-02-09  Ed Maste  <emaste@freebsd.org>
-
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_get_plt_sym_val): Avoid incrementing
-       uninitialized and unused variable.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_get_plt_sym_val): Likewise.
-
-2015-02-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Don't segfault on NULL
-       tls_sec.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_output_extsym): Don't assert on NULL tls_sec.
-
-2015-02-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elflink.c: Whitespace, formatting fixes.
-       (elf_link_input_bfd): Clarify comment.
-       (elf_link_output_extsym): Exclude symbols in linker created
-       sections when testing for plugin symbols.
-
-2015-02-07  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/17935
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_readonly_dynrelocs): Also issue a
-       warning for relocation in readonly section for -z text.
-       (elf_i386_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_readonly_dynrelocs): Likewise.
-       (elf_x86_64_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
-
-2015-02-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/12365
-       PR ld/14272
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_fix_symbol_flags): Revert the last change.
-       (elf_link_input_bfd): Mark the plugin symbol undefined if it is
-       referenced from a non-IR file.
-
-2015-02-06  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * peXXigen.c (rsrc_print_resource_entries): Add range check for
-       addresses that wrap around the address space.
-       (rsrc_parse_entry): Likewise.
-
-2015-02-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/12365
-       PR ld/14272
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_fix_symbol_flags): Mark the plugin symbol
-       undefined if it is referenced from a non-IR file.
-
-2015-02-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * ecoff.c: Use bfd_alloc2 to allocate space for structure arrays.
-       (_bfd_ecoff_slurp_symbol_table): Check for a negative symbol
-       index or an out of range fdr index.
-       * elf-m10300.c (mn10300_info_to_howto): Fix typo in error message.
-       * elf32-arc.c (arc_info_to_howto_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf32-avr.c (avr_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cr16.c (elf_cr16_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cr16c.c (elf_cr16c_info_to_howto_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cris.c (cris_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-crx.c (elf_crx_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-d10v.c (d10v_info_to_howto_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf32-d30v.c (d30v_info_to_howto_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf32-epiphany.c (epiphany_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-fr30.c (fr30_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-frv.c (frv_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i370.c (i370_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i960.c (elf32_i960_info_to_howto_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf32-ip2k.c (ip2k_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-iq2000.c (iq2000_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-lm32.c (lm32_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32c.c (m32c_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_info_to_howto_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68hc11.c (m68hc11_info_to_howto_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68hc12.c (m68hc11_info_to_howto_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf32-mcore.c (mcore_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-mep.c (mep_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-metag.c (metag_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-moxie.c (moxie_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-msp430.c (msp430_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-mt.c (mt_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_info_to_howto_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-pj.c (pj_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-rl78.c (rl78_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-rx.c (rx_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-spu.c (spu_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_perform_relocation): Likewise.
-       * elf32-vax.c (rtype_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-visium.c (visium_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-xgate.c (xgate_info_to_howto_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_xtensa_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf64-mmix.c (mmix_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * mach-o.c: Use bfd_alloc2 to allocate space for structure arrays.
-       (bfd_mach_o_canonicalize_one_reloc): Fix check on out
-       of range symbol indicies.
-       (bfd_mach_o_canonicalize_relocs): Check for out of range alloc.
-       (bfd_mach_o_canonicalize_dynamic_reloc): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_o_build_dysymtab): Likewise.
-       (bfd_mach_o_write_symtab_content): Set the string table size to
-       zero upon error.
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_symtab_symbols): Reset the nsyms value if the
-       read fails.
-       * peXXigen.c (pe_print_edata):  Check for numeric overflow in edt
-       fields.
-       * tekhex.c (first_phase): Check for src pointer reaching end of
-       buffer.
-
-2015-02-03  Will Newton  <will.newton@linaro.org>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_finish_dynamic_symbol):
-       Set st_value to zero for undefined symbols if the reference
-       is weak or pointer_equality_needed is FALSE.
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_finish_dynamic_symbol): Improve
-         comment discussing why we clear st_value for some symbols.
-
-2015-02-02  Kuan-Lin Chen  <kuanlinchentw@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_get_section_contents): Add one more argument.
-       (nds32_elf_relocate_section): Do not relocate R_NDS32_LONGJUMP7.
-
-2015-01-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Correct GOT_TLSLD
-       optimization.  Tidy mask for GOT_TLSGD optimization.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.  Correct
-       location of nop zapping high insn too.
-
-2015-01-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf64-ppc.h (struct ppc64_elf_params): Add "object_in_toc".
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_add_symbol_hook): Assume that global symbols
-       in .toc indicate xlc compiled code that might require a rw .toc.
-
-2015-01-28  James Bowman  <james.bowman@ftdichip.com>
-
-       * Makefile.am: Add FT32 files.
-       * archures.c (enum bfd_architecture): Add bfd_arch_ft32.
-       (bfd_mach_ft32): Define.
-       (bfd_ft32_arch): Declare.
-       (bfd_archures_list): Add bfd_ft32_arch.
-       * config.bfd: Handle FT32.
-       * configure.ac: Likewise.
-       * cpu-ft32.c: New file.
-       * elf32-ft32.c: New file.
-       * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_FT32_10, BFD_RELOC_FT32_20, BFD_RELOC_FT32_17,
-       BFD_RELOC_FT32_18): Define.
-       * targets.c (_bfd_target_vector): Add ft32_elf32_vec.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
-       * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
-       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
-       * configure: Regenerate.
-       * po/SRC-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
+       PR ld/19368
+       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_reloc_type_class): Map R_ARM_IRELATIVE to
+       reloc_class_ifunc.
 
-2015-01-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * pdp11.c (aout_get_external_symbols): Return false if there are
-       no symbols.
-
-       * dwarf2.c (concat_filename): Check for an empty directory table.
-       (scan_unit_for_symbols): Check for reading off the end of the
-       unit.
-       (parse_comp_unit): Check for a DW_AT_comp_dir attribute with a
-       non-string form.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (opd_entry_value): Fail if there are no relocs
-       available.
-
-2015-01-26  Kuan-Lin Chen  <kuanlinchentw@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_pick_relax): Fix again setting.
-
-2015-01-22  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-m32c.c (m32c_apply_reloc_24): New.
-       (m32c_elf_howto_table): Use it for R_M32C_24.
-       (m32c_elf_relocate_section): Handle R_M32C_24 specially.
-
-2015-01-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * coffcode.h (handle_COMDAT): When searching for the section
-       symbol, make sure that there is space left in the symbol table.
-       * vms-alpha.c (_bfd_vms_slurp_ehdr): Add range checks.
-
-2015-01-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * coffcode.h (coff_set_arch_mach_hook): Check return value from
-       bfd_malloc.
-       (coff_slurp_line_table): Return FALSE if the line number
-       information was corrupt.
-       (coff_slurp_symbol_table): Return FALSE if the symbol information
-       was corrupt.
-       * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_bfd_copy_private_header_data): Always
-       initialise the fields of the dyld_info structure.
-       (bfd_mach_o_build_exec_seg_command): Replace assertion with an
-       error message and a return value.
-       (bfd_mach_o_layout_commands): Change the function to boolean.
-       Return FALSE if the function fails.
-       (bfd_mach_o_build_commands): Fail if bfd_mach_o_layout_commands
-       fails.
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_command): Fail if an unrecognised command is
-       encountered.
-       * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_swap_aouthdr_in): Set bfd_error if the
-       read fails.
-       (slurp_symtab): Check the return from bfd_malloc.
-       (_bfd_XX_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common): Fail if the copy
-       encountered an error.
-       (_bfd_XXi_final_link_postscript): Fail if a section could not be
-       copied.
-       * peicode.h (pe_bfd_object_p): Fail if the header could not be
-       swapped in.
-       * tekhex.c (first_phase): Fail if the section is too big.
-       * versados.c (struct esdid): Add content_size field.
-       (process_otr): Use and check the new field.
-       (versados_get_section_contents): Check that the section exists and
-       that the requested data is available.
-
-2015-01-20  Chung-Lin Tang  <cltang@codesourcery.com>
-
-       * elf32-nios2.c (elf_backend_default_execstack): Define as 0.
-
-2015-01-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/17615
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_gc_mark_dynamic_ref): Don't drop
-       ELF_COMMON_DEF syms.
-
-2015-01-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR ld/17615
-       * elf-bfd.h (ELF_COMMON_DEF_P): Note that this might be true for
-       linker script assignments too.
-       * elflink.c (elf_gc_sweep_symbol): Don't drop ELF_COMMON_DEF syms.
-       (bfd_elf_gc_mark_dynamic_ref_symbol): Similarly.
-
-2015-01-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elf32-bfin.c (bfin_bfd_reloc_type_lookup): Correct loop iteration
-       to allow return of first howto.
-       * elf32-fr30.c (fr30_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32c.c (m32c_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.
-       * elf32-moxie.c (moxie_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.
-       * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.
-       * elf32-rl78.c (rl78_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.
-       * elf32-rx.c (rx_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.
-       * elf32-tilepro.c (tilepro_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.
-       * elf32-xstormy16.c (xstormy16_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-tilegx.c (tilegx_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nios2.c (nios2_reloc_map): Add mapping for R_NIOS2_NONE.
-       * elf32-spu.c (spu_elf_bfd_to_reloc_type): Allow return of R_SPU_NONE.
-       (spu_elf_reloc_type_lookup): Adjust to suit.
-
-2015-01-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * bfd-in.h (bfd_get_section_limit_octets): New define, extracted from..
-       (bfd_get_section_limit): ..here.
-       * reloc.c (bfd_perform_relocation): Correct bfd_reloc_outofrange check.
-       (bfd_install_relocation, _bfd_final_link_relocate): Add same check here.
-       * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_reloc): Correct bfd_reloc_outofrange check.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_addr16_ha_reloc): Remove duplicated
-       bfd_reloc_outofrange check.
-       * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+2016-01-06  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
-       * cpu-ns32k.c (_bfd_do_ns32k_reloc_contents): Return bfd_reloc_ok
-       on zero size relocs.
-       * ecoff.c (ecoff_reloc_link_order): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_relocate_contents): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_put_addend): Likewise.
-
-       * reloc.c (_bfd_relocate_contents): Don't bomb on zero size relocs.
-       (_bfd_clear_contents): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_obtain_contents): Likewise.
-       (mips_elf_perform_relocation): Likewise.
-
-       * aoutx.h (aout_link_reloc_link_order): Allow for NULL return
-       from malloc on zero size alloc.
-       * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_reloc_link_order): Likewise.
-       * elflink.c (elf_reloc_link_order): Likewise.
-       * linker.c (_bfd_generic_reloc_link_order): Likewise.
-       * pdp11.c (aout_link_reloc_link_order): Likewise.
-       * xcofflink.c (xcoff_reloc_link_order): Likewise.
-
-       * aoutx.h (howto_table_ext): Ensure NONE relocs have size 3,
-       bitsize 0, and complain_overflow_dont.
-       * coff-sparc.c (coff_sparc_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf-hppa.h (elf_hppa_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf-m10200.c (elf_mn10200_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf-m10300.c (elf_mn10300_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_howto_table_1): Likewise.
-       * elf32-avr.c (elf_avr_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-bfin.c (bfin_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cr16.c (cr16_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-cris.c (cris_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-crx.c (crx_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-d10v.c (elf_d10v_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-d30v.c (elf_d30v_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-dlx.c (dlx_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-epiphany.c (epiphany_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-fr30.c (fr30_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-frv.c (elf32_frv_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-h8300.c (h8_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i370.c (i370_elf_howto_raw): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i860.c (elf32_i860_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i960.c (elf32_i960_relocate): Likewise.
-       * elf32-ip2k.c (ip2k_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-iq2000.c (iq2000_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-lm32.c (lm32_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32c.c (m32c_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68hc11.c (elf_m68hc11_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68hc12.c (elf_m68hc11_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-m68k.c (howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-mcore.c (mcore_elf_howto_raw): Likewise.
-       * elf32-mep.c (mep_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-metag.c (elf_metag_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_howto_raw): Likewise.
-       * elf32-mips.c (elf_mips_howto_table_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf32-moxie.c (moxie_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-msp430.c (elf_msp430_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-mt.c (mt_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-nios2.c (elf_nios2_howto_table_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-pj.c (pj_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_howto_raw): Likewise.
-       * elf32-rl78.c (rl78_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-rx.c (rx_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-s390.c (elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score.c (elf32_score_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-score7.c (elf32_score_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh-relocs.h (R_SH_NONE): Likewise.
-       * elf32-spu.c (elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-tic6x.c (elf32_tic6x_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-tilepro.c (tilepro_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-vax.c (howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-visium.c (visium_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-xc16x.c (xc16x_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-xgate.c (elf_xgate_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-xstormy16.c (xstormy16_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf64-mips.c (mips_elf64_howto_table_rel): Likewise.
-       * elf64-mmix.c (elf_mmix_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_howto_raw): Likewise.
-       * elf64-s390.c (elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf64-sh64.c (sh_elf64_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (x86_64_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elfn32-mips.c (elf_mips_howto_table_rel): Likewise.
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): Likewise.
-       (elfNN_aarch64_howto_none): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-ia64.c (ia64_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * elfxx-tilegx.c (tilegx_elf_howto_table): Likewise.
-       * nlm32-sparc.c (nlm32_sparc_howto_table): Likewise.
-
-2015-01-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/17847
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Don't complain
-       about -fPIC if the symbol is undefined when building executable.
-
-2015-01-15  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * elf-m10300.c (mn10300_info_to_howto): Replace assertion with an
-       error message.  Never return an invalid howto pointer.
-       * elf32-cr16.c (cr16_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-crx.c (elf_crx_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-i370.c (i370_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-mcore.c (mcore_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-mips.c (mips_elf32_rtype_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-pj.c (pj_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-spu.c (spu_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_info_to_howto_rela): Likewise.
-       * elf32-vax.c (rtype_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf64-mips.c (mips_elf64_rtype_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elfn32-mips.c (sh_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_info_to_howto): Likewise.
-       (sh_elf_reloc): Check that the reloc is in range.
-       * reloc.c (bfd_perform_relocation): Check that the section is big
-       enough for the entire reloc.
-       (bfd_generic_get_relocated_section_contents): Report unexpected
-       return values from perform_reloc.
-
-2015-01-15  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * elf32-msp430.c (msp430_elf_relax_section): Skip unhandled
-       relocs.  Include PC-relative adjustment for R_MSP430X_ABS16
-       relaxation.
-
-2015-01-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_omit_section_dynsym): Return true for
-       any output section matching a linker created dynobj section.
-
-2015-01-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
-
-       PR 17842
-       * elflink.c (elf_link_output_sym): Assert elf_onesymtab set.
-       (bfd_elf_final_link): Always create a symbol table when emit_relocs.
-       Don't assign symtab file position unless symbols will be output.
-       Merge blocks with condition in common.  Don't call
-       elf_backend_output_arch_local_syms or elf_backend_output_arch_syms
-       unless other symbols are output.  Move assignment of symtab_shndx
-       file position.  Localize variable.
-
-2015-01-14  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Reject R_ARM_32/_NOI when
-       trying to defer them to runtime.
-
-2015-01-13  Thomas Preud'homme <thomas.preudhomme@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Use SYMBOLIC_BIND
-       to check if a symbol should be bound symbolically.
-
-2015-01-13  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c: (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): Enable overflow check
-       for TLSLE_MOVW_TPREL_G2.
-
-2015-01-13  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
-
-       PR ld/17415
-       * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_howto_table): Mark
-       R_AARCH64_TLSLE_ADD_TPREL_HI12 as complain_overflow_unsigned.
-       * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_resolve_relocation): Correct the
-       bit mask.
-
-2015-01-12  Terry Guo  <terry.guo@arm.com>
-
-       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_debug_special_section_group): New
-       function.
-       (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_extra_sections): Use it.
-
-2015-01-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-
-       PR ld/17827
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): For PIE,
-       only discard space for pc-relative relocs symbols which turn
-       out to need copy relocs.
-
-2015-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
-
-       * tekhex.c (getvalue): Fix thinko in test for correct extraction
-       of value.
-       (getsym): Return false if there was not enough data to extract the
-       symbol.
+       * 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.
 
-2015-01-09  Anthony Green  <green@moxielogic.com>
+2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
-       * elf32-moxie.c (ELF_MACHINE_ALT1): Define.
+       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_merge_obj_abiflags): New function,
+       factored out from...
+       (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): ... here.
 
-2015-01-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
-       * elf32-msp430.c (msp430_elf_relax_section): Add relaxation of
-       16-bit absolute BR instructions to 10-bit pc-relative JMP
-       instructions.
+       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Move
+       attribute check after ELF file header flag check.
 
-2015-01-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * coffcode.h (coff_slurp_symbol_table): Return false if we failed
-       to load the line table.
-       * elf.c (_bfd_elf_map_sections_to_segments): Enforce a minimum
-       maxpagesize of 1.
-       * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XX_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common): Fail if
-       the Data Directory Size is too large.
+       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_merge_obj_attributes): Propagate the
+       return status from `_bfd_elf_merge_object_attributes'.
 
-2015-01-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_get_plt_sym_val): Skip unknown relocation.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_get_plt_sym_val): Likewise.
+       * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_merge_obj_e_flags): New function,
+       factored out from...
+       (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): ... here.
 
-2015-01-06  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_read_symtab_strtab): Zero terminate the
-       string table.
+       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Fold the
+       handling of input MIPS ABI flags together.
 
-       * reloc.c (bfd_get_reloc_size): Handle a reloc size of -1.
-       (bfd_perform_relocation): Include the size of the reloc in the
-       test for an out of range relocation.
-       (bfd_generic_get_relocated_section_contents): Remove reloc range
-       test.
+2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
-       * coff-i860.c (CALC_ADDEND): Always set an addend value.
-       * tekhex.c (getvalue): Add an end pointer parameter.  Use it to
-       avoid reading off the end of the buffer.
-       (getsym): Likewise.
-       (first_phase): Likewise.
-       (pass_over): Pass an end pointer to the invoked function.
+       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Suppress
+       attribute checks for null input.
 
-2015-01-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_get_plt_sym_val): Return NULL on corrupt
-       input.
-       * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_get_plt_sym_val): Likewise.
+       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Use local
+       pointers to target data.
 
-2015-01-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+2016-01-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
-       PR binutils/17512
-       * archive.c (do_slurp_bsd_armap): Make sure that the parsed sized
-       is at least big enough for the header to be read.
-       * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_get_plt_sym_val): Skip unknown relocs.
-       * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab): Add range checks.
-       (bfd_mach_o_read_command): Prevetn duplicate error messages about
-       unrecognized commands.
-       * syms.c (_bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line): Add range checks
-       when indexing into the string table.
+       * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Correct
+       an FP ABI warning.
 
-2015-01-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+2016-01-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
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