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2023-09-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30906
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables): Test that the verref
        section header has been initialised before using it.

2023-09-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30886
        * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_obj_tdata): Add dt_strsz field.
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_get_dynamic_symbols): Add a NUL byte at the end
        of the string table.
        Initialise the dt_strsz field.
        (_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables): Only free the contents if they
        were malloc'ed.
        Add checks before setting string pointers in the dt_strtab buffer.

2023-09-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30885
        * elfcode.h (elf_slurp_symbol_table): Compute the symcount for non
        dynamic symbols in the same way as _bfd_elf_get_symtab_upper_bound.

2023-09-13  Jacob Navia  <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr>

        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_init_reloc_shdr): Don't segfault on alloc fail.

2023-09-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf-strtab.c (_bfd_elf_strtab_init): In the event of memory
        allocation failure, make sure that the hash table is freed.

2023-08-30  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        PR binutils/30703
        * doc/webassembly.texi, doc/bfd.texi: Revert 8bb23cdb, adding
        parameters back to @node.

2023-08-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 15545
        * cache.c (bfd_cache_close_all): Extend description to note that
        all files will be closed, even those that are not cacheable.
        Add code to prevent a possible infinite loop.

2023-08-02  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>

        * pei-x86_64.c (PEI_HEADERS): Do not define.
        * pei-loongarch64.c (PEI_HEADERS): Do not define.
        * pei-aarch64.c (PEI_HEADERS): Do not define.
        * pe-x86_64.c (PEI_HEADERS): Do not define.
        * pe-aarch64.c (PEI_HEADERS): Do not define.
        * libpei.h (_LIBPEI_H): Add include guard.
        * coff-x86_64.c (PEI_HEADERS): Do not check.
        * coff-loongarch64.c (PEI_HEADERS): Do not check.
        * coff-aarch64.c (PEI_HEADERS): Do not check.

2023-07-24  Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues  <josch@debian.org>

        * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_only_swap_filehdr_out): If inserting a
        timestamp, use the value held in the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment
        variable, if it is defined.

2023-07-24  Jose E. Marchesi  <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>

        * reloc.c: New reloc BFD_RELOC_BPF_DISPCALL32.
        * elf64-bpf.c (bpf_reloc_type_lookup): Handle the new reloc.
        * libbfd.h (bfd_reloc_code_real_names): Regenerate.

2023-07-09  Fangrui Song  <maskray@google.com>

        PR 30592
        * section.c: Define SEC_ELF_LARGE.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_section_flags, elf_x86_64_fake_sections,
        elf_x86_64_copy_private_section_data): New.

2023-07-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * version.m4: Update version number to 2.41.50.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * bfd/po/bfd.pot: Regenerate.

2023-07-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        2.41 Branch Point.

2023-06-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30560
        * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Add more checks
        for a valid relocation offset.

2023-06-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30499
        * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Add a message
        indicating that alignment and size discrepancies between the
        definition of common symbols and normal symbols are serious and
        should be investigated.

2023-05-31  Tristan Gingold  <tgingold@free.fr>

        PR 30444
        * coffcode.h (coff_write_object_contents): Handle base64 encoding
        on PE.  Also check for too large string table.
        * coffgen.c (extract_long_section_name): New function extracted
        from ...
        (make_a_section_from_file): ... here.  Add support for base64
        long section names.
        (decode_base64): New function.

2023-05-17  Luca Bacci  <luca.bacci@outlook.com>

        PR 30421
        * cofflink.c (_decoration_hash_newfunc): New function.
        (_bfd_coff_link_hash_table_init): Call it.
        * libcoff-in.h (struct coff_link_hash_table): Add decoration_hash
        field.
        (struct decoration_hash_entry): Declare.
        (_decoration_hash_newfunc): Prototype.
        * libcoff.h: Regenerate.

2023-05-16  Oleg Tolmatcev  <oleg.tolmatcev@gmail.com>

        * libcoff-in.h (struct coff_tdata): Add section_by_index and
        section_by_target_index hash tables.
        * libcoff.h: Regenerate.
        * coffcode.h (htab_hash_section_index): New function.
        (htab_eq_section_index): New function.
        (htab_hash_section_target_index): New function.
        (htab_eq_section_target_index): New function.
        (coff_mkobject_hool): Create the hash tables.
        * peicode.h: Add the same new functions.
        (pe_mkobject_hook): Create the hash tables.
        * coff-x86_64.c (coff_amd64_rtype_to_howto): Use the new tables to
        speed up lookups.
        * coffgen.c (coff_section_from_bfd_index): Likewise.
        (_bfd_coff_close_and_cleanup): Delete the hash tables.

2023-05-10  Luca Bonissi  <gcc@scarsita.it>

        PR 30422
        * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_relocate_section): Prescan for
        R_OR1K_GOT_AHI16 relocs as they may occur after R_OR1K_GOT16
        relocs.

2023-05-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30354
        * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_gc_mark_extra_sections): If any debug
        sections are marked then rerun the extra marking in order to pick
        up any dependencies.

2023-05-03  Oleg Tolmatcev  <oleg.tolmatcev@gmail.com>

        * archive.c (_bfd_write_archive_contents): Use a larger buffer in
        order to improve efficiency.

2023-05-03  Oleg Tolmatcev  <oleg.tolmatcev@gmail.com>

        * coffcode.h (coff_read_word_from_buffer): New function.
        * coffcode.h (COFF_CHECKSUM_BUFFER_SIZE): New constant.
        * coffcode.h (coff_compute_checksum): Improve speed by reducing
        the number of seeks and reads used.

2023-04-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/la.po: New Georgian translation.

2023-04-17  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30142
        * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_swap_scnhdr_out): Do not force the .rsrc
        section to be writeable.

2023-03-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30285
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables): Fail if no version
        definitions are allocated.

2023-02-27  Felix Willgerodt  <felix.willgerodt@intel.com>

        * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_grok_psinfo): Check for
        elf_external_linux_prpsinfo32_ugid32.

2023-02-23  Fangrui Song  <i@maskray.me>

        * elfnn-riscv.c (struct riscv_elf_link_hash_table): Add params.
        (riscv_elfNN_set_options): New.
        (riscv_info_to_howto_rela): Check relax_gp.
        (_bfd_riscv_relax_section): Likewise.
        * elfxx-riscv.h (struct riscv_elf_params): New.
        (riscv_elf32_set_options): New.
        (riscv_elf64_set_options): New.

2023-02-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
            Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 30150
        * dwarf2.c (comp_unit_contains_address): Renamed to ...
        (comp_unit_may_contain_address): this, and added code to return
        true if the CU's ranges have not yet been computed.
        (_bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt): Use the renamed
        function, simplifying code in the process.

2023-02-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * opncls.c (bfd_fill_in_gnu_debuglink_section): Update
        description.

2023-02-17  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * doc/doc.str (FUNCTION): Call func.

2023-02-17  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * opncls.c: Hoist the SECTION comment.

2023-02-17  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * opncls.c (bfd_get_debug_link_info_1, separate_debug_file_exists)
        (separate_alt_debug_file_exists, find_separate_debug_file)
        (get_build_id, get_build_id_name, check_build_id_file): Don't use
        chew comments.

2023-02-17  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * doc/doc.str (SYNOPSIS): Use collapse_whitespace.
        * doc/chew.c (collapse_whitespace): New function.
        (main): Register collapse_whitespace.

2023-02-07  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * bfd.c, cache.c, compress.c, opncls.c: Remove RETURNS from
        documentation comments.
        * doc/doc.str, doc/proto.str (RETURNS): Remove.

2023-02-07  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * syms.c (bfd_decode_symclass, bfd_is_undefined_symclass)
        (bfd_symbol_info): Reorder documentation comment.
        * doc/doc.str (synopsis_seen): New variable.
        (SYNOPSIS): Set synopsis_seen.  Emit @deftypefn.
        (DESCRIPTION): Use synopsis_seen.
        * doc/chew.c (catstrif): New function.
        (main): Add catstrif intrinsic.
        (compile): Recognize "variable" command.

2023-02-07  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * doc/proto.str (external, internal, ifinternal, ENUMEQ, ENUMDOC):
        Update.
        * doc/chew.c (internalmode): Remove.
        (add_intrinsic_variable): New function.
        (main): Add internalmode as intrinsic.
        (internal_mode): Remove global.
        (maybecatstr): Update.
        (free_words): Free variables.

2023-02-07  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * doc/chew.c (pcu) <l>: Now intptr_t.
        (internal_mode, istack, isp): Likewise.
        (bang, atsign): Use intptr_t.

2023-02-07  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * doc/proto.str (SYNOPSIS): Don't use paramstuff.
        * doc/chew.c (paramstuff): Remove.
        (main): Don't add paramstuff intrinsic.

2023-02-07  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * doc/doc.str, doc/proto.str: Add copyright header.

2023-02-07  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * doc/webassembly.texi (File layout): Remove second argument from
        @node.
        * doc/bfd.texi: Use single-argument @node everywhere.

2023-02-07  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.
        * doc/local.mk (%D%/chew.stamp): Don't use H_CFLAGS.

2023-01-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29998
        * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section): Add an
        assertion that the output section is set for defined, global
        symbols.

2023-01-17  Xianmiao Qu  <cooper.qu@linux.alibaba.com>

        * elf32-csky.c (elf32_csky_merge_attributes): Don't save
        and restore the ARCH attribute, it will actually clear
        the ARCH attribute.
        (csky_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Store the machine flag
        correctly.

2023-01-13  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/ro.po: Updated Romainian translation.

2023-01-11  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29988
        * dwarf2.c (read_indexed_address): Fix check for an out of range
        offset.

2023-01-06  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/ru.po: Updated Russian translation.

2023-01-03  Himal  <himalr@proton.me>

        PR 29947
        * bfdio.c (_bfd_real_fopen): Do not add a prefix to the Windows'
        nul device filename.

2023-01-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/fr.po: Updated French trabslation.
        * po/uk.po: Updated Ukrainian trabslation.

2022-12-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * 2.40 branch created.

2022-12-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29936
        * dwarf2.c (concat_filename): Fix check for a directory index off
        the end of the directory table.

2022-12-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/ro.po: Updated Romanian translation.

2022-12-06  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29852
        * elf32-arm.c (cmse_scan): Check for NULL entries in the
        sym_hashes array.
        (elf32_arm_gc_mark_extra_sections): Likewise.

2022-12-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29848
        * vms-alpha.c (parse_module): Fix potential out of bounds memory
        access.

2022-12-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 25202
        * bfd.c (VerilogDataEndianness): New variable.
        (verilog_write_record): Use VerilogDataEndianness, if set, to
        choose the endianness of the output.
        (verilog_write_section): Adjust the address by the data width.

2022-11-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29764
        * cpu-arm.c (scan): Accept machine names prefixed with "arm:".
        * cpu-aarch64.c (scan): Accept machine names prefixed with "aarch64:".

2022-10-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29699
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables): Fail if the sh_info field
        of the section header is zero.

2022-09-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29532
        * elf.c (setup_group): Do not return false if there is no group
        information available.

2022-09-02  Aaron Merey  <amerey@redhat.com>

        * aout-target.h (MY_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * bfd.c (bfd_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * binary.c (binary_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * coff-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        (rs6000_xcoff64_vec): Add coff_find_nearest_line_with_alt.
        * dwarf2.c (_bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line): Calls
        _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt.
        (_bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New function. Implements the
        former _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line. Adds parameter alt_filename.
        Attempt to open alt_filename and use it as the .dwz file if not NULL.
        * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New declaration.
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_find_nearest_line): Calls
        _bfd_elf_find_nearest_line_with_alt.
        (_bfd_elf_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New function. Implements the
        former _bfd_elf_find_nearest_line. Adds parameter alt_filename.
        * elf32-mips.c (bfd_elf32_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * elf64-mips.c (bfd_elf64_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * elfn32-mips.c (bfd_elf32_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * elfxx-mips.h (_bfd_mips_elf_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * elfxx-target.h (bfd_elfNN_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * i386mdos.c (msdos_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * ihex.c (ihex_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_nosymbols_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New
        declaration.
        (_bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New declaration.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
        * libcoff-in.h (coff_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * libcoff.h: Regenerate.
        * libecoff.h (_bfd_ecoff_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * mach-o.h (bfd_mach_o_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * mmo.c (mmo_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * pef.c (bfd_pef_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * plugin.c (bfd_plugin_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * ppcboot.c (ppcboot_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * som.h (som_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * srec.c (srec_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * syms.c (_bfd_nosymbols_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New function.
        * targets.c (BFD_JUMP_TABLE_SYMBOLS): Add symbol for
        NAME##_find_nearest_line_with_alt.
        (_bfd_find_nearest_line_with_alt): Add declaration.
        * tekhex.c (tekhex_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * verilog.c (verilog_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * vms-alpha.c (_bfd_vms_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * wasm-module.c (wasm_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.
        * xsym.c (bfd_sym_find_nearest_line_with_alt): New macro.

2022-09-02  Frederic Cambus  <fred@statdns.com>

        * config.bfd (arm-*-openbsd*): Restore target.

2022-08-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29529
        * dwarf2.c (struct line_info_table): Add new field:
        use_dir_and_file_0.
        (concat_filename): Use new field to help select the correct table
        slot.
        (read_formatted_entries): Do not skip entry 0.
        (decode_line_info): Set new field depending upon the version of
        DWARF being parsed.  Initialise filename based upon the setting of
        the new field.

2022-08-22  Frederic Cambus  <fred@statdns.com>

        * config.bfd (aarch64-*-openbsd*): Add target.

2022-08-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29389
        * bfd.c (BFD_CLOSED_BY_CACHE): New bfd flag.
        * cache.c (bfd_cache_delete): Set BFD_CLOSED_BY_DELETE on the
        closed bfd.
        (bfd_cache_lookup_worker): Clear BFD_CLOSED_BY_DELETE on the newly
        reopened bfd.
        * opncls.c (bfd_set_filename): Refuse to change the name of a bfd
        that has been closed by bfd_cache_delete.  Mark changed bfds as
        uncacheable.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.

2022-07-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29424
        * dwarf2.c (read_attribute_value): Handle DW_FORM_rnglistx and
        DW_FORM_loclistx.

2022-07-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * elfnn-loongarch.c (loongarch_elf_relocate_section): Fix
        indentation.

2022-07-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * 2.39 branch created.

2022-05-19  Yvan Roux  <yvan.roux@foss.st.com>

        PR 25713
        * bfdio.c (_bfd_real_fopen): Delete ccs string.

2022-04-27  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>

        * elf.c (elfcore_grok_freebsd_note): Handle NT_ARM_TLS notes.

2022-04-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29072
        * elflink.c (bfd_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Display a note to the
        user that the current ehaviour of creating an executable stack
        because of a missing .note.GNU-stack section is deprecated and
        will be changed in a future release.

2022-04-20  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * coff-rs6000.c (xcoff_reloc_type_noop): Add info argument.
        (xcoff_reloc_type_fail): Likewise.
        (xcoff_reloc_type_pos): Likewise.
        (xcoff_reloc_type_neg): Likewise.
        (xcoff_reloc_type_rel): Likewise.
        (xcoff_reloc_type_toc): Likewise.
        (xcoff_reloc_type_ba): Likewise.
        (xcoff_reloc_type_crel): Likewise.
        (xcoff_reloc_type_tls): Likewise.
        (xcoff_reloc_type_br): Add stub handler.
        (xcoff_ppc_relocate_section): Add info to
        xcoff_calculate_relocation.
        (xcoff_stub_indirect_call_code): New constant.
        (xcoff_stub_shared_call_code): Likewise.
        (bfd_xcoff_backend_data): Add stub code fields.
        (bfd_pmac_xcoff_backend_data): Likewise.
        * coff64-rs6000.c (xcoff64_reloc_type_br): Add stub handler.
        (xcoff64_ppc_relocate_section): Add info to
        xcoff64_calculate_relocation.
        (xcoff64_stub_indirect_call_code): New constant.
        (xcoff64_stub_shared_call_code): Likewise.
        (bfd_xcoff_backend_data): Add stub code fields.
        (bfd_xcoff_aix5_backend_data): Likewise.
        * libxcoff.h (struct xcoff_backend_data_rec): Add stub fields.
        (bfd_xcoff_stub_indirect_call_code): New define.
        (bfd_xcoff_stub_indirect_call_size): New define.
        (bfd_xcoff_stub_shared_call_code): New define.
        (bfd_xcoff_stub_shared_call_size): New define.
        (xcoff_reloc_function): Add info argument.
        (enum xcoff_stub_type): New enum.
        (struct xcoff_stub_hash_entry): New structure.
        * xcofflink.c (struct xcoff_link_hash_table): Add stub hash
        table and params fields.
        (xcoff_stub_hash_entry): New define.
        (xcoff_stub_hash_lookup): New define.
        (stub_hash_newfunc): New function.
        (_bfd_xcoff_bfd_link_hash_table_free): Free the new stub hash
        table.
        (_bfd_xcoff_bfd_link_hash_table_create): Create the new stub
        hash table.
        (xcoff_link_add_symbols): Save rawsize for XTY_SD.
        (bfd_xcoff_link_init): New function.
        (xcoff_stub_csect_name): New function.
        (xcoff_stub_get_csect_in_range): New function.
        (xcoff_stub_name): New function.
        (bfd_xcoff_get_stub_entry): New function.
        (bfd_xcoff_type_of_stub): New function.
        (xcoff_add_stub): New function.
        (xcoff_build_one_stub): New function.
        (bfd_xcoff_size_stubs): New function.
        (bfd_xcoff_build_stubs): New function.
        (xcoff_stub_create_relocations): New function.
        (xcoff_link_input_bfd): Adapt relocations to stub.
        (xcoff_write_global_symbol): Adapt to new TOC entries generated
        for stubs.
        (_bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link): Handle stub file.
        * xcofflink.h (struct bfd_xcoff_link_params): New structure.

2022-04-20  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * coff-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff_put_ldsymbol_name): Write len in
        ldinfo->strings instead of directly in the output_bfd.
        * coff64-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff64_put_ldsymbol_name): Likewise.
        * xcofflink.c (struct xcoff_link_hash_table): Remove ldrel_count
        field. Add ldinfo field.
        (xcoff_mark_symbol): Adjust to new ldinfo field.
        (xcoff_mark): Likewise.
        (bfd_xcoff_link_count_reloc): Likewise.
        (xcoff_build_loader_section): Split into two functions: one that
        build the loader section (this function) and one that only size
        it...
        (xcoff_size_loader_section): ... (this function).
        (bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections): Adapt to new ldinfo field.
        Move the part where the dynamic sections are build to ...
        (bfd_xcoff_build_dynamic_sections): ... this function.
        * xcofflink.h: Add bfd_xcoff_build_dynamic_sections prototype.

2022-04-13  Alexander von Gluck IV  <kallisti5@unixzen.com>

        * config.bfd (x86-haiku): Add i386_pei_vec as a selectable format.

2022-04-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29038
        * coffgen.c (coff_find_nearest_line_with_names): Fix typo
        retrieving saved bias.

2022-04-07  Mark Harmstone  <mark@harmstone.com>

        * coff-i386.c (in_reloc_p): Add R_SECTION.
        (howto_table): Add R_SECTION.
        (coff_pe_i386_relocation_section): Add support for R_SECTION.
        (coff_i386_reloc_type_lookup): Add support for
        BFD_RELOC_16_SECCIDX.
        * coff-x86_64.c (in_reloc_p): Add R_SECTION.
        (howto_table): Add R_SECTION.
        (coff_pe_amd64_relocation_section): Add support for R_SECTION.
        (coff_amd64_reloc_type_lookup): Add support for
        BFD_RELOC_16_SECCIDX.
        * reloc.c: Add BFD_RELOC_16_SECIDX.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.

2022-04-01  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>

        * elf-bfd.h (elfcore_write_x86_segbases): New.
        * elf.c (elfcore_grok_freebsd_note): Add pseudosections for
        NT_FREEBSD_X86_SEGBASES register notes.
        (elfcore_write_x86_segbases): New.
        (elfcore_write_register_note): Write NT_FREEBSD_X86_SEGBASES
        register notes.

2022-04-01  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>

        * elf.c (elfcore_grok_freebsd_note): Remove checks for namesz.

2022-03-22  Steiner H Gunderson  <steinar+sourceware@gunderson.no>

        * dwarf2.c (_bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line): if a function name is
        found, but no line number info, then return a result of 2.

2022-03-21  Steiner H Gunderson  <steinar+sourceware@gunderson.no>

        PR 28978
        * dwarf2.c (scan_unit_for_symbols): When performing second pass,
        check to see if the function or variable being processed is the
        same as the previous one.

2022-03-18  Viorel Preoteasa  <viorel.preoteasa@gmail.com>

        PR 28924
        * elf32-arm.c (THM_MAX_FWD_BRANCH_OFFSET): Fix definition.
        (THM2_MAX_FWD_BRANCH_OFFSET): Likewise.

2022-03-16  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@efficios.com>

        * Makefile.am (ALL_MACHINES, ALL_MACHINES_CFILES):
        Add cpu-amdgcn.c.
        (BFD64_BACKENDS): Add elf64-amdgcn.lo.
        (BFD64_BACKENDS_CFILES): Add elf64-amdgcn.c.
        * Makefile.in: Re-generate.
        * cpu-amdgcn.c: New.
        * elf64-amdgcn.c: New.
        * archures.c (bfd_architecture): Add bfd_arch_amdgcn and related
        mach defines.
        (bfd_amdgcn_arch): New.
        (bfd_archures_list): Add bfd_amdgcn_arch.
        * bfd-in2.h: Re-generate.
        * config.bfd: Handle amdgcn* target.
        * configure.ac: Handle amdgcn_elf64_le_vec.
        * configure: Re-generate.
        * elf-bfd.h (elf_target_id): Add AMDGCN_ELF_DATA.
        * targets.c (amdgcn_elf64_le_vec): New.
        (_bfd_target_vector): Add amdgcn_elf64_le_vec.

2022-03-01  Torbjörn Svensson  <torbjorn.svensson@st.com>
            Fred Eisele  <fredrick.eisele@gmail.com>

        PR 25713
        * bfdio.c (_bfd_real_fopen): Fix typo.

2022-03-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28848
        * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_merge_eabi_attributes): If the first
        input bfd has a Tag_ABI_HardFP_use set to 3 but does not also have
        TAG_FP_arch set then reset the TAG_ABI_HardFP_use.

2022-02-28  Torbjörn Svensson  <torbjorn.svensson@st.com>
            Fred Eisele  <fredrick.eisele@gmail.com>

        PR 25713
        * bfdio.c (_bfd_real_fopen): Fix handling of paths longer than 260
        characters on Windows hosts.

2022-02-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28886
        * config.bfd: Update error message for obsolete configurations.

2022-02-17  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/sr.po: Updated Serbian translation.

2022-02-16  Fangrui Song  <maskray@google.com>
        Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR ld/28841
        * bfd-in2.h (struct bfd_section): Add type.
        (discarded_section): Add field.
        * elf.c (elf_fake_sections): Handle bfd_section::type.
        * section.c (BFD_FAKE_SECTION): Add field.
        * mri.c (mri_draw_tree): Update function call.

2022-02-11  Michael Forney  <mforney@mforney.org>

        * bfd.c (bfd_set_gp_value): Remove return with expression
        in void function.

2022-02-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * config.bfd: Move pending obsolesence targets into the definitely
        obsolete list.

2022-02-02  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28834
        * dwarf2.c (read_section): Change the heuristic that checks for
        overlarge dwarf debug info sections.

2022-02-02  Stafford Horne  <shorne@gmail.com>

        PR 28735
        * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_got16_no_overflow_howto): Define.
        (or1k_elf_relocate_section): Use new howto instead of trying to
        mask out relocation bits.

2022-01-24  Roland McGrath  <mcgrathr@google.com>

        * doc/local.mk (%D%/bfdver.texi): Add mkdir command.

2022-01-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/fr.po: Updated French translation.
        * po/ro.po: Updated Romanian translation.
        * po/uk.po: Updated Ukranian translation.

2022-01-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * version.m4: Change to 2.38.50.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * po/bfd.pot: Regenerate.

2022-01-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * 2.38 release branch created.

2022-01-17  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * po/bfd.pot: Regenerate.

2021-12-15  Nikita Popov  <npv1310@gmail.com>

        PR 28687
        * dwarf1.c (parse_die): Fix undefined behaviour in range tests.

2021-11-17  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28452
        * elf.c (assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections): Replace
        assertion with a warning message.

2021-10-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * linker.c (_bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol): Test for a NULL
        name before checking to see if the symbol is __gnu_lto_slim.
        * archive.c (_bfd_compute_and_write_armap): Likewise.

2021-09-27  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>

        * configure: Regenerate.

2021-09-15  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>

        * archures.c (bfd_arch_list): Use 'char *' instead of 'char **'
        when calculating space for a string list.

2021-09-014  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
           Claudiu Zissulescu  <claziss@synopsys.com>

        * arc-got.h (arc_static_sym_data): New structure.
        (get_static_sym_data): New function.
        (relocate_fix_got_relocs_for_got_info): Move the computation fo
        symbol value and section to above introduced function, and use
        this new function.

2021-09-07  Luis Machado  <luis.machado@linaro.org>

        Revert: [AArch64] MTE corefile support

        2021-05-21  Luis Machado  <luis.machado@linaro.org>

        * elf.c (elfcore_make_memtag_note_section): New function.
        (elfcore_grok_note): Handle NT_MEMTAG note types.

2021-09-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28305
        * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_xtensa_do_reloc): Add check for put of range
        reloc.

        PR 28303
        * elfxx-riscv.c (riscv_elf_add_sub_reloc): Add check for out of
        range relocs.

2021-08-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/sr.po: Updated Serbian translation.

2021-07-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * config.bfd: Move pending obsoletion targets to obsolete list.

2021-07-16  Giulio Benetti  <giulio.benetti@benettiengineering.com>

        * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_relocate_section): Use a separate entry
        in switch case R_OR1K_INSN_REL_26 where we need to check for
        !SYMBOL_CALLS_LOCAL() instead of !SYMBOL_REFERENCES_LOCAL().

2021-07-14  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * libxcoff.h (struct xcoff_dwsect_name): Add DWARF name.
        * coff-rs6000.c (xcoff_dwsect_names): Update.
        * coffcode.h (sec_to_styp_flags): Likewise.
        (coff_new_section_hook): Likewise.

2021-07-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf2.c (read_address): Remove accidental commit.
        (read_ranges): Compare offset rather than pointers.

2021-07-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/pt.po: Updated Portuguese translation.

2021-07-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * elfcode.h (elf_swap_symbol_out): Revert accidental change that
        removed an abort if the shndx pointer is NULL.

2021-07-07  Rainer Orth  <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>

        * sysdep.h [!ENABLE_NLS]: Prevent inclusion of <libintl.h> on
        Solaris.

2021-07-07  Rainer Orth  <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>

        * configure.ac: Check for strnlen declaration.
        * configure, config.in: Regenerate.

2021-07-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28051
        * coff-rs6000.c (xcoff_reloc_type_tls): Reformat error messages in
        order to fix problems when translating.
        * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_write_global_sym): Likewise.
        * elfnn-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_erratum_843419_branch_to_stub):
        Likewise.
        * po/bfd.pot: Regenerate.

2021-07-06  Michael Matz  <matz@suse.de>

        PR ld/28021
        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_relax_delete_bytes): Check for any
        versioning.

2021-07-06  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 28055
        * elf64-bpf.c (bpf_elf_generic_reloc): Add missing ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED.

2021-07-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 28055
        * elf64-bpf.c (bpf_elf_generic_reloc): Use correct bfd for bfd_put
        and bfd_put_32 calls.  Correct section limit checks.

2021-07-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * version.m4: Update version number.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * po/opcodes.pot: Regenerate.

2021-07-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * 2.37 release branch created.

2021-07-02  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28046
        * dwarf2.c (read_ranges): Check that range_ptr does not exceed
        range_end.

2021-06-30  YunQiang Su  <yunqiang.su@cipunited.com>

        PR mips/28009
        * bfd/elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_section_from_shdr,
        _bfd_mips_elf_fake_sections): Mark LTO debug info as
        SHT_MIPS_DWARF.

2021-06-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * config.bfd (obsolete configurations): Add netbsdpe.

2021-06-22  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_pcrel_hi_reloc): Added field to store
        the original relocation type, in case the type is converted to
        R_RISCV_HI20.
        (riscv_pcrel_lo_reloc): Removed unused name field.
        (riscv_pcrel_relocs): Added comments.
        (riscv_zero_pcrel_hi_reloc): Removed unused input_bfd.
        (riscv_record_pcrel_hi_reloc): Updated.
        (riscv_record_pcrel_lo_reloc): Likewise.
        (riscv_resolve_pcrel_lo_relocs): Likewise.  Check the original
        type of auipc, to make sure the %pcrel_lo without any addends.
        Otherwise, report dangerous relocation error.
        (riscv_elf_relocate_section): Updated above functions are changed.
        For R_RISCV_GOT_HI20, report dangerous relocation error when addend
        isn't zero.

2021-06-19  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27998
        * elfxx-x86.c (elf_x86_allocate_dynrelocs): Count PLT for GOTOFF
        relocation against IFUNC symbols.
        (_bfd_x86_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.

2021-06-19  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        * elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Correct DT_TEXTREL warning in
        PDE.

2021-06-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        * elf-properties.c (_bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties): Handle
        GNU_PROPERTY_UINT32_AND_LO, GNU_PROPERTY_UINT32_AND_HI,
        GNU_PROPERTY_UINT32_OR_LO and GNU_PROPERTY_UINT32_OR_HI.
        (elf_merge_gnu_properties): Likewise.

2021-06-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27952
        * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_obj_tdata): Add is_pie.
        * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Set is_pie.

2021-06-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27666
        * config.bfd: Do not add the sparc_elf32_vec or sparc_elf64_vec
        vectors to Sparc Solaris2 targets.

2021-06-08  Michael Matz  <matz@suse.de>

        * elf.c (bfd_section_from_shdr): Set has_secondary_relocs flag.
        (_bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section): Use it for early-out.

2021-06-07  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * dwarf2.c (read_ranges, read_rnglists): Add u suffix to constant.

2021-06-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf-attrs.c (_bfd_elf_parse_attributes): Break out of loop if
        subsection length is too small to cover tag and length field.

2021-05-31  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>
            Lifang Xia  <lifang_xia@c-sky.com>

        PR 27566
        * elfnn-riscv.c (struct riscv_elf_link_hash_table): New integer pointer
        to monitor the data segment phase.
        (bfd_elfNN_riscv_set_data_segment_info): New function called by
        after_allocation, to set the data_segment_phase from expld.dataseg.
        (_bfd_riscv_relax_section): Don't relax when data_segment_phase is
        exp_seg_relro_adjust (0x4).
        * elfxx-riscv.h (bfd_elf32_riscv_set_data_segment_info): New extern.
        (bfd_elf64_riscv_set_data_segment_info): Likewise

2021-05-28  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27905
        * elf32-i386.c: Don't include "libiberty.h".
        (elf_howto_table): Revert commits a7664973b24 and 50c95a739c9.
        (elf_i386_rtype_to_howto): Revert commit 50c95a739c9.
        (elf_i386_info_to_howto_rel): Likewise.
        (elf_i386_tls_transition): Likewise.
        (elf_i386_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf64-x86-64.c (x86_64_elf_howto_table): Revert commits
        a7664973b24 and 50c95a739c9.
        (elf_x86_64_rtype_to_howto): Revert commit 50c95a739c9.
        * elfxx-x86.c (_bfd_x86_elf_parse_gnu_properties): Likewise.
        * elfxx-x86.h (elf_x86_obj_tdata): Likewise.
        (elf_x86_has_code16): Likewise.

2021-05-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27905
        * elf32-i386.c: Include "libiberty.h".
        (elf_howto_table): Add 16-bit R_386_PC16 entry.
        (elf_i386_rtype_to_howto): Add a BFD argument.  Use 16-bit
        R_386_PC16 if input has 16-bit mode instructions.
        (elf_i386_info_to_howto_rel): Update elf_i386_rtype_to_howto
        call.
        (elf_i386_tls_transition): Likewise.
        (elf_i386_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf64-x86-64.c (x86_64_elf_howto_table): Add 16-bit
        R_X86_64_PC16 entry.
        (elf_x86_64_rtype_to_howto): Use 16-bit R_X86_64_PC16 if input
        has 16-bit mode instructions.
        * elfxx-x86.c (_bfd_x86_elf_parse_gnu_properties): Set
        elf_x86_has_code16 if relocatable input is marked with
        GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_2_CODE16.
        * elfxx-x86.h (elf_x86_obj_tdata): Add has_code16.
        (elf_x86_has_code16): New.

2021-05-26  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfxx-riscv.h (check_unknown_prefixed_ext): New bool.
        * elfxx-riscv.c (riscv_parse_prefixed_ext): Do not check the
        prefixed extension name if check_unknown_prefixed_ext is false.
        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_merge_arch_attr_info): Set
        check_unknown_prefixed_ext to false for linker.

2021-05-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * elf32-arn.c (struct elf_arm_obj_tdata): Add num_entries field.
        (elf32_arm_num_entries): New macro.
        (elf32_arm_allocate_local_sym_info): Initialise the new field.
        Allocate arrays individually so that buffer overruns can be
        detected by memory checkers.
        (elf32_arm_create_local_iplt): Check num_entries.
        (elf32_arm_get_plt_info): Likewise.
        (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
        (elf32_arm_check_relocs): Likewise.
        (elf32_arm_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        (elf32_arm_output_arch_local_syms): Likewise.

2021-05-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * elf32-arm.c: Fix formatting.

2021-05-25  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf-attrs.c (elf_attr_strdup): New function.
        (_bfd_elf_attr_strdup): Use it here.
        (elf_add_obj_attr_string): New function, extracted from..
        (bfd_elf_add_obj_attr_string): ..here.
        (elf_add_obj_attr_int_string): New function, extracted from..
        (bfd_elf_add_obj_attr_int_string): ..here.
        (_bfd_elf_parse_attributes): Don't allocate an extra byte for a
        string terminator.  Instead ensure parsing doesn't go past
        end of sub-section.  Use size_t variables for lengths.

2021-05-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * libbfd.c (_bfd_safe_read_leb128): Remove length_return parameter.
        Replace data pointer with pointer to pointer.  Increment pointer
        over bytes read.
        * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_safe_read_leb128): Update prototype.
        * elf-attrs.c (_bfd_elf_parse_attributes): Adjust to suit.  Be
        careful not to increment data pointer past end.  Remove now
        redundant pr17512 check.
        * wasm-module.c (READ_LEB128): Adjust to suit changes to
        _bfd_safe_read_leb128.
        * dwarf2.c (read_n_bytes): New inline function, old one renamed to..
        (read_blk): ..this.  Allocate and return block.  Increment bfd_byte**
        arg.
        (read_3_bytes): New function.
        (read_1_byte, read_1_signed_byte, read_2_bytes, read_4_bytes),
        (read_8_bytes, read_string, read_indirect_string),
        (read_indirect_line_string, read_alt_indirect_string): Take a
        byte_byte** arg which is incremented over bytes read.  Remove any
        bytes_read return.  Rewrite limit checks to compare lengths
        rather than pointers.
        (read_abbrevs, read_attribute_value, read_formatted_entries),
        (decode_line_info, find_abstract_instance, read_ranges),
        (read_rnglists, scan_unit_for_symbols, parse_comp_unit),
        (stash_comp_unit): Adjust to suit.  Rewrite limit checks to
        compare lengths rather than pointers.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.

2021-05-21  Luis Machado  <luis.machado@linaro.org>

        * elf.c (elfcore_make_memtag_note_section): New function.
        (elfcore_grok_note): Handle NT_MEMTAG note types.

2021-05-20  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>

        * section.c (bfd_get_section_by_name): Return NULL if name is
        NULL.
        (bfd_get_section_by_name_if): Likewise.
        * dwarf2.c (read_section): Remove unneeded NULL check.
        (find_debug_info): Likewise.

2021-05-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * plugin.c (bfd_plugin_open_input): Inform the user if the limit
        on the number of open files is reached.  If possible, try to
        increase this limit before failing.

2021-05-14  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_resolve_pcrel_lo_relocs): Check the values
        of %pcrel_hi, before and after adding the addend.  Make sure the
        value won't be changed, otherwise, report dangerous error.

2021-05-13  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfxx-riscv.c (check_implicit_always): The check_func, always add
        the implicit subset without checking.
        (check_implicit_for_i): The check_func for i, only add zicsr and
        zifencei when the version of i less than 2.1.
        (struct riscv_implicit_subset): Record the subsets and their
        corresponding implicit subsets.
        (riscv_implicit_subsets): Table records all implicit informations.
        (riscv_parse_add_implicit_subsets): Updated and add implicit subsets
        according to riscv_implicit_subsets.  Remove the redundant codes.

2021-05-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27858
        * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_info_to_howto): Correct check for last valid
        reloc howto.

2021-05-12  Luis Machado  <luis.machado@linaro.org>

        * elf-bfd.h (elfcore_write_aarch_mte): New prototype.
        * elf.c (elfcore_grok_aarch_mte, elfcore_write_aarch_mte): New
        functions.
        (elfcore_grok_note): Handle notes of type NT_ARM_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL.
        (elfcore_write_register_note): Handle MTE notes.

2021-05-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27844
        * pdp11.c (aout_get_external_symbols): Clear first four bytes of
        strings array, not just the first byte.
        * aoutx.h (aout_get_external_symbols): Likewise.

2021-05-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR binutils/27839
        * simple.c (bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents): Remove
        strayed fprintf.

2021-05-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27839
        * simple.c (simple_dummy_add_to_set): New function.
        (simple_dummy_constructor): New function.
        (simple_dummy_multiple_common): New function.
        (bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents): Zero out the
        callbacks structure, and then set the add_to_set, constructor and
        multiple_common fields.

2021-05-10  Dimitar Dimitrov  <dimitar@dinux.eu>

        * elf32-pru.c (elf_backend_can_gc_sections): Define as 1.

2021-05-08  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>

        * doc/Makefile.am (html-local, bfd/index.html): New targets.
        * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2021-05-08  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>

        * doc/Makefile.am (AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS): Define.
        * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2021-05-07  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * coff-rs6000.c (xcoff_dwsect_names): Add new DWARF
        sections.
        * coffgen.c (coff_pointerize_aux): Handle C_DWARF.
        (coff_print_symbol): Likewise.
        * libxcoff.h (XCOFF_DWSECT_NBR_NAMES): Update.

2021-05-07  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * elf64-x86-64.c (x86_64_elf_howto_table): Set src_mask fields
        to zero.

2021-05-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.

2021-05-06  Stafford Horne  <shorne@gmail.com>

        PR 27746
        * elf32-or1k.c (PLT_ENTRY_SIZE_LARGE, PLT_MAX_INSN_COUNT,
        OR1K_ADD, OR1K_ORI): New macros to help with plt creation.
        (elf_or1k_link_hash_table): New field plt_count.
        (elf_or1k_link_hash_entry): New field plt_index.
        (elf_or1k_plt_entry_size): New function.
        (or1k_write_plt_entry): Update to support variable size PLTs.
        (or1k_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Use new or1k_write_plt_entry
        API.
        (or1k_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Update to write large PLTs
        when needed.
        (allocate_dynrelocs): Use elf_or1k_plt_entry_size to account for
        PLT size.

2021-05-06  Stafford Horne  <shorne@gmail.com>

        PR 21464
        * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_relocate_section): Relax R_OR1K_GOT16
        overflow check if we have R_OR1K_GOT_AHI16 followed by
        R_OR1K_GOT16.

2021-05-06  Stafford Horne  <shorne@gmail.com>

        PR 21464
        * bfd-in2.h: Add BFD_RELOC_OR1K_GOT_AHI16 relocation.
        * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_howto_table, or1k_reloc_map): Likewise.
        (or1k_final_link_relocate, or1k_elf_relocate_section,
        or1k_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
        * libbfd.h (bfd_reloc_code_real_names): Likewise.
        * reloc.c: Likewise.

2021-05-06  Stafford Horne  <shorne@gmail.com>

        PR 27624
        * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Change
        condition used to cleanup plt entries to cleanup forced local
        entries.

2021-05-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27825
        * elflink.c (elf_link_output_symstrtab): Always append ".COUNT"
        to local symbols.

2021-05-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * vms-lib.c (vms_traverse_index): Account for vms_kbn size when
        sanity checking keylen.

2021-05-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * libbfd.c (bfd_malloc): Provide some documenation.  Treat a size
        of 0 as 1.
        (bfd_realloc): Likewise.
        (bfd_zmalloc): Likewise.
        (bfd_realloc_or_free): Provide some documentation.  Treat a size
        of 0 as a request to free.
        * libbfd-in.h (bfd_realloc): Remove prototype.
        (bfd_realloc_or_free): Remove prototype.
        (bfd_zmalloc): Remove prototype.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.

2021-05-03  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * elf32-i386.c (elf_howto_table): Switch all 32-bit relocs to
        complain_overflow_dont.
        * elf64-x86-64.c (x86_64_elf_howto_table): Switch all 64-bit
        relocs to complain_overflow_dont.

2021-05-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf32-ppc.c (allocate_dynrelocs): Keep dyn_relocs for undefweak
        symbols when -z dynamic-undefined-weak or when there are no
        dynamic relocs in read-only sections and -z nodynamic-undefined-weak
        is not given.
        * elf64-ppc.c (allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.

2021-05-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf32-ppc.c (allocate_dynrelocs): Call ensure_undef_dynamic for
        weak undefined symols that only appear on PLT relocs.
        * elf64-ppc.c (allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.

2021-05-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27755
        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_inline_plt): Do increment rel in loop.

2021-05-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf32-csky.c (is_mapping_symbol_name): New function.
        (csky_elf_is_target_special_symbol): Likewise.
        (csky_elf_maybe_function_sym): Likewise.
        (bfd_elf32_bfd_is_target_special_symbol): Define.
        (elf_backend_maybe_function_sym): Define.

2021-04-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27801
        * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_core_fetch_environment): Use bfd_get_32 to
        read 32-bit value.

2021-04-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27799
        * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_xtensa_grok_prstatus): Check for core notes
        that are too small.

2021-04-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27797
        * libbfd.c (bfd_realloc_or_free): Do not free a pointer than has
        been realloc'ed to size 0.

2021-04-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27795
        * coff-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff_read_ar_hdr): Check for invalid name
        lengths.

2021-04-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27793
        * som.c (som_slurp_symbol_table): Assign symbols without any scope
        to the undefined section.
        (som_decode_symclass): Check for a missing symbol section.
        * syms.c (bfd_decode_symclass): Likewise.

2021-04-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27792
        * som.c (som_slurp_string_table): Place a terminating NUL byte at
        the end of the table.
        (som_slurp_symbol_table): Check for an over-large offset into the
        string string table.

2021-04-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_maybe_function_sym): Do not accept annobin
        symbols as potential function symbols.
        * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_maybe_function_sym): Likewise.
        * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_maybe_function_sym): Likewise.
        * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_maybe_function_sym): Likewise.

2021-04-26  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>

        * elf-bfd.h: Include stdlib.h.

2021-04-26  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * elf32-i386.c (elf_howto_table): Switch R_386_PC16 to
        complain_overflow_signed.
        * elf64-x86-64.c (x86_64_elf_howto_table): Switch R_X86_64_PC16
        to complain_overflow_signed.

2021-04-23  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@adacore.com>

        * elf.c (special_sections_p): Add .persistent.bss.

2021-04-23  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * elf32-i386.c (elf_howto_table): R_386_TLS_DESC_CALL has zero
        size field.
        * elf64-x86-64.c (x86_64_elf_howto_table): R_X86_64_TLSDESC_CALL
        has zero size field.

2021-04-22  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * hash.c (struct bfd_strtab_hash): Remove xcoff field.
        Add length_field_size field.
        (_bfd_stringtab_init): Change prototype.
        Adapt to new length_field_size.
        (_bfd_xcoff_stringtab_init): Likewise.
        (_bfd_stringtab_add): Likewise.
        (_bfd_stringtab_emit): Likewise.
        * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_xcoff_stringtab_init):
        Change prototype.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
        * xcofflink.c (_bfd_xcoff_bfd_link_hash_table_create):
        Call _bfd_xcoff_stringtab_init with isxcoff64 value.

2021-04-22  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * coff-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff_swap_aux_in): Add errors for
        unsupported storage class or auxialiry entries.
        Improve and adapt to new aux structures.
        Add C_DWARF support.
        (_bfd_xcoff_swap_aux_out): Likewise.
        * coff64-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff64_swap_aux_in): Likewise.
        (_bfd_xcoff64_swap_aux_out): Likewise.

2021-04-21  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>

        PR 27760
        * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XX_print_private_bfd_data_common): Add display
        of IMAGE_FILE_REMOVABLE_RUN_FROM_SWAP,
        IMAGE_FILE_NET_RUN_FROM_SWAP and IMAGE_FILE_UP_SYSTEM_ONLY flags.
        Decode the contents of the DllCharacteristics field.

2021-04-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27759
        * srec.c (srec_read_section): Replace assertions with error
        returns.

2021-04-20  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        PR binutils/21700
        * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_PPC_NEG): New relocation.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
        * coff-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff_reloc_type_lookup): Add
        BFD_RELOC_PPC_NEG handler.
        (xcoff_reloc_type_neg): Correctly substract addend.
        * coff64-rs6000.c (xcoff64_howto_table): Add R_NEG_32
        howto.
        (xcoff64_rtype2howto): Add handler for R_NEG_32.
        (xcoff64_reloc_type_lookup): Add BFD_RELOC_PPC_NEG handler.
        * xcofflink.c (xcoff_need_ldrel_p): Check output section
        for R_POS-like relocations. New argument added.
        (xcoff_mark): Adapt to new xcoff_need_ldrel_p argument.
        (xcoff_link_input_bfd): Likewise.

2021-04-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27567
        * coffcode.h (styp_to_sec_flags): Use an unsigned long styp_flags.
        (coff_write_object_contents): Pass bfd to COFF_ENCODE_ALIGNMENT,
        ignore alignment checks when return is false.  Formatting.

2021-04-15  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        PR27584
        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_elf_is_target_special_symbol): Added to
        omit local and empty symbols since they usually generated to
        mark the auipc instructions.

2021-04-15  Lifang Xia<lifang_xia@c-sky.com>

        * elf32-csky.c (csky_elf_howto_table)
        <R_CKCORE_PCREL_IMM16BY2>: Set special_function to
        bfd_elf_generic_reloc.
        <R_CKCORE_PCREL_IMM16BY4>: Likewise.
        <R_CKCORE_PCREL_IMM10BY4>: Likewise.
        <R_CKCORE_PCREL_IMM18BY2>: Likewise.
        <R_CKCORE_PCREL_FLRW_IMM8BY4>: Likewise.

2021-04-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR binutils/27708
        * elf.c (assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections): Set
        p_memsz to p_filesz for the loadable PT_NOTE segment.

2021-04-14  Frederic Cambus  <fred@statdns.com>

        * elf.c (elfcore_grok_netbsd_note): Remove unneeded #ifdef
        checks for NT_NETBSDCORE_AUXV and NT_NETBSDCORE_LWPSTATUS.

2021-04-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27631
        * elf32-metag.c (elf_metag_relocate_section): Don't use &hh->elf
        when hh might be NULL, test for NULL first.

2021-04-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27630
        * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_size_stubs): Don't use &hash->root when
        hash might be NULL, cast instead.

2021-04-13  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * xcofflink.c (xcoff_link_check_ar_symbols): Update esym earlier.

2021-04-13  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_version_mismatch): Do not report the warning
        when the version of input or output is RISCV_UNKNOWN_VERSION, since
        the extension is added implicitly.
        * elfxx-riscv.c: Updated the obsolete comments.
        (RISCV_UNKNOWN_VERSION): Moved to elfxx-riscv.h.
        * elfxx-riscv.h (RISCV_UNKNOWN_VERSION): Added.

2021-04-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf-bfd.h (ENABLE_CHECKING): Define.
        (elf_link_hash_lookup): Abort if wrong type of hash table.
        * configure.ac (--enable-checking): Add support.
        * config.in: Regenerate.
        * configure: Regenerate.

2021-04-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf-bfd.h (is_elf_hash_table): Convert macro to inline function.
        (elf_link_hash_lookup, elf_link_hash_traverse): Likewise.
        (elf_hash_table, elf_hash_table_id): Likewise.
        * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_setup_section_lists): Delete redundant
        is_elf_hash_table check.
        * elf32-csky.c (elf32_csky_setup_section_lists): Likewise.
        * elf32-hppa.c (clobber_millicode_symbols): Correct param types.
        * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_output_extsym): Likewise.
        * elfnn-ia64.c (elfNN_ia64_global_dyn_info_free: Likewise.
        (elfNN_ia64_global_dyn_sym_thunk: Likewise.
        * elf64-ia64-vms.c (elf64_ia64_global_dyn_info_free): Likewise.
        (elf64_ia64_global_dyn_sym_thunk): Likewise.
        (elf64_vms_link_add_object_symbols): Pass base type of hash table
        to is_elf_hash_table.
        * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_dynamic_symbol_p): Likewise.
        (_bfd_elf_symbol_refs_local_p, _bfd_elf_add_dynamic_entry): Likewise.
        (_bfd_elf_strip_zero_sized_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        (_bfd_elf_link_check_relocs, elf_link_add_object_symbols): Likewise.
        (bfd_elf_final_link): Likewise.
        * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_setup_section_lists): Likewise.
        * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_set_toc): Likewise.  Use bfd_link_hash_lookup.

2021-04-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data): Return bfd_link_hash_entry*
        from elf_backend_archive_symbol_lookup.
        (_bfd_elf_archive_symbol_lookup): Return bfd_link_hash_entry*.
        * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_archive_symbol_lookup): Likewise.  Check
        we have a ppc_hash_table before accessing ppc_link_hash_entry
        fields.
        * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_archive_symbol_lookup): Return
        bfd_link_hash_entry*.
        (elf_link_add_archive_symbols): Adjust to suit.

2021-04-12  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfxx-riscv.c (riscv_parse_std_ext): Fixed the wrong versions of
        i-ext when expanding g-ext.

2021-04-12  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfxx-riscv.c (riscv_ext_dont_care_version): Removed.
        (riscv_parse_add_subset): Always add the implicit extensions, even if
        their versions are RISCV_UNKNOWN_VERSION.
        (riscv_parse_std_ext): Delay to add i-ext as the implicit extension
        in the riscv_parse_add_implicit_subsets.  Besides, add g-ext as the
        implicit extension after it has been expanded.
        (riscv_parse_add_implicit_subsets): Updated.

2021-04-12  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfxx-riscv.c (riscv_std_z_ext_strtab): Moved forward.
        (riscv_std_s_ext_strtab): Likewise.
        (riscv_std_h_ext_strtab): Likewise.
        (riscv_std_zxm_ext_strtab): Added for the zxm prefix.
        (enum riscv_prefix_ext_class): Moved forward and renamed from
        riscv_isa_ext_class.  Reorder them according to the parsing order,
        since the enum values are used to check the orders in the
        riscv_compare_subsets.
        (struct riscv_parse_prefix_config): Moved forward and renamed from
        riscv_parse_config_t.  Also removed the ext_valid_p field, the
        related functions are replaced by riscv_valid_prefixed_ext.
        (parse_config): Moved forward and updated.  The more letters of the
        prefix string, the more forward it must be defined.  Otherwise, we
        will get the wrong mapping when using strncmp in riscv_get_prefix_class.
        (riscv_get_prefix_class): Moved forward.  Support to parse the
        multi-letter prefix, like zxm.
        (riscv_known_prefixed_ext): New function, check if the prefixed
        extension is supported according to the right riscv_std_*_ext_strtab.
        (riscv_valid_prefixed_ext): New function, used to replace the
        riscv_ext_*_valid_p functions.
        (riscv_init_ext_order): Do not set the values for prefix keywords
        since they may have multiple letters for now.
        (riscv_compare_subsets): Set the order values of prefix keywords
        to negative numbers according to the riscv_prefix_ext_class.
        (riscv_parse_std_ext): Call riscv_get_prefix_class to see if we
        have parsed the prefixed extensions.
        (riscv_parse_prefixed_ext): Updated and removed the parameter config.
        Report error when the prefix is unknown.
        (riscv_parse_subset): Do not parse the prefixed extensions according
        to the orders in the parse_config.  Remove the confused message and
        let riscv_parse_prefixed_ext to report the details.
        * elfxx-riscv.h (enum riscv_isa_ext_class): Moved to elfxx-riscv.c.
        (riscv_get_prefix_class): Removed to static.

2021-04-08  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>

        * configure.ac (ACX_BUGURL): Use https://.
        * configure.com (COPY_TEXT): Likewise.
        * configure: Regenerate.

2021-04-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * configure.ac: Don't check for long long or long double type.
        Don't check for alloca.h, limits.h, stddef.h, stdlib.h, string.h,
        strings.h, time.h, wchar.h, wctype.h or sys/time.h.  Don't check
        for strtoull, free, malloc, realloc, getenv, strstr, snprintf,
        vsnprintf, strlen or setitimer.  Sort AC_CHECK_DECLS.
        (AC_ISC_POSIX): Don't invoke.
        (AC_HEADER_TIME, AC_HEADER_DIRENT, ACX_HEADER_STRING): Likewise.
        * sysdep.h: Remove many HAVE_*_H checks and fallback declarations.
        Do test HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H.  Don't include sys/time.h.  Reorder
        header order as per automake AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT.
        * bfd-in.h: Include inttypes.h unconditionally.
        * bfd.c (_bfd_doprnt, _bfd_doprnt_scan): Assume long long and
        long double are available.
        (bfd_scan_vma): Assume long long and strtoull are available.
        * elflink.c: Include limits.h unconditionally.
        * elfnn-riscv.c: Likewise.
        * wasm-module.c: Likewise.
        * hpux-core.c: Include dirent.h unconditionally.
        * trad-core.c: Likewise.
        * hosts/x86-64linux.h: Include stdlib.h unconditionally.
        * peXXigen.c: Remove HAVE_WCHAR_H and HAVE_WCTYPE_H checks.
        * elf32-m68hc1x.c: Don't include alloca-conf.h.
        * elf64-hppa.c: Likewise.
        * som.c: Likewise.
        * wasm-module.c: Likewise.
        * xsym.c: Likewise.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * config.in: Regenerate.
        * configure: Regenerate.

2021-04-01  Tamar Christina  <tamar.christina@arm.com>

        PR ld/26659
        * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section): Ignore overflow.

2021-04-01  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>

        * ecoff.c (strneq): Remove strneq and use startswith.
        (_bfd_ecoff_slurp_armap): Likewise.

2021-04-01  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>

        * elf-bfd.h (bfd_section_is_ctf): Use startswith function.
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Likewise.
        (elf_get_reloc_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_elf_section_flags): Likewise.
        * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        (nds32_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        (nds32_elf_action_discarded): Likewise.
        (nds32_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
        (nds32_elf_section_flags): Likewise.
        * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_check_relocs): Likewise.
        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_section_from_shdr): Likewise.
        * elf32-rx.c (rx_table_find): Likewise.
        (rx_table_map): Likewise.
        * elf32-spu.c (spu_elf_backend_symbol_processing): Likewise.
        (spu_elf_find_overlays): Likewise.
        (needs_ovl_stub): Likewise.
        (allocate_spuear_stubs): Likewise.
        (build_spuear_stubs): Likewise.
        (mark_overlay_section): Likewise.
        (spu_elf_auto_overlay): Likewise.
        (spu_elf_output_symbol_hook): Likewise.
        * elf32-tilepro.c (tilepro_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf32-xtensa.c (xtensa_property_section_name): Likewise.
        * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_section_flags): Likewise.
        (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elflink.c (resolve_section): Likewise.
        (UNARY_OP): Likewise.
        (BINARY_OP_HEAD): Likewise.
        (elf_link_input_bfd): Likewise.
        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elfxx-riscv.c (riscv_parse_subset): Likewise.
        * elfxx-tilegx.c (tilegx_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * opncls.c (get_build_id): Likewise.

2021-03-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27671
        * bfd-in.h: Don't poison FALSE or TRUE.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.

2021-03-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * sysdep.h: POISON_BFD_BOOLEAN: Define.
        * aix5ppc-core.c, * aout-cris.c, * aout-ns32k.c, * aout-target.h,
        * aoutx.h, * arc-got.h, * archive.c, * archive64.c, * archures.c,
        * bfd-in.h, * bfd.c, * bfdwin.c, * binary.c, * cache.c,
        * coff-alpha.c, * coff-arm.c, * coff-arm.h, * coff-bfd.c,
        * coff-bfd.h, * coff-go32.c, * coff-i386.c, * coff-ia64.c,
        * coff-mcore.c, * coff-mips.c, * coff-rs6000.c, * coff-sh.c,
        * coff-stgo32.c, * coff-tic30.c, * coff-tic4x.c, * coff-tic54x.c,
        * coff-x86_64.c, * coff-z80.c, * coff-z8k.c, * coff64-rs6000.c,
        * coffcode.h, * coffgen.c, * cofflink.c, * compress.c,
        * corefile.c, * cpu-aarch64.c, * cpu-aarch64.h, * cpu-alpha.c,
        * cpu-arc.c, * cpu-arm.c, * cpu-arm.h, * cpu-avr.c, * cpu-bfin.c,
        * cpu-bpf.c, * cpu-cr16.c, * cpu-cris.c, * cpu-crx.c,
        * cpu-csky.c, * cpu-d10v.c, * cpu-d30v.c, * cpu-dlx.c,
        * cpu-epiphany.c, * cpu-fr30.c, * cpu-frv.c, * cpu-ft32.c,
        * cpu-h8300.c, * cpu-hppa.c, * cpu-i386.c, * cpu-ia64.c,
        * cpu-iamcu.c, * cpu-ip2k.c, * cpu-iq2000.c, * cpu-k1om.c,
        * cpu-l1om.c, * cpu-lm32.c, * cpu-m10200.c, * cpu-m10300.c,
        * cpu-m32c.c, * cpu-m32r.c, * cpu-m68hc11.c, * cpu-m68hc12.c,
        * cpu-m68k.c, * cpu-m9s12x.c, * cpu-m9s12xg.c, * cpu-mcore.c,
        * cpu-mep.c, * cpu-metag.c, * cpu-microblaze.c, * cpu-mips.c,
        * cpu-mmix.c, * cpu-moxie.c, * cpu-msp430.c, * cpu-mt.c,
        * cpu-nds32.c, * cpu-nfp.c, * cpu-nios2.c, * cpu-ns32k.c,
        * cpu-or1k.c, * cpu-pdp11.c, * cpu-pj.c, * cpu-powerpc.c,
        * cpu-pru.c, * cpu-riscv.c, * cpu-rl78.c, * cpu-rs6000.c,
        * cpu-rx.c, * cpu-s12z.c, * cpu-s390.c, * cpu-score.c,
        * cpu-sh.c, * cpu-sparc.c, * cpu-spu.c, * cpu-tic30.c,
        * cpu-tic4x.c, * cpu-tic54x.c, * cpu-tic6x.c, * cpu-tilegx.c,
        * cpu-tilepro.c, * cpu-v850.c, * cpu-v850_rh850.c, * cpu-vax.c,
        * cpu-visium.c, * cpu-wasm32.c, * cpu-xc16x.c, * cpu-xgate.c,
        * cpu-xstormy16.c, * cpu-xtensa.c, * cpu-z80.c, * cpu-z8k.c,
        * dwarf1.c, * dwarf2.c, * ecoff-bfd.h, * ecoff.c, * ecofflink.c,
        * elf-attrs.c, * elf-bfd.h, * elf-eh-frame.c, * elf-hppa.h,
        * elf-ifunc.c, * elf-m10200.c, * elf-m10300.c, * elf-nacl.c,
        * elf-nacl.h, * elf-properties.c, * elf-s390-common.c,
        * elf-s390.h, * elf-strtab.c, * elf-vxworks.c, * elf-vxworks.h,
        * elf.c, * elf32-am33lin.c, * elf32-arc.c, * elf32-arm.c,
        * elf32-arm.h, * elf32-avr.c, * elf32-avr.h, * elf32-bfin.c,
        * elf32-bfin.h, * elf32-cr16.c, * elf32-cr16.h, * elf32-cris.c,
        * elf32-crx.c, * elf32-csky.c, * elf32-csky.h, * elf32-d10v.c,
        * elf32-d30v.c, * elf32-dlx.c, * elf32-epiphany.c,
        * elf32-fr30.c, * elf32-frv.c, * elf32-ft32.c, * elf32-gen.c,
        * elf32-h8300.c, * elf32-hppa.c, * elf32-hppa.h, * elf32-i386.c,
        * elf32-ip2k.c, * elf32-iq2000.c, * elf32-lm32.c, * elf32-m32c.c,
        * elf32-m32r.c, * elf32-m68hc11.c, * elf32-m68hc12.c,
        * elf32-m68hc1x.c, * elf32-m68hc1x.h, * elf32-m68k.c,
        * elf32-m68k.h, * elf32-mcore.c, * elf32-mep.c, * elf32-metag.c,
        * elf32-metag.h, * elf32-microblaze.c, * elf32-mips.c,
        * elf32-moxie.c, * elf32-msp430.c, * elf32-mt.c, * elf32-nds32.c,
        * elf32-nios2.c, * elf32-nios2.h, * elf32-or1k.c, * elf32-pj.c,
        * elf32-ppc.c, * elf32-ppc.h, * elf32-pru.c, * elf32-rl78.c,
        * elf32-rx.c, * elf32-s12z.c, * elf32-s390.c, * elf32-score.c,
        * elf32-score.h, * elf32-score7.c, * elf32-sh-relocs.h,
        * elf32-sh.c, * elf32-sparc.c, * elf32-spu.c, * elf32-spu.h,
        * elf32-tic6x.c, * elf32-tic6x.h, * elf32-tilegx.c,
        * elf32-tilepro.c, * elf32-v850.c, * elf32-v850.h,
        * elf32-vax.c, * elf32-visium.c, * elf32-wasm32.c,
        * elf32-xc16x.c, * elf32-xgate.c, * elf32-xstormy16.c,
        * elf32-xtensa.c, * elf32-z80.c, * elf64-alpha.c, * elf64-bpf.c,
        * elf64-gen.c, * elf64-hppa.c, * elf64-ia64-vms.c,
        * elf64-mips.c, * elf64-mmix.c, * elf64-nfp.c, * elf64-ppc.c,
        * elf64-ppc.h, * elf64-s390.c, * elf64-sparc.c,
        * elf64-tilegx.c, * elf64-x86-64.c, * elfcode.h,
        * elfcore.h, * elflink.c, * elfn32-mips.c, * elfnn-aarch64.c,
        * elfnn-ia64.c, * elfnn-riscv.c, * elfxx-aarch64.c,
        * elfxx-aarch64.h, * elfxx-ia64.c, * elfxx-ia64.h,
        * elfxx-mips.c, * elfxx-mips.h, * elfxx-riscv.c, * elfxx-riscv.h,
        * elfxx-sparc.c, * elfxx-sparc.h, * elfxx-target.h,
        * elfxx-tilegx.c, * elfxx-tilegx.h, * elfxx-x86.c, * elfxx-x86.h,
        * format.c, * genlink.h, * hash.c, * i386aout.c, * i386lynx.c,
        * i386msdos.c, * ihex.c, * libaout.h, * libbfd-in.h,
        * libbfd.c, * libcoff-in.h, * libecoff.h, * libpei.h,
        * libxcoff.h, * linker.c, * mach-o-aarch64.c, * mach-o-arm.c,
        * mach-o-i386.c, * mach-o-x86-64.c, * mach-o.c, * mach-o.h,
        * merge.c, * mmo.c, * netbsd.h, * opncls.c, * pc532-mach.c,
        * pdp11.c, * pe-arm.c, * pe-i386.c, * pe-mcore.c, * pe-sh.c,
        * pe-x86_64.c, * peXXigen.c, * pef.c, * pei-arm.c, * pei-i386.c,
        * pei-ia64.c, * pei-mcore.c, * pei-sh.c, * pei-x86_64.c,
        * peicode.h, * plugin.c, * plugin.h, * ppcboot.c, * reloc.c,
        * reloc16.c, * rs6000-core.c, * section.c, * simple.c, * som.c,
        * som.h, * srec.c, * stabs.c, * syms.c, * targets.c, * tekhex.c,
        * verilog.c, * vms-alpha.c, * vms-lib.c, * vms-misc.c, * vms.h,
        * wasm-module.c, * xcofflink.c, * xcofflink.h, * xsym.c,
        * xsym.h: Replace bfd_boolean with bool, FALSE with false, and
        TRUE with true throughout.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
        * libcoff.h: Regenerate.

2021-03-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * bfd-in.h: Include stdbool.h.
        (bfd_boolean): Define as bool
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.

2021-03-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * .gitignore: Delete bfd_stdint.h entry.
        * Makefile.am (bfdinclude_HEADERS): Delete bfd_stdint.h.
        (BUILD_HFILES, LOCAL_H_DEPS): Likewise.
        * bfd-in.h: Include stdint.h in place of bfd_stdint.h.
        * configure.ac: Don't invoke GCC_HEADER_STDINT.
        * configure.com: Don't create bfd_stdint.h.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * config.in: Regenerate.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * po/BLD-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.

2021-03-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * bfd-in.h: Include string.h.
        (LITMEMCPY, LITSTRCPY): Delete.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.

2021-03-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Don't set h->indx
        unless is_elf_hash_table.

2021-03-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * aoutx.h (aout_link_write_symbols): Don't cast boolean expression
        to bfd_boolean.
        * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_set_got_and_rela_sizes): Dont compare booleans
        against FALSE.
        * elf32-arc.c (name_for_global_symbol): Don't compare boolean to TRUE.
        (is_reloc_PC_relative): Don't use "boolean_condition ? TRUE : FALSE".
        (is_reloc_SDA_relative, is_reloc_for_GOT): Likewise.
        (is_reloc_for_PLT, is_reloc_for_TLS): Likewise.
        * elf32-arm.c (stm32l4xx_need_create_replacing_stub): Likewise.
        * elf32-nds32.c (insert_nds32_elf_blank): Likewise.
        * elf32-rx.c (rx_set_section_contents): Likewise.
        * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Likewise.
        * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_ignore_undef_symbol): Likewise.
        * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_read_command): Likewise.
        * targets.c (bfd_get_target_info): Likewise.

2021-03-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * coff-z80.c (z80_is_local_label_name): Return bfd_boolean.
        * elf32-z80.c (z80_is_local_label_name): Likewise.
        * elf32-spu.c (spu_elf_modify_headers): Likewise.
        * elf32-nds32.h (struct elf_nds32_link_hash_table <hyper_relax>):
        Change type to int.
        * vms-lib.c (_bfd_vms_lib_write_archive_contents): Correct test
        for error return from vms_write_data_block.

2021-03-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_finish_local_dynamic_symbol): Return int.
        * elf64-ia64-vms.c (elf64_ia64_local_dyn_info_free): Likewise.
        (elf64_ia64_local_dyn_sym_thunk): Likewise.
        * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_finish_local_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
        * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_allocate_local_ifunc_dynrelocs),
        (elfNN_aarch64_finish_local_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
        * elfnn-ia64.c (elfNN_ia64_local_dyn_info_free): Likewise.
        (elfNN_ia64_local_dyn_sym_thunk): Likewise.
        * elfnn-riscv.c (allocate_local_ifunc_dynrelocs): Likewise.
        (riscv_pcrel_reloc_eq): Likewise.
        (riscv_elf_finish_local_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
        * elfxx-sparc.c (allocate_local_dynrelocs): Likewise.
        (finish_local_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
        * elfxx-x86.c (elf_x86_allocate_local_dynreloc): Likewise.
        * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_resolve_got_page_ref): Likewise.
        (mips_elf_count_got_symbols): Change return type to bfd_boolean.

2021-03-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elflink.c (elf_link_output_symstrtab): Make flinfo parameter
        a void pointer.
        (bfd_elf_final_link): Delete out_sym_func typedef and don't cast
        elf_link_output_symstrtab when calling output_arch_syms and
        output_arch_local_syms.
        * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data <elf_backend_output_arch_syms,
        elf_backend_output_arch_local_syms>): Change return type of func
        arg to match elf_link_output_symstrtab.
        * elf-vxworks.h (elf_vxworks_link_output_symbol_hook): Correct
        return type.
        * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_output_symbol_hook): Correct return type.
        (nds32_elf_output_arch_syms): Correct func return type.

2021-03-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf-m10200.c (mn10200_elf_relocate_section): Return int.
        * elf-m10300.c (mn10300_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-avr.c (elf32_avr_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-bfin.c (bfin_relocate_section): Likewise.
        (bfinfdpic_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-cr16.c (elf32_cr16_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-cris.c (cris_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-crx.c (elf32_crx_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-csky.c (csky_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-d10v.c (elf32_d10v_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-epiphany.c (epiphany_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-fr30.c (fr30_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-frv.c (elf32_frv_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-ft32.c (ft32_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-h8300.c (elf32_h8_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-hppa.c (elf32_hppa_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-ip2k.c (ip2k_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-iq2000.c (iq2000_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-lm32.c (lm32_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-m32c.c (m32c_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-m68hc1x.c (elf32_m68hc11_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-m68hc1x.h (elf32_m68hc11_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-m68k.c (elf_m68k_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-mcore.c (mcore_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-mep.c (mep_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-metag.c (elf_metag_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-moxie.c (moxie_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-msp430.c (elf32_msp430_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-mt.c (mt_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-nios2.c (nios2_elf32_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-or1k.c (or1k_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-pru.c (pru_elf32_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-rl78.c (rl78_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-rx.c (rx_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-score.c (s3_bfd_score_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        (_bfd_score_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-score.h (s7_bfd_score_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-score7.c (s7_bfd_score_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-tic6x.c (elf32_tic6x_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-tilepro.c (tilepro_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-vax.c (elf_vax_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-visium.c (visium_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-xc16x.c (elf32_xc16x_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-xstormy16.c (xstormy16_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_xtensa_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf32-z80.c (z80_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_relocate_section_r): Likewise.
        (elf64_alpha_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf64-bpf.c (bpf_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf64-hppa.c (elf64_hppa_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf64-ia64-vms.c (elf64_ia64_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf64-mmix.c (mmix_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elfnn-ia64.c (elfNN_ia64_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elfxx-mips.h (_bfd_mips_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elfxx-sparc.h (_bfd_sparc_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elfxx-tilegx.c (tilegx_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * elfxx-tilegx.h (tilegx_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.

2021-03-26  Keith Seitz  <keiths@redhat.com>

        * elfcore.h (_bfd_elf_core_find_build_id): Seek file
        offset of program headers after calling elf_read_notes.

2021-03-23  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * dwarf2.c (read_indexed_string): Rename index to idx.

2021-03-22  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>

        * bfd-in.h (startswith): Add startswith function.
        (CONST_STRNEQ): Remove.
        * bfd-in2.h (startswith): Regenerate with make headers.
        * archive.c (bfd_slurp_armap): Replace usage of CONST_STRNEQ with startswith.
        (_bfd_slurp_extended_name_table): Likewise.
        * archive64.c (_bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap): Likewise.
        * bfd.c (bfd_get_sign_extend_vma): Likewise.
        (bfd_convert_section_size): Likewise.
        (bfd_convert_section_contents): Likewise.
        * coff-stgo32.c (go32exe_create_stub): Likewise.
        (go32exe_check_format): Likewise.
        * coffcode.h (styp_to_sec_flags): Likewise.
        (GNU_DEBUGALTLINK): Likewise.
        * coffgen.c (_bfd_coff_section_already_linked): Likewise.
        (coff_gc_sweep): Likewise.
        (bfd_coff_gc_sections): Likewise.
        * cofflink.c (coff_link_add_symbols): Likewise.
        (process_embedded_commands): Likewise.
        * compress.c (bfd_is_section_compressed_with_header): Likewise.
        (bfd_init_section_decompress_status): Likewise.
        * dwarf2.c (find_debug_info): Likewise.
        (place_sections): Likewise.
        * ecoff.c (_bfd_ecoff_slurp_armap): Likewise.
        * elf-m10300.c (_bfd_mn10300_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Likewise.
        (assign_section_numbers): Likewise.
        (elfcore_grok_win32pstatus): Likewise.
        * elf32-arm.c (cmse_scan): Likewise.
        (elf32_arm_gc_mark_extra_sections): Likewise.
        (elf32_arm_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        (is_arm_elf_unwind_section_name): Likewise.
        * elf32-bfin.c (bfin_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf32-cr16.c (_bfd_cr16_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf32-cris.c (elf_cris_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf32-csky.c (csky_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf32-hppa.c (elf32_hppa_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf32-iq2000.c (iq2000_elf_check_relocs): 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-msp430.c (msp430_elf_relax_delete_bytes): 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 (is_tic6x_elf_unwind_section_name): Likewise.
        (elf32_tic6x_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf32-vax.c (elf_vax_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_xtensa_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        (xtensa_is_insntable_section): Likewise.
        (xtensa_is_littable_section): Likewise.
        (xtensa_is_proptable_section): Likewise.
        (xtensa_property_section_name): Likewise.
        (xtensa_callback_required_dependence): Likewise.
        * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf64-hppa.c (elf64_hppa_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf64-ia64-vms.c (is_unwind_section_name): Likewise.
        (get_reloc_section): Likewise.
        (elf64_ia64_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        (elf64_ia64_object_p): Likewise.
        * elf64-mmix.c (mmix_elf_add_symbol_hook): Likewise.
        * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Likewise.
        (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_extra_sections): Likewise.
        (bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame_entries): Likewise.
        (_bfd_elf_section_already_linked): Likewise.
        * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elfnn-ia64.c (is_unwind_section_name): Likewise.
        (elfNN_ia64_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        (elfNN_ia64_object_p): Likewise.
        * elfxx-mips.c (FN_STUB_P): Likewise.
        (CALL_STUB_P): Likewise.
        (CALL_FP_STUB_P): Likewise.
        (_bfd_mips_elf_section_from_shdr): Likewise.
        (_bfd_mips_elf_fake_sections): Likewise.
        (_bfd_mips_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        (_bfd_mips_final_write_processing): Likewise.
        (_bfd_mips_elf_final_link): Likewise.
        * elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        * elfxx-x86.c (elf_i386_is_reloc_section): Likewise.
        (elf_x86_64_is_reloc_section): Likewise.
        * hpux-core.c (thread_section_p): Likewise.
        * libcoff.h (bfd_pei_p): Likewise.
        * linker.c (REAL): Likewise.
        (unwrap_hash_lookup): Likewise.
        (_bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol): Likewise.
        * mmo.c (mmo_internal_write_section): Likewise.
        * osf-core.c (osf_core_core_file_p): Likewise.
        * pef.c (bfd_pef_print_symbol): Likewise.
        * pei-x86_64.c (pex64_print_all_pdata_sections): Likewise.
        * som.c (som_slurp_symbol_table): Likewise.
        (som_slurp_armap): Likewise.
        * wasm-module.c (wasm_compute_custom_section_file_position): Likewise.

2021-03-22  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_swap_scnhdr_out): Add missing
        language translation wrapping to _bfd_error_handler()
        invocations.

2021-03-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * bfd-in.h (startswith): New inline.
        (CONST_STRNEQ): Use startswith.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.

2021-03-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27590
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Remove SHF_EXCLUDE
        test for .gnu.debuglto*.

2021-03-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27590
        * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Treat
        .gnu.debuglto_.debug_ section as debugging section unless it is
        marked with SHF_EXCLUDE.
        * elflink.c (elf_create_symbuf): Revert commit 994b2513281.
        (bfd_elf_match_symbols_in_sections): Ignore section symbols when
        matching non-debugging sections or linkonce section with comdat
        section.

2021-03-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27587
        * dwarf2.c (read_attribute_value): Check version >= 3 for
        DW_FORM_ref_addr.

2021-03-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_swap_aux_out): Avoid potential buffer
        overrun by using sizeof of the destination x_fname field as the
        limit for a memcpy.

2021-03-16  Kuan-Lin Chen  <kuanlinchentw@gmail.com>

        * elfxx-riscv.c (riscv_std_z_ext_strtab): Add zba, zbb and zbc.

2021-03-12  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_PPC_TLS_LE, BFD_RELOC_PPC_TLS_IE,
        BFD_RELOC_PPC_TLS_M, BFD_RELOC_PPC_TLS_ML, BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TLS_GD,
        BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TLS_LD, BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TLS_LE,
        BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TLS_IE, BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TLS_M,
        BFD_RELOC_PPC64_TLS_ML): New relocations.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
        * coff-rs6000.c (xcoff_calculate_relocation): Call
        xcoff_reloc_type_tls for TLS relocations.
        (xcoff_howto_table): Implement TLS relocations.
        (_bfd_xcoff_reloc_type_lookup): Add cases TLS relocations.
        (xcoff_reloc_type_tls): New function.
        * coff64-rs6000.c (xcoff_calculate_relocation): Likewise.
        (xcoff_howto_table): Likewise.
        (_bfd_xcoff_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.
        * coffcode.h (sec_to_styp_flags): Handle TLS sections.
        (styp_to_sec_flags): Likewise.
        (coff_compute_section_file_positions): Avoid file offset
        optimisation for .data when the previous section is .tdata.
        (coff_write_object_contents): Handle TLS sections.
        * coffswap.h (coff_swap_aouthdr_out): Add support for
        new fields in aouthdr.
        * libxcoff.h (xcoff_reloc_type_tls): Add prototype.
        * xcofflink.c (xcoff_link_add_symbols): Handle XMC_UL.
        (xcoff_need_ldrel_p): Add cases for TLS relocations.
        (xcoff_create_ldrel): Add l_symndx for TLS sections.

2021-03-12  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * reloc.c (BFD_RELOC_PPC_TOC16_HI, BFD_RELOC_PPC_TOC16_LO):
        New relocations.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
        * coff-rs6000.c (xcoff_calculate_relocation): Call
        xcoff_reloc_type_toc for R_TOCU and R_TOCL.
        (xcoff_howto_table): Remove src_mask for TOC relocations.
        Add R_TOCU and R_TOCL howtos.
        (_bfd_xcoff_reloc_type_lookup): Add cases for
        BFD_RELOC_PPC_TOC16_HI and BFD_RELOC_PPC_TOC16_LO.
        (xcoff_reloc_type_toc): Compute the whole offset.
        Implement R_TOCU and R_TOCL.
        * coff64-rs6000.c (xcoff64_calculate_relocation):
        Likewise.
        (xcoff64_howto_table): Likewise.
        (xcoff64_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.

2021-03-12  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * coff-rs6000.c (xcoff_calculate_relocation): Correct and
        add new relocations.
        (xcoff_howto_table): Likewise.
        (xcoff_rtype2howto): Increase r_type maximum value.
        (xcoff_ppc_relocate_section): Reuse predefined HOWTOs instead
        of create a new one from scratch.  Enable only some relocations
        to have a changing r_size.
        * coff64-rs6000.c (xcoff64_calculate_relocation): Likewise.
        (xcoff64_howto_table): Likewise.
        (xcoff64_rtype2howto): Likewise.
        (xcoff64_ppc_relocate_section): Likewise.
        * libxcoff.h (XCOFF_MAX_CALCULATE_RELOCATION): Fix value.

2021-03-12  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * coff64-rs6000.c (xcoff64_ppc_relocate_section): Move.

2021-03-12  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * coff64-rs6000.c (xcoff64_write_object_contents): Remove.
        * coffcode.h (coff_write_object_contents): Add bfd_mach_ppc_620
        support for o_cputype field.  Avoid creating an empty a.out header
        for XCOFF64.

2021-03-12  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * coff64-rs6000.c (xcoff64_create_csect_from_smclas): Add
        missing smclass.

2021-03-11  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_elf_link_hash_table): New boolean
        restart_relax, used to check if we need to run the whole
        relaxations from relax pass 0 to 2 again.
        (riscv_elf_link_hash_table_create): Init restart_relax to FALSE.
        (_bfd_riscv_relax_align): Remove obsolete sec_flg0 set.
        (_bfd_riscv_relax_delete): Set again to TRUE if we do delete the code.
        (bfd_elfNN_riscv_restart_relax_sections): New function.  Called by
        after_allocation to check if we need to run the whole relaxations again.
        (_bfd_riscv_relax_section): We will only enter into the relax pass 3
        when the restart_relax is FALSE; At last set restart_relax to TRUE if
        again is TRUE, too.
        * elfxx-riscv.h (bfd_elf32_riscv_restart_relax_sections): Declaration.
        (bfd_elf64_riscv_restart_relax_sections): Likewise.

2021-03-10  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_write_global_sym): Range-check symbol
        offset.

2021-03-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
            Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * elf.c (bfd_elf_generic_reloc): Make references between debug
        sections use section relative values.

2021-03-09  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_swap_scnhdr_out): Diagnose out of range RVA.

2021-03-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27425
        PR ld/27432
        * bfd.c (_bfd_get_link_info): New function.
        * elf-bfd.h (output_elf_obj_tdata): Add link_info.
        (elf_link_info): New.
        * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_get_link_info): New prototype.
        * coff-x86_64.c (coff_amd64_reloc): Also subtract __ImageBase for
        R_AMD64_IMAGEBASE when generating x86-64 ELF executable.
        * pe-x86_64.c: Include "coff/internal.h" and "libcoff.h".
        (pex64_link_add_symbols): New function.
        (coff_bfd_link_add_symbols): New macro.
        * libbfd.h: Regenerated.

2021-03-05  Craig Blackmore  <craig.blackmore@embecosm.com>
            Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>

        * elf-bfd.h (elfcore_write_riscv_csr): Declare.
        * elf.c (elfcore_grok_riscv_csr): New function.
        (elfcore_grok_note): Handle NT_RISCV_CSR.
        (elfcore_write_riscv_csr): New function.
        (elfcore_write_register_note): Handle '.reg-riscv-csr'.

2021-03-05  Craig Blackmore  <craig.blackmore@embecosm.com>
            Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>

        * elfnn-riscv.c (PRPSINFO_PR_FNAME_LENGTH): Define.
        (PRPSINFO_PR_PSARGS_LENGTH): Define.
        (riscv_write_core_note): New function.
        (riscv_elf_grok_psinfo): Make use of two new length defines.
        (elf_backend_write_core_note): Define.

2021-03-05  Craig Blackmore  <craig.blackmore@embecosm.com>
            Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>

        * elf-bfd.h (elfcore_write_gdb_tdesc): Declare new function.
        * elf.c (elfcore_grok_gdb_tdesc): New function.
        (elfcore_grok_note): Handle NT_GDB_TDESC.
        (elfcore_write_gdb_tdesc): New function.
        (elfcore_write_register_note): Handle NT_GDB_TDESC.

2021-03-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27521
        * dwarf2.c (is_str_attr): Add DW_FORM_strx* forms.
        (read_indexed_string): Placeholder function.
        (read_attribute_value): Handle DW_FORM_strx* and DW_FORM_addrx*
        forms.

2021-03-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * reloc.c (bfd_perform_relocation): Revert 2021-01-12 and
        2020-09-16 changes.
        * coff-x86_64.c (coff_amd64_reloc): Do more or less the same
        adjustments here instead.  Separate pc-relative adjustments
        from symbol related adjustments.  Tidy comments and formatting.

2021-03-04  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * coffcode.h (sec_to_styp_flags): Don't set IMAGE_SCN_LNK_* in
        final PE images.

2021-03-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * rs6000-core.c (rs6000coff_core_p): Correct prototype.

2021-03-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27500
        * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec): Do special start/stop
        processing not when start/stop symbol section is unmarked but
        on first time a start/stop symbol is processed.

2021-03-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * reloc.c: Include x86_64.h rather than internal.h.

2021-03-02  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27484
        * dwarf2.c (scan_unit_for_symbols): Scan twice, once to accumulate
        function and variable tags and a second time to resolve their
        attributes.

2021-03-02  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>

        * elf-strtab.c (_bfd_elf_strtab_str): Skip strings with zero refcount.

2021-03-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27451
        * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_gc_mark_dynamic_ref): Ignore synthesized
        linker defined start/stop symbols when start_stop_gc.

2021-03-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Don't optimise got
        indirect to pc-relative or toc-relative for undefined symbols.

2021-03-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
            Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com>

        * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec): Ignore synthesized linker
        defined start/stop symbols when start_stop_gc.
        (bfd_elf_gc_mark_dynamic_ref_symbol): Likewise.
        (bfd_elf_define_start_stop): Don't modify ldscript_def syms.
        * linker.c (bfd_generic_define_start_stop): Likewise.

2021-02-25  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27441
        * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_link_hash_entry): Add ref_ir_nonweak.
        * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Set ref_ir_nonweak and
        use when deciding an as-needed library should be loaded instead
        of using the binding of the library definition.

2021-02-24  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27459
        * coff-stgo32.c (go32exe_check_format): Sanity check size of
        header to avoid a buffer overflow.

2021-02-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * coff-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff_reloc_type_lookup): Remove BFD_RELOC_16.
        * coff64-rs6000.c (xcoff64_reloc_type_lookup): Likewise.

2021-02-19  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        PR 27158
        * elfnn-riscv.c (perform_relocation): Updated encoding macros.
        (_bfd_riscv_relax_call): Likewise.
        (_bfd_riscv_relax_lui): Likewise.
        * elfxx-riscv.c (howto_table): Likewise.

2021-02-18  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * Makefile.am: Added cpu-riscv.h.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
        * po/SRC-POTFILES.in: Regenerated.
        * cpu-riscv.h: Added to support spec versions controlling.
        Also added extern arrays and functions for cpu-riscv.c.
        (enum riscv_spec_class): Define all spec classes here uniformly.
        (struct riscv_spec): Added for all specs.
        (RISCV_GET_SPEC_CLASS): Added to reduce repeated code.
        (RISCV_GET_SPEC_NAME): Likewise.
        (RISCV_GET_ISA_SPEC_CLASS): Added to get ISA spec class.
        (RISCV_GET_PRIV_SPEC_CLASS): Added to get privileged spec class.
        (RISCV_GET_PRIV_SPEC_NAME): Added to get privileged spec name.
        * cpu-riscv.c (struct priv_spec_t): Replaced with struct riscv_spec.
        (riscv_get_priv_spec_class): Replaced with RISCV_GET_PRIV_SPEC_CLASS.
        (riscv_get_priv_spec_name): Replaced with RISCV_GET_PRIV_SPEC_NAME.
        (riscv_priv_specs): Moved below.
        (riscv_get_priv_spec_class_from_numbers): Likewise, updated.
        (riscv_isa_specs): Moved from include/opcode/riscv.h.
        * elfnn-riscv.c: Included cpu-riscv.h.
        (riscv_merge_attributes): Initialize in_priv_spec and out_priv_spec.
        * elfxx-riscv.c: Included cpu-riscv.h and opcode/riscv.h.
        (RISCV_UNKNOWN_VERSION): Moved from include/opcode/riscv.h.
        * elfxx-riscv.h: Removed extern functions to cpu-riscv.h.

2021-02-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * wasm-module.c: Guard include of limits.h.
        (CHAR_BIT): Provide backup define.
        (wasm_read_leb128): Use CHAR_BIT to size "result" in bits.
        Correct signed overflow checking.

2021-02-17  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        PR 27200
        * elfnn-riscv.c (_bfd_riscv_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Delay
        copying the elf flags from input BFD to output BFD, until we have
        checked if the input BFD has no code section or not.  Also fix the
        problem that we only check the first section rather than the entire
        sections for input BFD.

2021-02-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * libbfd.c (_bfd_read_unsigned_leb128): Avoid excessive shift.
        (_bfd_safe_read_leb128, _bfd_read_signed_leb128): Likewise.

2021-02-15  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * doc/Makefile.am: Replace "cp -p" by "$(LN_S)".
        * doc/Makefile.in: Re-generate.

2021-02-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_get_section_contents): Replace
        bfd_malloc_and_get_section with bfd_get_full_section_contents.
        (nds32_elf_relax_delete_blanks): Init contents.
        (nds32_elf_relax_section, nds32_relax_fp_as_gp): Likewise.

2021-02-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * coff-alpha.c (alpha_ecoff_get_relocated_section_contents): Use
        bfd_get_full_section_contents.

2021-02-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_elf_mips_get_relocated_section_contents): Apply
        all fixes to bfd_generic_get_relocated_section_contents since this
        function was split out.

2021-02-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * config.bfd: Remove ia64 from obsolete list.

2021-02-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR ld/22269
        * elfnn-ia64.c: Revert 2017-10-14 git commit db41f6eb5234.

2021-02-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27294
        * elf32-avr.c (avr_elf32_load_records_from_section): Use
        bfd_malloc_and_get_section.  Use bfd_byte* vars and remove then
        unnecessary casts.

2021-02-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27291
        * section.c (bfd_get_section_contents): Avoid possible overflow
        when range checking offset and count.
        (bfd_set_section_contents): Likewise.

2021-02-03  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>

        * configure.ac (SHARED_LIBADD): Remove explicit -lintl population in
        favour of LIBINTL.
        * configure: Regenerated.

2021-02-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * config.bfd (arm*-*-symbianelf*): Move from obsolete to removed.
        * configure.ac: Delete symbian entries.
        * elf-bfd.h (enum elf_target_os): Delete is_symbian.
        * elf32-arm.c: Remove symbian support.  Formatting.
        * targets.c: Delete symbian entries.
        * configure: Regenerate.

2021-02-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/19609
        * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Provide more
        info when failed to convert GOTPCREL relocation.

2021-02-04  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfxx-riscv.c (riscv_parse_prefixed_ext): Removed zb*.

2021-02-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27311
        * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Don't pull in as-needed
        libraries for IR references on pass over libraries after LTO
        recompilation.

2021-02-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27311
        * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_add_default_symbol): Revert last two changes.
        (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Here too.  Don't pull in as-needed
        libraries when H is an indirect symbol after calling
        _bfd_elf_add_default_symbol.

2021-02-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27311
        * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_add_default_symbol): Clear override when
        undecorated symbol will have a different version.

2021-02-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27311
        * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_add_default_symbol): Add override parameter.
        Use when handling default versioned symbol.  Rename existing
        override variable to nondef_override and use for non-default
        versioned symbol.
        (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Adjust call to suit.  Don't
        pull in as-needed libraries when override is set.

2021-02-01  Emery Hemingway  <ehmry@posteo.net>

        * config.bfd: Add *-*-genode* as a target for AArch64 and x86.

2021-02-01  Egor Vishnyakov  <lenvampir@yandex.ru>

        PR 27254
        * elf32-rl78.c (rl78_elf_relocate_section): Fix calculation of
        offset for the R_RL78_RH_SADDR relocation.

2021-01-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27271
        * elflink.c (bfd_elf_link_record_dynamic_symbol): Don't segfault
        on symbols defined in absolute or other special sections.

2021-01-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27259
        * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_extra_sections): Use linker_mark to
        prevent endless looping of linked-to sections.

2020-12-17  Mihails Strasuns  <mihails.strasuns@intel.com>

        * bfd-elf.h (elfcore_write_file_note): New function.
        * elf.c (elfcore_write_file_note): New function.

2021-01-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf32-ft32.c (ft32_reloc_type_lookup): Don't miss ft32_reloc_map[0].

2021-01-24  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR binutils/27231
        * dwarf2.c (read_rnglists): Ignore empty range when parsing line
        number tables.

2021-01-23  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR binutils/27231
        * dwarf2.c (read_rnglists): Advance rngs_ptr after
        _bfd_safe_read_leb128 when parsing DW_RLE_offset_pair.

2021-01-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf32-ppc.c: Delete outdated comment.
        (TARGET_KEEP_UNUSED_SECTION_SYMBOLS): Define.
        * elf64-ppc.c (TARGET_KEEP_UNUSED_SECTION_SYMBOLS): Define.

2021-01-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab): Don't assume
        section symbols are present.

2021-01-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf64-ppc.c (elf_hash_entry): New inline function.  Use
        throughout to replace casts.
        (branch_reloc_hash_match): Remove const from params.
        (use_local_plt): New function.
        (allocate_dynrelocs, ppc_build_one_stub, ppc_size_one_stub),
        (build_global_entry_stubs_and_plt, ppc64_elf_relocate_section):
        Use use_local_plt.
        * elf32-ppc.c (use_local_plt): New function.
        (allocate_dynrelocs, ppc_elf_relocate_section),
        (write_global_sym_plt): Use use_local_plt.

2021-01-17  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27193
        * elflink.c (elf_create_symbuf): Also ignore section symbols.

2021-01-16  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/23169
        * elfxx-x86.c (_bfd_x86_elf_link_fixup_ifunc_symbol): Don't
        check pointer_equality_needed.

2021-01-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        * elf-linker-x86.h (elf_linker_x86_params): Add
        report_relative_reloc.
        * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Call
        _bfd_x86_elf_link_report_relative_reloc to report relative
        relocations for -z report-relative-reloc.
        (elf_i386_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewse.
        * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Likewse.
        (elf_x86_64_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewse.
        * elfxx-x86.c (_bfd_x86_elf_link_report_relative_reloc): New
        function.
        * elfxx-x86.h (_bfd_x86_elf_link_report_relative_reloc): New
        prototype.

2021-01-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * compress.c (decompress_contents): Tidy inflateEnd result test.

2021-01-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 26002
        * elflink.c (elf_link_output_extsym): Use version 1 in
        .gnu.version for undefined unversioned symbols.

2021-01-15  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_relax_delete_bytes): Fixed the indent that
        caused the by previous commit accidentally.

2021-01-15  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfnn-riscv.c: Indent, labels and GNU coding standards tidy,
        also aligned the code.

2021-01-15  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_merge_attributes): Fix typos of messages.

2021-01-15  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfnn-riscv.c: Comments tidy and improvement.
        * elfxx-riscv.c: Likewise.
        * elfxx-riscv.h: Likewise.

2021-01-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/26688
        * elf32-bfin.c (bfinfdpic_relocate_section): Skip non SEC_ALLOC
        section for R_BFIN_FUNCDESC.

2021-01-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * elf.c (elfcore_grok_win32pstatus): Check for a note type of 0.

2021-01-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2021-01-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27160
        * section.c (struct bfd_section): Remove pattern field.
        (BFD_FAKE_SECTION): Adjust to suit.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
        * elflink.c (compare_link_order, elf_fixup_link_order): Delete.
        (bfd_elf_final_link): Don't call elf_fixup_link_order.

2021-01-12  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR binutils/26792
        * configure.ac: Use GNU_MAKE_JOBSERVER.
        * aclocal.m4: Regenerated.
        * configure: Likewise.

2021-01-12  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27171
        * reloc.c (bfd_perform_relocation): Adjust R_AMD64_DIR64 and
        R_AMD64_DIR32 relocations for PE/x86-64 inputs.

2021-01-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27173
        * configure: Regenerated.

2021-01-11  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/fr.po: Updated French translation.
        * po/pt.po: Updated Portuguese translation.
        * po/sr.po: Updated Serbian translation.
        * po/uk.po: Updated Ukranian translation.

2021-01-09  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        * configure: Regenerated.

2021-01-09  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27166
        * elfxx-x86.c (_bfd_x86_elf_merge_gnu_properties): Handle
        -z lam-u48 and -z lam-u57.

2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * version.m4: Change to 2.36.50.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * po/bfd.pot: Regenerate.

2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * 2.36 release branch crated.

2021-01-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        * elfxx-x86.c (_bfd_x86_elf_link_setup_gnu_properties): Also set
        LAM_U57 when setting LAM_U48.

2021-01-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/26256
        PR ld/27160
        * elflink.c (elf_fixup_link_order): Verify that fixing up
        SHF_LINK_ORDER doesn't increase the output section size.

2021-01-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * configure: Regenerate.

2021-01-07  Samuel Thibault  <samuel.thibault@gnu.org>

        * configure: Regenerate.

2021-01-07  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR 27109
        * aix386-core.c (core_aix386_vec): Initialize
        keep_unused_section_symbol to TARGET_KEEP_UNUSED_SECTION_SYMBOLS.
        * aout-target.h (MY (vec)): Likewise.
        * binary.c (binary_vec): Likewise.
        * cisco-core.c (core_cisco_be_vec): Likewise.
        (core_cisco_le_vec): Likewise.
        * coff-alpha.c (alpha_ecoff_le_vec): Likewise.
        * coff-i386.c (TARGET_SYM): Likewise.
        (TARGET_SYM_BIG): Likewise.
        * coff-ia64.c (TARGET_SYM): Likewise.
        * coff-mips.c (mips_ecoff_le_vec): Likewise.
        (mips_ecoff_be_vec): Likewise.
        (mips_ecoff_bele_vec): Likewise.
        * coff-rs6000.c (rs6000_xcoff_vec): Likewise.
        (powerpc_xcoff_vec): Likewise.
        * coff-sh.c (sh_coff_small_vec): Likewise.
        (sh_coff_small_le_vec): Likewise.
        * coff-tic30.c (tic30_coff_vec): Likewise.
        * coff-tic54x.c (tic54x_coff0_vec): Likewise.
        (tic54x_coff0_beh_vec): Likewise.
        (tic54x_coff1_vec): Likewise.
        (tic54x_coff1_beh_vec): Likewise.
        (tic54x_coff2_vec): Likewise.
        (tic54x_coff2_beh_vec): Likewise.
        * coff-x86_64.c (TARGET_SYM): Likewise.
        (TARGET_SYM_BIG): Likewise.
        * coff64-rs6000.c (rs6000_xcoff64_vec): Likewise.
        (rs6000_xcoff64_aix_vec): Likewise.
        * coffcode.h (CREATE_BIG_COFF_TARGET_VEC): Likewise.
        (CREATE_BIGHDR_COFF_TARGET_VEC): Likewise.
        (CREATE_LITTLE_COFF_TARGET_VEC): Likewise.
        * elfxx-target.h (TARGET_BIG_SYM): Likewise.
        (TARGET_LITTLE_SYM): Likewise.
        * hppabsd-core.c (core_hppabsd_vec): Likewise.
        * hpux-core.c (core_hpux_vec): Likewise.
        * i386msdos.c (i386_msdos_vec): Likewise.
        * ihex.c (ihex_vec): Likewise.
        * irix-core.c (core_irix_vec): Likewise.
        * mach-o-target.c (TARGET_NAME): Likewise.
        * mmo.c (mmix_mmo_vec): Likewise.
        * netbsd-core.c (core_netbsd_vec): Likewise.
        * osf-core.c (core_osf_vec): Likewise.
        * pdp11.c (MY (vec)): Likewise.
        * pef.c (pef_vec): Likewise.
        (pef_xlib_vec): Likewise.
        * plugin.c (plugin_vec): Likewise.
        * ppcboot.c (powerpc_boot_vec): Likewise.
        * ptrace-core.c (core_ptrace_vec): Likewise.
        * sco5-core.c (core_sco5_vec): Likewise.
        * som.c (hppa_som_vec): Likewise.
        * srec.c (srec_vec): Likewise.
        (symbolsrec_vec): Likewise.
        * tekhex.c (tekhex_vec): Likewise.
        * trad-core.c (core_trad_vec): Likewise.
        * verilog.c (verilog_vec): Likewise.
        * vms-alpha.c (alpha_vms_vec): Likewise.
        * vms-lib.c (alpha_vms_lib_txt_vec): Likewise.
        * wasm-module.c (wasm_vec): Likewise.
        * xsym.c (sym_vec): Likewise.
        * elf.c (ignore_section_sym): Return TRUE if BSF_SECTION_SYM_USED
        isn't set.
        (elf_map_symbols): Don't include ignored section symbols.
        * elfcode.h (elf_slurp_symbol_table): Also set
        BSF_SECTION_SYM_USED on STT_SECTION symbols.
        * elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Generated section symbols only
        when emitting relocations or reqired.
        * elfxx-x86.h (TARGET_KEEP_UNUSED_SECTION_SYMBOLS): New.
        * syms.c (BSF_SECTION_SYM_USED): New.
        * targets.c (TARGET_KEEP_UNUSED_SECTION_SYMBOLS): New.
        (bfd_target): Add keep_unused_section_symbols.
        (bfd_keep_unused_section_symbols): New.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.

2021-01-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 25713
        * bfdio.c (_bfd_real_fopen): For Win32 convert relative paths to
        absolute paths and check to see if they are longer than MAX_PATH.

2021-01-07  Philipp Tomsich  <prt@gnu.org>

        * elfxx-riscv.c (riscv_std_z_ext_strtab): Added zihintpause.

2021-01-07  Claire Xenia Wolf  <claire@symbioticeda.com>
            Jim Wilson  <jimw@sifive.com>
            Andrew Waterman  <andrew@sifive.com>
            Maxim Blinov  <maxim.blinov@embecosm.com>
            Kito Cheng  <kito.cheng@sifive.com>
            Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfxx-riscv.c (riscv_std_z_ext_strtab): Added zba, zbb and zbc.

2021-01-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        * elf32-bfin.c (bfin_check_relocs): Check bfd_link_hash_indirect.
        (bfinfdpic_check_relocs): Likewise.

2021-01-06  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elf32-score.c (s3_bfd_score_info_to_howto): Report an error
        on unknown r_type.
        * elf32-score7.c (s7_bfd_score_info_to_howto): Likewise.

2021-01-06  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * config.bfd (sparc-*-solaris2*): Add sparc_elf32_vec.
        (sparc64-*-solaris2*): Add sparc_elf64_vec and
        sparc_elf32_vec.

2021-01-06  Marcus Comstedt  <marcus@mc.pp.se>

        * config.bfd: Added targets riscv64be*-*-*, riscv32be*-*-* and
        riscvbe*-*-*.  Also added riscv_elf[32|64]_be_vec.
        * configure.ac: Handle riscv_elf[32|64]_be_vec.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * elfnn-riscv.c: Include <limits.h> and define CHAR_BIT for
        riscv_is_insn_reloc.
        (riscv_get_insn): RISC-V instructions are always little endian, but
        bfd_get may be used for big-endian, so add new riscv_get_insn to handle
        the insturctions.
        (riscv_put_insn): Likewsie.
        (riscv_is_insn_reloc): Check if we are relocaing an instruction.
        (perform_relocation): Call riscv_is_insn_reloc to decide if we should
        use riscv_[get|put]_insn or bfd_[get|put].
        (riscv_zero_pcrel_hi_reloc): Use riscv_[get|put]_insn, bfd_[get|put]l32
        or bfd_[get|put]l16 for code.
        (riscv_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
        (riscv_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
        (riscv_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise.
        (_bfd_riscv_relax_call): Likewise.
        (_bfd_riscv_relax_lui): Likewise.
        (_bfd_riscv_relax_align): Likewise.
        (_bfd_riscv_relax_pc): Likewise.
        (riscv_elf_object_p): Handled for big endian.
        (TARGET_BIG_SYM, TARGET_BIG_NAME): Defined.
        * targets.c: Add riscv_elf[32|64]_be_vec.
        (_bfd_target_vector): Likewise.

2021-01-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * elflink.c (bfd_elf_link_record_dynamic_symbol): Handle no_export
        for relocatable executable.

2021-01-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * vms-alpha.c (_bfd_vms_slurp_egsd): Read flags after size check.

2021-01-05  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfnn-riscv.c (allocate_dynrelocs): When we are generating pde,
        make sure gp symbol is output as a dynamic symbol.

2021-01-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/26256
        * elflink.c (compare_link_order): Place unordered sections before
        ordered sections.
        (elf_fixup_link_order): Add a link info argument.  Allow mixed
        ordered and unordered input sections for non-relocatable link.
        Sort the consecutive bfd_indirect_link_order sections with the
        same pattern.  Change the offsets of the bfd_indirect_link_order
        sections only.
        (bfd_elf_final_link): Pass info to elf_fixup_link_order.
        * section.c (bfd_section): Add pattern.
        (BFD_FAKE_SECTION): Initialize pattern to NULL.
        * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.

2021-01-04  Alexander Fedotov  <alfedotov@gmail.com>

        * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_print_private_bfd_data): Prefix hex value
        of private flags with 0x.
        * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_print_private_bfd_data): Likewise.

2021-01-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 26822
        * elflink.c (elf_link_input_bfd): Use the file base name in
        linker generated STT_FILE symbols.

2021-01-04  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>

        * elfxx-riscv.c (riscv_compare_subsets): Removed static.
        * elfxx-riscv.h: Add declaration.
        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_merge_multi_letter_ext): Use
        riscv_compare_subsets to check the orders.
        (riscv_skip_prefix): Removed.
        (riscv_prefix_cmp): Removed.

2021-01-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 26741
        * elfxx-riscv.c (riscv_parse_prefixed_ext): Free subset after
        calculating subset version length.

2021-01-01  Nicolas Boulenguez  <nicolas@debian.org>

        * xcofflink.c: Correct spelling in comments.

2021-01-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        Update year range in copyright notice of all files.

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