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Patches applied to binutils-20100303:

Please include a change to this file with each patch, *and* each
subsequent modification of the patch.  Do NOT combine patch
checkins, keep them separate.

Append new entries to the end of this file. Each entry shall include:
 * The list of files modified by the patch,
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   or is a local patch),
 * The local 'owner' responsible for the patch, and
 * A description of the patch (preferably including bug numbers).

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have been checked in to (or back-ported from) the upstream sources.
When checking in changes made upstream, add an entry to this file but
DO NOT add entries to the GNU ChangeLog files.

gold/arm.cc
gold/object.cc
gold/object.h
gold/target-reloc.h
gold/testsuite/Makefile.am
gold/testsuite/Makefile.in
gold/testsuite/discard_locals_relocatable_test.c
gold/testsuite/discard_locals_test.sh
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: dougkwan
  Back port patch to fix discarding local symbols.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-03/msg00018.html

gold/arm.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: dougkwan
  Back port patch to fix build breakage and crash in ARM backend.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-03/msg00036.html

gold/fileread.cc
gold/fileread.h
gold/options.h
gold/readsyms.cc
gold/reloc.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: ccoutant
  Backport patch to support unmapping input files between linker passes.
  (b/2285439)
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-03/msg00148.html

ltmain.sh
  Status: upstream in libtool (commit id 74c8993c178a1386ea5e2363a01d919738402f30)
  Owner: cgd
  Sort output of 'find' to ensure deterministic builds.

gold/stringpool.cc
gold/stringpool.h
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: dougkwan
  Backport patch to make string table independent of implementations of
  hash table on different hosts.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-03/msg00074.html

gold/archive.cc
gold/archive.h
gold/dynobj.cc
gold/dynobj.h
gold/gold.cc
gold/main.cc
gold/object.cc
gold/object.h
gold/options.cc
gold/options.h
gold/plugin.cc
gold/plugin.h
gold/readsyms.cc
gold/readsyms.h
gold/script.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: espindola
  Backport of the --start-lib/--end-lib options:
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-03/msg00041.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-03/msg00115.html

gold/script-sections.cc
gold/testsuite/Makefile.am
gold/testsuite/Makefile.in
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: aaw
  Better handling of of orphan TLS sections.  Fixes "load segment overlap"
  errors.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-03/msg00341.html

gold/testsuite/Makefile.am
gold/testsuite/Makefile.in
gold/testsuite/script_test_3.t
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: aaw
  Add PT_TLS segment to script_test_3.t.  Otherwise, script_test_3 fails to
  link if static libraries contain TLS variables.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-03/msg00363.html

gold/testsuite/gc_tls_test.cc
gold/testsuite/gc_tls_test.sh
  Status: not yet upstream
  Owner: aaw
  Rename "number" as "gc_tls_test_marker".  Since libstdc++.a contains
  "d_number", gc_tls_test was failing when statically linked.  The new
  name should be less likely to conflict.

gold/arm.cc
gold/testsuite/Makefile.am
gold/testsuite/Makefile.in
gold/testsuite/arm_branch_in_range.sh
gold/testsuite/thumb_blx_in_range.s
gold/testsuite/thumb_blx_out_of_range.s
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: dougkwan
  Backport patch to handle BLX offsets correctly.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-03/msg00116.html

gold/testsuite/script_test_4.t
  Status: not yet upstream
  Owner: aaw
  Add .tdata and .tbss sections to script_test_4.t.  Otherwise, tls_script_test
  segfaults on some build configurations.

gold/arm.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: dougkwan
  Backport patch to fix build breakage of 32-bit build.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-03/msg00145.html

gold/arm.cc
gold/gold.cc
gold/options.cc
gold/options.h
gold/parameters.cc
gold/parameters.h
gold/target.h
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: dougkwan
  Backport patch to fix some kernel build problems.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-04/msg00039.html

gold/gc.h
gold/i386.cc
gold/icf.cc
gold/icf.h
gold/symtab.cc
gold/symtab.h
gold/target-reloc.h
gold/testsuite/Makefile.am
gold/testsuite/Makefile.in
gold/testsuite/icf_preemptible_functions_test.cc
gold/testsuite/icf_preemptible_functions_test.sh
gold/testsuite/icf_safe_so_test.cc
gold/testsuite/icf_safe_so_test.sh
gold/testsuite/icf_safe_test.cc
gold/testsuite/icf_safe_test.sh
gold/testsuite/icf_string_merge_test.cc
gold/testsuite/icf_string_merge_test.sh
gold/testsuite/icf_virtual_function_folding_test.cc
gold/x86_64.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: tmsriram
  This brings in the following upstream patches.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-03/msg00061.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-03/msg00141.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-04/msg00257.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-04/msg00386.html 

gold/layout.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: ccoutant
  Backport patch to fix problem with "ld -r" and group sections.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-04/msg00394.html

gold/resolve.cc
gold/symtab.cc
gold/symtab.h
gold/testsuite/weak_undef_file1.cc
gold/testsuite/weak_undef_file2.cc
gold/testsuite/weak_undef_test.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: ccoutant
  Backport patch to fix problem where gold changes a weak undef to a
  regular undef when it sees a def in a shared library (b/2778141).
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-07/msg00086.html

gold/compressed_output.cc
gold/compressed_output.h
gold/dwarf_reader.cc
gold/layout.cc
gold/layout.h
gold/merge.cc
gold/object.cc
gold/object.h
gold/output.cc
gold/reloc.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: ccoutant
  Add gold support for reading compressed debug sections.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-07/msg00116.html

gas/read.c
gas/testsuite/gas/all/gas.exp
gas/doc/as.texinfo
  Status: google local
  Owner: aaw
  Disable .incbin.

gold/symtab.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: jyasskin
  Have --detect-odr-violations print an object that defines each
  symbol location.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-06/msg00275.html

gold/merge.h
gold/merge.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: ccoutant
  Improve heap usage for string merge sections.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-07/msg00305.html

gold/symtab.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: jyasskin
  Make --detect-odr-violations fail with errors intead of warnings.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-07/msg00366.html

gold/arm.cc
gold/gc.h
gold/i386.cc
gold/icf.cc
gold/icf.h
gold/int_encoding.h
gold/powerpc.cc
gold/sparc.cc
gold/testsuite/Makefile.am
gold/testsuite/Makefile.in
gold/testsuite/icf_sht_rel_addend_test.sh
gold/testsuite/icf_sht_rel_addend_test_1.cc
gold/testsuite/icf_sht_rel_addend_test_2.cc
gold/x86_64.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: tmsriram
  Patch to fix bug b/2842902. Fix submitted upstream and pulled down.
  Please refer to : 
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-07/msg00447.html
  Fix was submitted at CL : 42613-p2

gold/archive.cc
gold/archive.h
gold/readsyms.cc
gold/testsuite/Makefile.am
gold/testsuite/Makefile.in
gold/testsuite/start_lib_test_1.c
gold/testsuite/start_lib_test_2.c
gold/testsuite/start_lib_test_3.c
gold/testsuite/start_lib_test_main.c
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: nvachhar, ccoutant
  Backport upstream fix for --start-lib/--end-lib.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-08/msg00238.html

gold/symtab.h
gold/testsuite/Makefile.am
gold/testsuite/Makefile.in
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: ccoutant
  Backport upstream patch to fix problem with mixed PIC and non-PIC 
  code when building a position-independent executable. 
  (Reported by Chrome team.) 
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-09/msg00165.html 

gold/x86_64.cc
  Status: upstream change
  Owner: ccoutant
  Fix TLS handling where a DTPOFF relocation in a text segment precedes
  the first TLSLD relocation (because of code rearrangement at -Os).
  http://b/issue?id=2900661
  Committed upstream with minor changes:
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-09/msg00208.html

gold/arm.cc
gold/options.h
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  Integrate CL 43033-p2 from binutils-2.19-android.
  Backports upstream patch to implement two ld-compatible options for
  ARM specific gcc tests.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-08/msg00079.html

gold/arm.cc
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  Integrate CL 39884-p2 from binutils-2.19-android.
  Backport patch from upstream to fix handling of objects with more
  than 64K sections.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-04/msg00044.html

gold/arm.cc
gold/stringpool.cc
gold/stringpool.h
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  Integrate CL 39315-p2 from binutils-2.19-android.
  Backport patch from upstream to make stub offsets independent of unordered
  map implementation.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-03/msg00104.html.

gold/merge.cc
gold/output.cc
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  Integrate CL 39930-p2 from binutils-2.19-android.
  Backport upstream patch to fix a problem in handling merge sections
  of uneven sizes.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-04/msg00047.html

gold/layout.cc
gold/layout.h
gold/output.cc
gold/output.h
gold/script-c.h
gold/script-sections.cc
gold/script-sections.h
gold/script.cc
gold/yyscript.y
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  Integrate CL 39985-p2 from binutils-2.19-android.
  Backport unpstream patch to support building ARM linux kernel.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-04/msg00050.html

gold/arm.cc
gold/gold.cc
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  Integrate CL 40214-p2 and CL 40240-p2 from binutils-2.19-android.
  Backport upstream patches to fix linker crash during ARM kernel build.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-04/msg00067.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-04/msg00078.html

gold/arm.cc
gold/merge.cc
gold/merge.h
gold/object.cc
gold/output.cc
gold/output.h
gold/script-sections.cc
gold/target-reloc.h
gold/target.h
  Status upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  Backport up-stream patches to make gold build ARM Linux kernel
  correctly.  This CL includes the following patches which are require
  to build the Linux kernel and modules.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-05/msg00068.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-05/msg00082.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-05/msg00104.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-05/msg00113.html

gold/arm.cc
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  Integrate CL 41477-p2 and CL 41649-p2 from binutils-2.19-android.
  Backport upstream patches to fix out of stub problem and a
  kernel build problem.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-06/msg00027.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-06/msg00084.html

gold/arm.cc
gold/common.cc
gold/copy-relocs.cc
gold/i386.cc
gold/layout.cc
gold/layout.h
gold/output.cc
gold/output.h
gold/powerpc.cc
gold/script-sections.cc
gold/sparc.cc
gold/testsuite/Makefile.am
gold/testsuite/Makefile.in
gold/testsuite/relro_test.cc
gold/testsuite/relro_test.sh
gold/x86_64.cc
  Status: upstream
  Owner: ccoutant
  Backport upstream patches to fix problems with -z relro.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-08/msg00010.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-08/msg00039.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-10/msg00242.html

gold/options.h
  Status: upstream
  Owner: ccoutant
  Backport upstream patch to fix -z lazy.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-10/msg00180.html

config.sub
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  g4 integrate CL 42170-p2.
  Backport upstream patch to recognize arm-linux-androideabi target.
  http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/config.sub.diff?r1=1.79&r2=1.80&cvsroot=src&f=h

gold/arm-reloc-property.cc
gold/arm-reloc-property.h
gold/arm.cc
gold/icf.h
gold/output.cc
gold/output.h
gold/target.h
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  g4 integrate CL 42316-p2.
  Backport upstream patches to enhance safe ICF and to fix
  a linker crash and an EXIDX problem in the Linux kernel.
  http://www.cygwin.com/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-06/msg00118.html
  http://www.cygwin.com/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-06/msg00148.html
  http://www.cygwin.com/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-07/msg00080.html

gold/resolve.cc
gold/symtab.cc
gold/testsuite/Makefile.am
gold/testsuite/Makefile.in
gold/testsuite/dyn_weak_ref.sh
gold/testsuite/dyn_weak_ref_1.c
gold/testsuite/dyn_weak_ref_2.c
gold/testsuite/strong_ref_weak_def.sh
gold/testsuite/strong_ref_weak_def_1.c
gold/testsuite/strong_ref_weak_def_2.c
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  g4 integrate CL 43034-p2 and CL 43484-p2.
  Backport upstream patches to fix weak symbol handling.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-08/msg00085.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-08/msg00172.html

gold/arm.cc
gold/object.cc
gold/object.h
gold/testsuite/Makefile.am
gold/testsuite/Makefile.in
gold/testsuite/arm_bl_out_of_range.s
gold/testsuite/arm_branch_out_of_range.sh
gold/testsuite/arm_cortex_a8.sh
gold/testsuite/arm_cortex_a8_b.s
gold/testsuite/arm_cortex_a8_b_cond.s
gold/testsuite/arm_cortex_a8_b_local.s
gold/testsuite/arm_cortex_a8_bl.s
gold/testsuite/arm_cortex_a8_blx.s
gold/testsuite/arm_cortex_a8_local.s
gold/testsuite/arm_cortex_a8_local_reloc.s
gold/testsuite/thumb_bl_out_of_range.s
gold/testsuite/thumb_bl_out_of_range_local.s
gold/testsuite/thumb_blx_out_of_range.s
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  g4 integrate CL 43802-p2
  Backport upstream patch to fix cortex-A8 workaround.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-09/msg00039.html

gold/testsuite/script_test_3.t
gold/testsuite/script_test_4.t
gold/testsuite/script_test_5.t
gold/testsuite/script_test_6.t
gold/testsuite/script_test_7.t
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  g4 integrate CL 43933-p2
  Backport upstream fix for test regressions due to broken tests.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-09/msg00087.html

gold/dwarf_reader.cc
gold/dwarf_reader.h
gold/reloc.cc
gold/reloc.h
  Status: backport
  Owner: jyasskin
  Backport upstream fix to teach gold locations of functions not at
  the start of their sections.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-12/msg00022.html

gold/archive.cc
  Status: backport
  Owner: ppluzhnikov
  For http://b/3260308 backport upstream gold fix to warn about archive
  libraries with wrong architecture.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-12/msg00269.html

gold/layout.cc
gold/layout.h
gold/object.cc
gold/options.h
  Status: backport
  Owner: ccoutant
  Backport upstream patch to add --warn-execstack option.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-12/msg00362.html

gold/dwarf_reader.h
gold/dwarf_reader.cc
  Status: backport
  Owner: ccoutant
  Backport upstream patch for problem where consecutive rows in the dwarf
  line number table describe the same offset.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-12/msg00567.html

gold/output.h
  Status: backport
  Owner: ccoutant
  Backport upstream patch for problem where TEXTREL is set incorrectly.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-12/msg00617.html

gold/compressed_output.cc
  Status: backport
  Owner: dougkwan
  Backport upstream fix for signature of zlib_decompress so it gold
  builds on system without zlib.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-07/msg00075.html

gold/copy-relocs.cc
gold/gold.cc
gold/icf.cc
gold/mapfile.cc
gold/plugin.cc
  Status: backport
  Owner: ccoutant
  Backport upstream patch for file descriptor leakage (b/3125810).
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-11/msg00138.html

gold/arm.cc
  Status: backport
  Owner: dougkwan
  Backport upstream patch for GOT related test failure.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-10/msg00094.html

gold/layout.cc
gold/output.cc
gold/output.h
  Status: backport
  Owner: dougkwan
  Backport upstream patch for RELRO bug that causes test failure on ARM.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-11/msg00101.html

gold/arm.cc
gold/testsuite/icf_safe_so_test.sh
gold/testsuite/icf_safe_test.sh
  Status: backport
  Owner: dougkwan
  g4 integrate CL 43977-p2 to backport upstream fix for ARM gold testsuite
  failures.

gold/arm.cc
gold/layout.cc
gold/target.h
  Status: backport
  Owner: dougkwan
  Backport upstream patch for file descriptor leakage in ARM back-end.
  (b/3125810).
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-11/msg00060.html

Makefile.def
Makefile.in
configure
configure.ac
gold/Makefile.am
gold/Makefile.in
gold/configure
gold/configure.ac
ld/Makefile.am
ld/Makefile.in
ld/configure
ld/configure.in
  Status: upstream
  Owner: dougkwan
  g4 integrate CL 41370-p2
  Backport upstream patches to support dual-linker configuration.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-04/msg00138.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-04/msg00142.html

gold/i386.cc
gold/icf.cc
gold/target.h
gold/x86_64.cc
  Status: backport
  Owner: dougkwan
  g4 integrate CL 44157-p2 to backport upstream fix for an ICF bug involving
  sections referencing merged strings.

gold/options.h
  Status: backport
  Owner: ppluzhnikov
  Backport upstream patch:
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2011-01/msg00341.html
  to add support for --no-detect-odr-violations

gold/icf.cc
  Status: backport
  Owner: dougkwan
  Backport upstream fix for ICF crash. (b/3384375)
  http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils-cvs/2011-01/msg00140.html

gold/arm.cc
gold/i386.cc
gold/powerpc.cc
gold/sparc.cc
gold/symtab.h
gold/x86_64.cc
  Status: backport
  Owner: dougkwan
  Backport upstream fix for gcc regression g++.dg/warn/weak1.C.
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-11/msg00072.html
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-12/msg00060.html
  Note that IFUNC and R_X86_64_GNU_VT* related code is not included.

gold/icf.cc
gold/icf.h
  Status: In upstream.
  Owner: dougkwan
  g4 integrate CL 47770-p2
  Fix dangling pointer bug caused by calling c_str method of temporary
  string object.
  http://cygwin.com/ml/binutils/2011-02/msg00030.html 

gold/layout.cc
  Status: Backport
  Owner: ccoutant
  g4 integrate CL 51561
  Apply upstream patch to fix problem where writable .eh_frame section
  with -z relro results in internal error (b/4257587).
  http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2011-01/msg00142.html

gold/arm.cc
gold/testsuite/Makefile.am
gold/testsuite/Makefile.in
gold/testsuite/arm_exidx_test.s
gold/testsuite/arm_exidx_test.sh
  Status: In upstream.
  Owner: dougkwan
  Backport upstream patch to fix SHF_LINK_ORDER bug in ARM.exidx sections.
  http://www.cygwin.com/ml/binutils-cvs/2011-04/msg00141.html