+2020-04-22 Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
+
+ PR ld/25861
+ * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
+ * elf32-xtensa.c (elf_howto_table): New entries for
+ R_XTENSA_PDIFF{8,16,32} and R_XTENSA_NDIFF{8,16,32}.
+ (elf_xtensa_reloc_type_lookup, elf_xtensa_do_reloc)
+ (relax_section): Add cases for R_XTENSA_PDIFF{8,16,32} and
+ R_XTENSA_NDIFF{8,16,32}.
+ * libbfd.h (bfd_reloc_code_real_names): Add names for
+ BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_PDIFF{8,16,32} and
+ BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_NDIFF{8,16,32}.
+ * reloc.c: Add documentation for BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_PDIFF{8,16,32}
+ and BFD_RELOC_XTENSA_NDIFF{8,16,32}.
+
+2020-04-21 Tamar Christina <tamar.christina@arm.com>
+
+ PR binutils/24753
+ * compress.c (bfd_get_full_section_contents): Exclude sections with no
+ content.
+
+2020-04-21 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+ PR ld/25849
+ * elf-bfd.h (elf_backend_data): Add
+ elf_backend_strip_zero_sized_dynamic_sections.
+ (_bfd_elf_strip_zero_sized_dynamic_sections): New prototype.
+ * elf64-alpha.c (elf_backend_strip_zero_sized_dynamic_sections):
+ New macro.
+ * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_strip_zero_sized_dynamic_sections): New
+ function.
+ * elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_strip_zero_sized_dynamic_sections):
+ New macro.
+ (elfNN_bed): Add elf_backend_strip_zero_sized_dynamic_sections.
+
+2020-04-21 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+ * elf64-alpha.c (alpha_elf_reloc_entry): Replace reltext with
+ sec.
+ (elf64_alpha_check_relocs): Set sec instead of reltext. Warn
+ DT_TEXTREL with -M.
+ (elf64_alpha_calc_dynrel_sizes): Warn DT_TEXTREL with -M.
+
+2020-04-21 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * po/sr.po: Updated Serbian translation.
+
+2020-04-21 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_relocate_section): Remove STO_SH5_ISA32
+ processing.
+
+2020-04-20 Stephen Casner <casner@acm.org>
+
+ * pdp11.c (N_STAB): Modify value to avoid conflict with N_EXT
+ causing globals from linker script to be treated as debug symbols.
+ (translate_symbol_table): Don't sign-extend symbol values from 16
+ to 64 bits in nm output.
+
+2020-04-20 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_size_stubs): Strip relbrlt too.
+
+2020-04-18 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * section.c (bfd_is_const_section): Correct test for special
+ sections.
+ * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+
+2020-04-17 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ PR 25842
+ * elf.c (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string): Don't segfault on
+ NULL nodename.
+
+2020-04-16 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ PR 25803
+ * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Replace an
+ abort with a more helpful error message.
+
+2020-04-16 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ PR 25827
+ * dwarf2.c (scan_unit_for_symbols): Wrap overlong lines. Don't
+ strdup(0).
+
+2020-04-15 Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com>
+
+ PR binutils/24613
+ * coff-rs6000.c (xcoff_ppc_relocate_section): Change RM_GENERATE_ERROR
+ to RM_DIAGNOSE plus a check of warn_unresolved_syms.
+ * coff64-rs6000.c (xcoff_ppc_relocate_section): Likewise.
+ * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_large_com_section): Likewise.
+ * elf32-m32r.c (m32r_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
+ * elf32-score.c (s3_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-spu.c (spu_elf_relocate_section): Likewise.
+ * elf64-hppa.c (elf64_hppa_relocate_section): Likewise.
+ * elflink.c (elf_link_output_extsym): Likewise.
+ * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_calculate_relocation): Likewise.
+
+2020-04-15 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ PR 25823
+ * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_swap_sym_in <C_SECTION>): Don't use a
+ pointer into strings that may be freed for section name, always
+ allocate a new string.
+
+2020-04-14 Juan Manuel Guerrero <juan.guerrero@gmx.de>
+ Jan W. Jagersma <jwjagersma@gmail.com>
+
+ * coff-go32.c (COFF_GO32, IMAGE_SCN_LNK_NRELOC_OVFL)
+ (coff_SWAP_scnhdr_in, coff_SWAP_scnhdr_out): Define.
+ (_bfd_go32_swap_scnhdr_in, _bfd_go32_swap_scnhdr_out)
+ (_bfd_go32_mkobject): New functions.
+ * coff-stgo32.c (IMAGE_SCN_LNK_NRELOC_OVFL)
+ (coff_SWAP_scnhdr_in, coff_SWAP_scnhdr_out): Define.
+ (go32exe_mkobject): Call _bfd_go32_mkobject.
+ * coffcode.h (COFF_WITH_EXTENDED_RELOC_COUNTER): Define.
+ (coff_set_alignment_hook): Define function for COFF_GO32_EXE
+ and COFF_GO32.
+ (coff_write_relocs): Enable extended reloc counter code if
+ COFF_WITH_EXTENDED_RELOC_COUNTER is defined. Test for obj_go32.
+ (coff_write_object_contents): Likewise. Pad section headers
+ for COFF_GO32 and COFF_GO32EXE. Use bfd_coff_swap_scnhdr_out
+ instead of coff_swap_scnhdr_out.
+ * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_final_link): Test also for obj_go32 to
+ enable extended reloc counter.
+ * coffswap.h: (coff_swap_scnhdr_in, coff_swap_scnhdr_out):
+ Declare with ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED.
+ * libcoff-in.h: (struct coff_tdata): New field go32.
+ (obj_go32): Define.
+ * libcoff.h: Regenerate.
+
+2020-04-14 Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com>
+
+ PR gas/25768
+ * elf.c (assign_section_numbers): Always set .stab sh_entsize to
+ 12.
+
+2020-04-14 Stephen Casner <casner@acm.org>
+
+ PR ld/25677
+ * pdp11.c: Add implementation of --imagic option.
+ (adjust_o_magic): Fix objcopy --extract-symbol test.
+ * libaout.h (enum aout_magic): Add i_magic.
+
+2020-04-07 Rainer Orth <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
+ Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * elf32-sparc.c (sparc_final_write_processing): Fix whitespace.
+ <0>: Ignore.
+ <default>: Error rather than abort.
+
+2020-04-03 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+ PR ld/25767
+ * elf.c (_bfd_elf_fixup_group_sections): Remove zero-sized
+ relocation section from section group.
+
+2020-04-02 Jan W. Jagersma <jwjagersma@gmail.com>
+
+ * bfdio.c (bfd_bread, bfd_tell, bfd_seek, bfd_mmap): Always add
+ bfd->origin to file offset.
+ * bfdwin.c (bfd_get_file_window): Likewise.
+ * bfd.c: Clarify the use of the bfd->origin field.
+ * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+ * coff-i386.c: Don't include go32exe.h. Allow overriding
+ coff_write_object_contents via COFF_WRITE_CONTENTS.
+ * coff-stgo32.c (go32exe_cleanup, go32exe_mkobject)
+ (go32exe_write_object_contents): New functions.
+ (go32exe_temp_stub, go32exe_temp_stub_size): New static globals.
+ (COFF_WRITE_CONTENTS, GO32EXE_DEFAULT_STUB_SIZE): Define.
+ (create_go32_stub): Remove check for 2k size limit. Read stub
+ from go32exe_temp_stub if present.
+ (go32_stubbed_coff_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data): Allocate and
+ copy variable-length stub.
+ (go32_check_format): Read stub to go32exe_temp_stub, set
+ origin, return go32exe_cleanup.
+ (adjust_filehdr_in_post, adjust_filehdr_out_pre)
+ (adjust_filehdr_out_post, adjust_scnhdr_in_post)
+ (adjust_scnhdr_out_pre, adjust_scnhdr_out_post)
+ (adjust_aux_in_post, adjust_aux_out_pre, adjust_aux_out_post):
+ Remove functions and their associated #defines.
+ * coffcode.h (coff_mkobject_hook): Remove stub copying code.
+ * libcoff-in.h: (struct coff_tdata): New field stub_size.
+ Rename field go32stub to stub.
+ * libcoff.h: Regenerate.
+ * coff-stgo32.c (go32_check_format): Rename to...
+ (go32exe_check_format): ...this.
+ (go32_stubbed_coff_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data): Rename to...
+ (go32exe_copy_private_bfd_data): ...this.
+ (stub_bytes): Rename to...
+ (go32exe_default_stub): ...this.
+ (create_go32_stub): Rename to...
+ (go32exe_create_stub): ...this.
+ * coff-stgo32.c (go32exe_copy_private_bfd_data): Avoid realloc
+ when possible.
+
+2020-04-01 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+ PR ld/25749
+ PR ld/25754
+ * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_load_reloc): Convert load
+ relocation to R_386_32 for relocation against non-preemptible
+ absolute symbol.
+ (elf_i386_check_relocs): Call _bfd_elf_x86_valid_reloc_p. Don't
+ allocate dynamic relocation for non-preemptible absolute symbol.
+ (elf_i386_relocate_section): Pass sec to
+ GENERATE_DYNAMIC_RELOCATION_P.
+ * elf64-x86-64.c (R_X86_64_converted_reloc_bit): Moved.
+ (elf_x86_64_convert_load_reloc): Covert load relocation to
+ R_X86_64_32S or R_X86_64_32 for relocation against non-preemptible
+ absolute symbol. Don't convert to R_X86_64_32S nor R_X86_64_32
+ for non-preemptible absolute symbol if they overflow.
+ (elf_x86_64_check_relocs): Call _bfd_elf_x86_valid_reloc_p. Set
+ tls_type for GOT slot to GOT_ABS for non-preemptible absolute
+ symbol. Don't allocate dynamic relocation for non-preemptible
+ absolute symbol.
+ (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Don't generate relative relocation
+ for GOTPCREL relocations aganst local absolute symbol. Pass sec
+ to GENERATE_DYNAMIC_RELOCATION_P.
+ * elfxx-x86.c (elf_x86_allocate_dynrelocs): No dynamic relocation
+ against non-preemptible absolute symbol.
+ (_bfd_elf_x86_valid_reloc_p): New function.
+ (_bfd_x86_elf_size_dynamic_sections): No dynamic relocation for
+ GOT_ABS GOT slot.
+ * elfxx-x86.h (GENERATE_DYNAMIC_RELOCATION_P): Add an SEC
+ argument. Don't generate dynamic relocation against
+ non-preemptible absolute symbol.
+ (ABS_SYMBOL_P): New.
+ (GENERATE_RELATIVE_RELOC_P): Don't generate relative relocation
+ against non-preemptible absolute symbol.
+ (GOT_ABS): New.
+ (R_X86_64_converted_reloc_bit): New. Moved from elf64-x86-64.c.
+ (_bfd_elf_x86_valid_reloc_p): New.
+
+2020-04-01 Tamar Christina <tamar.christina@arm.com>
+
+ PR ld/16017
+ * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_populate_plt_entry): Set LSB of the PLT0
+ address in the GOT if in thumb only mode.
+
+2020-04-01 Tamar Christina <tamar.christina@arm.com>
+
+ * elf32-arm.c (elf32_thumb2_plt_entry): Fix PC-rel offset.
+
+2020-04-01 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>
+
+ * mmo.c (mmo_scan): Create .text section only when needed, not
+ from the start.
+
+2020-03-31 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * coff-alpha.c (alpha_ecoff_get_elt_at_filepos): Correct bfd_bread
+ return value check.
+
+2020-03-31 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * vms-alpha.c (image_write): Check bounds for sections without
+ contents too. Error on non-zero write to section without
+ contents.
+ (_bfd_vms_slurp_etir): Check return of image_write* functions.
+
+2020-03-31 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * tekhex.c (pass_over): Check is_eof before reading buffer.
+
+2020-03-30 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ PR binutils/pr25662
+ * libcoff-in.h (struct pe_tdata): Rename the insert_timestamp
+ field to timestamp and make it an integer.
+ * libcoff.h: Regenerate.
+ * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_only_swap_filehdr_out): Test the timestamp
+ field in the pe_data structure rather than the insert_timestamp
+ field.
+
+2020-03-30 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ PR 25745
+ * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_build_stubs): Use asprintf to form
+ statistics message.
+
+2020-03-26 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * cofflink.c (bfd_coff_get_internal_extra_pe_aouthdr): Delete.
+ * libbfd-in.h (bfd_coff_get_internal_extra_pe_aouthdr): Remove
+ prototype.
+ * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
+
+2020-03-26 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * i386msdos.c (msdos_object_p): Catch -1 return from bfd_bread.
+
+2020-03-26 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * vms-alpha.c (dst_define_location): Limit size of dst_ptr_offsets
+ array.
+ (_bfd_vms_slurp_object_records): Rename "err" to "ok".
+
+2020-03-25 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * cofflink.c (bfd_coff_get_internal_extra_pe_aouthdr): New
+ function.
+ * libbfd-in.h (bfd_coff_get_internal_extra_pe_aouthdr): Prototype.
+ * libbfd.h: Regenerate.
+
+2020-03-25 Shahab Vahedi <shahab@synopsys.com>
+
+ * elf32-arc.c (PRINT_DEBUG_RELOC_INFO_BEFORE): Use the
+ correct field name in the output string.
+
+2020-03-25 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ PR 25662
+ * elf.c (assign_file_positions_for_load_sections): Adjust offset
+ for SHT_NOBITS section if first in segment.
+
+2020-03-24 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+ PR binutils/25708
+ * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_name): Renamed to ...
+ (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string): This.
+ * elf.c (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_name): Renamed to ...
+ (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string): This.
+ (bfd_elf_print_symbol): Pass TRUE to
+ _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string.
+ * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_nosymbols_get_symbol_version_string): Add a
+ bfd_boolean argument.
+ * syms.c (_bfd_nosymbols_get_symbol_version_string): Likewise.
+ * targets.c (_bfd_get_symbol_version_string): Likewise.
+ (bfd_get_symbol_version_string): Likewise.
+ * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
+
+2020-03-24 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+ Jaydeep Chauhan <jaydeepchauhan1494@gmail.com>
+
+ PR 25713
+ * bfdio.c (_bfd_real_fopen): Add code to handle long filenames on
+ Win32 systems.
+
+2020-03-24 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ PR 25681
+ * elf.c (_bfd_elf_map_sections_to_segments): When looking for a
+ segment to use for PT_GNU_RELRO, ignore empty sections in a
+ segment's current list.
+
2020-03-24 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR binutils/25717