[2.26 Backport Request][AArch64] Relax long branch veneer insertion for non STT_FUNC symbol

[Tristan Gingold]

> On 25 Feb 2016, at 10:50, Jiong Wang <jiong.wang@foss.arm.com> wrote:
> 
> On 20/01/16 14:02, Nick Clifton wrote:
>> Hi Jiong,
>> 
>>> 2016-01-15  Jiong Wang <jiong.wang@arm.com>
>>> 
>>> bfd/
>>>   (aarch64_type_of_stub): Allow insert long branch veneer for
>>>   sym_sec != input_sec.
>>>   (elfNN_aarch64_size_stub): Support STT_SECTION symbol.
>>>   (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Take rela addend into account
>>>   when calculation destination.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ld/testsuite/
>>>   * ld-aarch64/farcall-section.d: Delete.
>>>   * ld-aarch64/farcall-section.s: Delete.
>>>   * ld-aarch64/farcall-b-section.d: New expectation file.
>>>   * ld-aarch64/farcall-bl-section.d: Likewise.
>>>   * ld-aarch64/farcall-b-section.s: New testcase.
>>>   * ld-aarch64/farcall-bl-section.s: Likewise.
>>>   * ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp: Likewise.
>> 
>> Approved - please apply.
>> 
>> Cheers
>>  Nick
>> 
> 
> Tristan,
> 
>  This patch applys cleanly on 2.26 branch and baked on master for a while.
>  It fixed a bug where current implemention mismatches AArch64 ELF Specification.
> 
>  OK for backportting to 2.26 branch?

Yes, I’m fine with that.