ARM mapping symbols and --strip-unneeded

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Guys,

On 27/06/16 15:06, Richard Earnshaw (lists) wrote:
> And potentially for little-endian binaries as well.  For example, they
> might sometimes be needed to insert correct interworking veneers.

Agreed - so this is what I have checked in.  It makes sure that "strip
--strip-unneeded" will not remove mapping symbols from any ARM object
file (little endian or big endian), whilst still allowing them to be
removed from executables and shared libraries.

Cheers
  Nick

bfd/ChangeLog
2016-06-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_backend_symbol_processing): New
	function.  Marks mapping symbols in object files as precious, so
	that strip will not remove them.
	(elf_backend_symbol_processing): Define.

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