commit 350c762df1ed37cb0e13633cdaa5950c079b96f1
Author: Egeyar Bagcioglu <egeyar.bagcioglu@oracle.com>
Date:   Wed Oct 3 16:24:21 2018 +0000

    Do not attempt to place symbols into a discarded .dynsym. Prevent getting an
    error about dynamic symbols in sections indexed 64K+ when .dynsym is discarded.

diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index 02618be..f451309 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -10025,6 +10025,7 @@ elf_link_output_extsym (struct bfd_hash_entry *bh, void *data)
      there now.  We already know the symbol index.  We also fill in
      the entry in the .hash section.  */
   if (elf_hash_table (flinfo->info)->dynsym != NULL
+      && !discarded_section(elf_hash_table (flinfo->info)->dynsym)
       && h->dynindx != -1
       && elf_hash_table (flinfo->info)->dynamic_sections_created)
     {