[PR22764][LD][AARCH64]Allow R_AARCH64_ABS16 and R_AARCH64_ABS32 against absolution symbol or undefine symbol in shared object.

backport from mainline

bfd/

2018-02-05  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>

	PR ld/22764
	* elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Relax the
	R_AARCH64_ABS32 and R_AARCH64_ABS16 for absolute symbol. Apply the
	check for writeable section as well.

ld/

2018-02-05  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>

	PR ld/22764
	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-258.s: Define symbol as an address.
	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-259.s: Likewise.
	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp: Run new test.
	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/pr22764.s: New.
	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/pr22764.d: New.

8 files changed, 56 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 92e26a8aa23..9fe447a29e5 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2018-02-05  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
+
+	PR ld/22764
+	* elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Relax the
+	R_AARCH64_ABS32 and R_AARCH64_ABS16 for absolute symbol. Apply the
+	check for writeable section as well.
+
 2018-01-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	Back to development.
diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
index d5711e0eb1d..973188220ba 100644
--- a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
+++ b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
@@ -7074,10 +7074,19 @@ elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info,
 #if ARCH_SIZE == 64
 	case BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_32:
 #endif
-	  if (bfd_link_pic (info)
-	      && (sec->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0
-	      && (sec->flags & SEC_READONLY) != 0)
+	  if (bfd_link_pic (info) && (sec->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0)
 	    {
+	      if (h != NULL
+		  /* This is an absolute symbol.  It represents a value instead
+		     of an address.  */
+		  && ((h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+		       && bfd_is_abs_section (h->root.u.def.section))
+		      /* This is an undefined symbol.  */
+		      || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined))
+		break;
+
+	      /* For local symbols, defined global symbols in a non-ABS section,
+		 it is assumed that the value is an address.  */
 	      int howto_index = bfd_r_type - BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_RELOC_START;
 	      _bfd_error_handler
 		/* xgettext:c-format */
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index ddc1d88f3c1..e871cef7c07 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2018-02-05  Renlin Li  <renlin.li@arm.com>
+
+	PR ld/22764
+	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-258.s: Define symbol as an address.
+	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-259.s: Likewise.
+	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/pr22764.s: New.
+	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/pr22764.d: New.
+
 2018-02-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* po/pt_BR.po: Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp
index f31089361b8..d766f3736bc 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ run_dump_test "pr17415"
 run_dump_test_lp64 "tprel_g2_overflow"
 run_dump_test "tprel_add_lo12_overflow"
 run_dump_test "protected-data"
+run_dump_test_lp64 "pr22764"
 
 # ifunc tests
 run_dump_test "ifunc-1"
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-258.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-258.s
index f7247762431..87bb657c5d9 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-258.s
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-258.s
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+.global dummy
 .text
-
+dummy:
   ldr x0, .L1
 
 .L1:
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-259.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-259.s
index 7e1ba3ceb40..0977c9d869f 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-259.s
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-259.s
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+.global dummy
 .text
-
+dummy:
   ldr x0, .L1
 
 .L1:
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/pr22764.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/pr22764.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..997519f4699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/pr22764.d
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#source: pr22764.s
+#ld: -shared -T relocs.ld -defsym sym_abs1=0x1 -defsym sym_abs2=0x2 -defsym sym_abs3=0x3 -e0 --emit-relocs
+#notarget: aarch64_be-*-*
+#objdump: -dr
+#...
+
+Disassembly of section \.text:
+
+0000000000010000 \<\.text\>:
+   10000:	d503201f 	nop
+	...
+			10004: R_AARCH64_ABS64	sym_abs1
+   1000c:	00000002 	\.word	0x00000002
+			1000c: R_AARCH64_ABS32	sym_abs2
+   10010:	0003      	\.short	0x0003
+			10010: R_AARCH64_ABS16	sym_abs3
+   10012:	0000      	\.short	0x0000
+   10014:	d503201f 	nop
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/pr22764.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/pr22764.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25e36b4a129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/pr22764.s
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+  .text
+  nop
+  .xword sym_abs1
+  .word sym_abs2
+  .short sym_abs3
+  nop