--- /dev/null
+From 2424aef3a744bc6ca4099a655065c70a63f0fb49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@imgtec.com>
+Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:18:13 +0100
+Subject: ELF/BFD: Limit `_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms' call in section GC
+
+Consistently call `_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms' only if linking a
+dynamic binary, complementing code in `bfd_elf_size_dynsym_hash_dynstr'
+and commit ccabcbe51e85 ("New attempt at fixing MIPS --gc-sections et
+al."), <https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2005-08/msg00258.html>.
+
+ bfd/
+ * elflink.c (elf_gc_sweep): Only call
+ `_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms' if dynamic sections have been
+ created.
+
+(backported from commit c46cec3a8cfe02fbe0f6c67ba53abc5369c5c659)
+---
+ bfd/ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
+ bfd/elflink.c | 3 ++-
+ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
+index 85c6a817e5..537ebb5e2c 100644
+--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
++++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
+@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
++2017-04-26 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
++
++ * elflink.c (elf_gc_sweep): Only call
++ `_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms' if dynamic sections have been
++ created.
++
+ 2017-03-02 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
+
+ * version.m4: Bump version to 2.28
+diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
+index 69b66f2831..75d6543dcc 100644
+--- a/bfd/elflink.c
++++ b/bfd/elflink.c
+@@ -12986,7 +12986,8 @@ elf_gc_sweep (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
+ elf_link_hash_traverse (elf_hash_table (info), elf_gc_sweep_symbol,
+ &sweep_info);
+
+- _bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms (abfd, info, §ion_sym_count);
++ if (elf_hash_table (info)->dynamic_sections_created)
++ _bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms (abfd, info, §ion_sym_count);
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+--
+2.11.0
+
--- /dev/null
+From 51ffcfc2c67b4c4aa1620fb4c9834c38d150e1c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@imgtec.com>
+Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:23:44 +0100
+Subject: PR ld/21334: Always call `_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms' if required
+
+Complement commit e17b0c351f0b ("MIPS/BFD: Respect the ELF gABI dynamic
+symbol table sort requirement") and correct an inconsistency in dynamic
+symbol accounting data causing an assertion failure in the MIPS backend:
+
+ld: BFD (GNU Binutils) 2.28.51.20170330 assertion fail
+../../binutils-gdb/bfd/elfxx-mips.c:3860
+
+in the course of making a GOT entry in a static binary to satisfy a GOT
+relocation present in input, due to the local dynamic symbol count not
+having been established.
+
+To do so let backends request `_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms' to be
+always called, rather than where a dynamic binary is linked only, and
+then make this request in the MIPS backend.
+
+ bfd/
+ PR ld/21334
+ * elf-bfd.h (elf_backend_data): Add `always_renumber_dynsyms'
+ member.
+ * elfxx-target.h [!elf_backend_always_renumber_dynsyms]
+ (elf_backend_always_renumber_dynsyms): Define.
+ (elfNN_bed): Initialize `always_renumber_dynsyms' member.
+ * elfxx-mips.h (elf_backend_always_renumber_dynsyms): Define.
+ * elflink.c (bfd_elf_size_dynsym_hash_dynstr): Also call
+ `_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms' if the backend has requested
+ it.
+ (elf_gc_sweep): Likewise.
+
+(backported from commit 23ec1e32b1ab714649a7c25e49b5d721fe3bd3db)
+---
+ bfd/ChangeLog | 14 ++++++++++++++
+ bfd/elf-bfd.h | 4 ++++
+ bfd/elflink.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
+ bfd/elfxx-mips.h | 1 +
+ bfd/elfxx-target.h | 6 +++++-
+ 5 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
+index 537ebb5e2c..3f10bc55f2 100644
+--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
++++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
+@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
+ 2017-04-26 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
+
++ PR ld/21334
++ * elf-bfd.h (elf_backend_data): Add `always_renumber_dynsyms'
++ member.
++ * elfxx-target.h [!elf_backend_always_renumber_dynsyms]
++ (elf_backend_always_renumber_dynsyms): Define.
++ (elfNN_bed): Initialize `always_renumber_dynsyms' member.
++ * elfxx-mips.h (elf_backend_always_renumber_dynsyms): Define.
++ * elflink.c (bfd_elf_size_dynsym_hash_dynstr): Also call
++ `_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms' if the backend has requested
++ it.
++ (elf_gc_sweep): Likewise.
++
++2017-04-26 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
++
+ * elflink.c (elf_gc_sweep): Only call
+ `_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms' if dynamic sections have been
+ created.
+diff --git a/bfd/elf-bfd.h b/bfd/elf-bfd.h
+index 5de9ab6ca6..dc4bd87f89 100644
+--- a/bfd/elf-bfd.h
++++ b/bfd/elf-bfd.h
+@@ -1478,6 +1478,10 @@ struct elf_backend_data
+ /* Address of protected data defined in the shared library may be
+ external, i.e., due to copy relocation. */
+ unsigned extern_protected_data : 1;
++
++ /* True if `_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms' must be called even for
++ static binaries. */
++ unsigned always_renumber_dynsyms : 1;
+ };
+
+ /* Information about reloc sections associated with a bfd_elf_section_data
+diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
+index 75d6543dcc..507f2b6259 100644
+--- a/bfd/elflink.c
++++ b/bfd/elflink.c
+@@ -6710,6 +6710,8 @@ bfd_boolean
+ bfd_elf_size_dynsym_hash_dynstr (bfd *output_bfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
+ {
+ const struct elf_backend_data *bed;
++ unsigned long section_sym_count;
++ bfd_size_type dynsymcount;
+
+ if (!is_elf_hash_table (info->hash))
+ return TRUE;
+@@ -6717,24 +6719,30 @@ bfd_elf_size_dynsym_hash_dynstr (bfd *output_bfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
+ bed = get_elf_backend_data (output_bfd);
+ (*bed->elf_backend_init_index_section) (output_bfd, info);
+
++ /* Assign dynsym indices. In a shared library we generate a section
++ symbol for each output section, which come first. Next come all
++ of the back-end allocated local dynamic syms, followed by the rest
++ of the global symbols.
++
++ This is usually not needed for static binaries, however backends
++ can request to always do it, e.g. the MIPS backend uses dynamic
++ symbol counts to lay out GOT, which will be produced in the
++ presence of GOT relocations even in static binaries (holding fixed
++ data in that case, to satisfy those relocations). */
++
++ if (elf_hash_table (info)->dynamic_sections_created
++ || bed->always_renumber_dynsyms)
++ dynsymcount = _bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms (output_bfd, info,
++ §ion_sym_count);
++
+ if (elf_hash_table (info)->dynamic_sections_created)
+ {
+ bfd *dynobj;
+ asection *s;
+- bfd_size_type dynsymcount;
+- unsigned long section_sym_count;
+ unsigned int dtagcount;
+
+ dynobj = elf_hash_table (info)->dynobj;
+
+- /* Assign dynsym indicies. In a shared library we generate a
+- section symbol for each output section, which come first.
+- Next come all of the back-end allocated local dynamic syms,
+- followed by the rest of the global symbols. */
+-
+- dynsymcount = _bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms (output_bfd, info,
+- §ion_sym_count);
+-
+ /* Work out the size of the symbol version section. */
+ s = bfd_get_linker_section (dynobj, ".gnu.version");
+ BFD_ASSERT (s != NULL);
+@@ -12986,7 +12994,11 @@ elf_gc_sweep (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
+ elf_link_hash_traverse (elf_hash_table (info), elf_gc_sweep_symbol,
+ &sweep_info);
+
+- if (elf_hash_table (info)->dynamic_sections_created)
++ /* We need to reassign dynsym indices now that symbols may have
++ been removed. See the call in `bfd_elf_size_dynsym_hash_dynstr'
++ for the details of the conditions used here. */
++ if (elf_hash_table (info)->dynamic_sections_created
++ || bed->always_renumber_dynsyms)
+ _bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms (abfd, info, §ion_sym_count);
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-mips.h b/bfd/elfxx-mips.h
+index fa5b5d2de9..274129b2e5 100644
+--- a/bfd/elfxx-mips.h
++++ b/bfd/elfxx-mips.h
+@@ -196,3 +196,4 @@ literal_reloc_p (int r_type)
+ #define elf_backend_post_process_headers _bfd_mips_post_process_headers
+ #define elf_backend_compact_eh_encoding _bfd_mips_elf_compact_eh_encoding
+ #define elf_backend_cant_unwind_opcode _bfd_mips_elf_cant_unwind_opcode
++#define elf_backend_always_renumber_dynsyms TRUE
+diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-target.h b/bfd/elfxx-target.h
+index d063fb7f1b..d07600c15d 100644
+--- a/bfd/elfxx-target.h
++++ b/bfd/elfxx-target.h
+@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@
+ #ifndef elf_backend_extern_protected_data
+ #define elf_backend_extern_protected_data 0
+ #endif
++#ifndef elf_backend_always_renumber_dynsyms
++#define elf_backend_always_renumber_dynsyms FALSE
++#endif
+ #ifndef elf_backend_stack_align
+ #define elf_backend_stack_align 16
+ #endif
+@@ -866,7 +869,8 @@ static struct elf_backend_data elfNN_bed =
+ elf_backend_no_page_alias,
+ elf_backend_default_execstack,
+ elf_backend_caches_rawsize,
+- elf_backend_extern_protected_data
++ elf_backend_extern_protected_data,
++ elf_backend_always_renumber_dynsyms
+ };
+
+ /* Forward declaration for use when initialising alternative_target field. */
+--
+2.11.0
+