[Bug binutils/20303] New: strip: retain mapping symbols in object files on big-endian ARM for correct byte-swapping on linking

[michael at weiser dot dinsnail.net]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20303

            Bug ID: 20303
           Summary: strip: retain mapping symbols in object files on
                    big-endian ARM for correct byte-swapping on linking
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.27 (HEAD)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: binutils
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: michael at weiser dot dinsnail.net
  Target Milestone: ---
              Host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
            Target: armv7veb-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi
             Build: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

Created attachment 9367
  --> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=9367&action=edit
retain mapping symbols in object files on big-endian ARM for correct
byte-swapping on linking

As discussed[1] strip should retain ARM mapping symbols in object files on
big-endian arm so that the linker can byte-swap them correctly. Attached patch
implements that.

[1] https://www.sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2016-06/msg00423.html

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