diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index c310da6ed3..d31f46171f 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>
This is the 2.30 release:
diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
index d5711e0eb1..973188220b 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 6337cd0cb6..1aaa6da3b5 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.
+
2018-01-27 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
This is the 2.30 release:
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp
index f31089361b..d766f3736b 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 f724776243..87bb657c5d 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 7e1ba3ceb4..0977c9d869 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 0000000000..997519f469
--- /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 0000000000..25e36b4a12
--- /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