diff -rup binutils.orig/ld/ldlang.c binutils-2.35.1/ld/ldlang.c --- binutils.orig/ld/ldlang.c 2021-01-04 15:20:32.901498036 +0000 +++ binutils-2.35.1/ld/ldlang.c 2021-01-04 15:22:03.151916333 +0000 @@ -1529,6 +1529,8 @@ lang_output_section_statement_lookup (co entry->s.output_section_statement.name = name; entry->s.output_section_statement.constraint = constraint; + entry->s.output_section_statement.dup_output = (create == 2 + || constraint == SPECIAL); return &entry->s.output_section_statement; } @@ -2390,7 +2392,7 @@ init_os (lang_output_section_statement_t if (strcmp (s->name, DISCARD_SECTION_NAME) == 0) einfo (_("%F%P: illegal use of `%s' section\n"), DISCARD_SECTION_NAME); - if (s->constraint != SPECIAL) + if (!s->dup_output) s->bfd_section = bfd_get_section_by_name (link_info.output_bfd, s->name); if (s->bfd_section == NULL) s->bfd_section = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (link_info.output_bfd, diff -rup binutils.orig/ld/ldlang.h binutils-2.35.1/ld/ldlang.h --- binutils.orig/ld/ldlang.h 2021-01-04 15:20:32.627499830 +0000 +++ binutils-2.35.1/ld/ldlang.h 2021-01-04 15:21:06.688277003 +0000 @@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ typedef struct lang_output_section_state unsigned int after_end : 1; /* If this section uses the alignment of its input sections. */ unsigned int align_lma_with_input : 1; + /* If script has duplicate output section statements of the same name + create duplicate output sections. */ + unsigned int dup_output : 1; } lang_output_section_statement_type; typedef struct