Index: ld-scripts/section-flags-1.s
===================================================================
RCS file: ld-scripts/section-flags-1.s
diff -N ld-scripts/section-flags-1.s
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ ld-scripts/section-flags-1.s	22 Jun 2011 21:07:53 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+	.text
+	.space 16
Index: ld-scripts/section-flags-1.t
===================================================================
RCS file: ld-scripts/section-flags-1.t
diff -N ld-scripts/section-flags-1.t
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ ld-scripts/section-flags-1.t	22 Jun 2011 21:07:53 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+MEMORY
+{
+  ram (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x100000, LENGTH = 144M
+}
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+  .text :
+  {
+    INPUT_SECTION_FLAGS (!SHF_TLS) *(.text .text.* .text_* .gnu.linkonce.t.*)
+  } >ram
+
+  .text_vle : 
+  {
+    INPUT_SECTION_FLAGS (SHF_MERGE & SHF_STRINGS & SHF_LINK_ORDER) *(.text .text.* .text_* .gnu.linkonce.t.*)
+  } >ram
+}
Index: ld-scripts/section-flags-2.s
===================================================================
RCS file: ld-scripts/section-flags-2.s
diff -N ld-scripts/section-flags-2.s
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ ld-scripts/section-flags-2.s	22 Jun 2011 21:07:53 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+	.text
+	.space 16
Index: ld-scripts/section-flags-2.t
===================================================================
RCS file: ld-scripts/section-flags-2.t
diff -N ld-scripts/section-flags-2.t
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ ld-scripts/section-flags-2.t	22 Jun 2011 21:07:53 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+MEMORY
+{
+  ram (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x100000, LENGTH = 144M
+}
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+  .text :
+  {
+    INPUT_SECTION_FLAGS (!SHF_TLS) *(EXCLUDE_FILE (section-flags-1.o) .text .text.* .text_* .gnu.linkonce.t.*)
+  } >ram
+}
Index: ld-scripts/section-flags.exp
===================================================================
RCS file: ld-scripts/section-flags.exp
diff -N ld-scripts/section-flags.exp
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ ld-scripts/section-flags.exp	22 Jun 2011 21:07:53 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Test SECTION_FLAGS in a linker script.
+#
+# This file is part of the GNU Binutils.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston,
+# MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+set testname "SECTION_FLAGS-1"
+
+if ![ld_assemble $as $srcdir/$subdir/section-flags-1.s tmpdir/section-flags-1.o] {
+    unresolved $testname
+    return
+}
+
+if ![ld_simple_link $ld tmpdir/section-flags-1 "-T $srcdir/$subdir/section-flags-1.t tmpdir/section-flags-1.o"] {
+    fail $testname
+    return
+}
+
+pass $testname
+
+set testname "SECTION_FLAGS-2"
+if ![ld_assemble $as $srcdir/$subdir/section-flags-2.s tmpdir/section-flags-2.o] {
+    unresolved $testname
+    return
+}
+
+if ![ld_simple_link $ld tmpdir/section-flags-2 "-T $srcdir/$subdir/section-flags-2.t tmpdir/section-flags-1.o tmpdir/section-flags-2.o"] {
+    fail $testname
+    return
+}
+
+pass $testname