Hi all, In arm_init_frag(), when ARM or THUMB are recorded, it will simply return without doing anything. This is not correct in a few cases. For the following two cases: case 1: nop ----> MAP_ARM .long 0 ---> MAP_DATA .align 4 ---> ---->(1) ----> start new frag .word 0x12345678 (1) paddings here are all treated as data, because the previous state is MAP_DATA. case 2: nop ----> MAP_ARM .long 0 ---> MAP_DATA .byte 1 .align 2 ---> (1) ----> (2) ----> start new frag .long 0x12345678 ----> (3) stage 1: while parsing the input file: (1) arm_init_frag early returns, No state change, no new symbol. (3)No state change, no new symbol. stage 2: Later, while writing the object file: (2)MAP_DATA, MAP_ARM are inserted by insert_data_mapping_symol to handle alignment. (3) interpreted as instruction because of the MAP_ARM inserted at (2) This change might generate redundant symbols, some of them can be removed later. In check_mapping_symbols(), the symbols at the end of a section, and overlapping symbols will be removed. gas checked without any new issues. Okay to commit? By the way, Nick, aarch64 has the same issue. The same can be done to aarch64_init_frag(). Another way is to remove fragP->tc_frag_data.recorded. It's only used in a few places. But I am sure what dose it intended to do, Could you please explain a little bit for me? Regards, Renlin Li gas/ChangeLog: 2015-04-24 Renlin Li * config/tc-arm.c (arm_init_frag): Always emit mapping symbols. gas/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2015-04-24 Renlin Li * gas/arm/thumb2_vpool_be.d: Adjust the desired output. * gas/arm/vldconst_be.d: Ditto.