Hi, This is a patch for PR 17704, which is identical to the patch proposed by ngg@ here: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=8906&action=diff&collapsed=&headers=1&format=raw Please take a look. PR gold/17704 * icf.cc (match_sections): Add new parameter section_addraligns. Check section alignment and keep the section with the strictest alignment. (find_identical_sections): New local variable section_addraligns. Store each section's alignment. * testsuite/pr17704a_test.S: New file. * testsuite/Makefile.am (pr17704a_test): New test. * testsuite/Makefile.in: Regenerate. Thanks Sri