[v0,13/15] ld tests: generic merge coverage for build attributes

Message ID 20250310175131.1217374-14-matthieu.longo@arm.com
State New
Headers
Series AArch64 AEABI build attributes (a.k.a. object attributes v2) |

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Commit Message

Matthieu Longo March 10, 2025, 5:51 p.m. UTC
  - only one input object is copied to the output object
- merge two inputs with optional subsections of both types
  ULEB128 and NTBS, which contains same, additional, and
  missing attributes.
- mismatch subsection properties.
- combine matching required subsections.
- combine non-matching required subsections.
- prune unknown attributes in known subsections.
- prune unknown subsections.
---
 .../aarch64-build-attributes.exp              | 47 ++++++++++++++++
 .../build-attributes/ba-1-all-optional-1.s    | 15 ++++++
 .../build-attributes/ba-1-all-optional-2.s    | 15 ++++++
 ...ismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1.d |  7 +++
 ...ismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1.s |  2 +
 .../build-attributes/ba-1-one-file.d          | 42 +++++++++++++++
 ...-1-two-files-all-optional-1more-1missing.d | 53 +++++++++++++++++++
 ...nknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection-1.s | 11 ++++
 ...nknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection-2.s | 11 ++++
 ...-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection.d | 25 +++++++++
 ...ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections-1.s | 19 +++++++
 ...ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections-2.s | 19 +++++++
 .../ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections.d  | 26 +++++++++
 .../ba-2-required-subsec-A-1.s                |  3 ++
 .../ba-2-required-subsec-A-2.s                |  3 ++
 .../build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-B.s |  3 ++
 .../ba-2-required-subsec-nok.d                |  7 +++
 .../ba-2-required-subsec-ok.d                 | 16 ++++++
 18 files changed, 324 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/aarch64-build-attributes.exp
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-all-optional-1.s
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-all-optional-2.s
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-mismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1.d
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-mismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1.s
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-one-file.d
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-two-files-all-optional-1more-1missing.d
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection-1.s
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection-2.s
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection.d
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections-1.s
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections-2.s
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections.d
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-A-1.s
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-A-2.s
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-B.s
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-nok.d
 create mode 100644 ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-ok.d
  

Patch

diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/aarch64-build-attributes.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/aarch64-build-attributes.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dda5df8e489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/aarch64-build-attributes.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ 
+# Expect script for AARCH64 ELF tests related to GNU properties.
+# Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+
+# Exclude non-aarch64-ELF targets.
+if { ![is_elf_format] || ![istarget "aarch64*-*-*"] } {
+  return
+}
+
+load_file $srcdir/$subdir/../lib/aarch64-elf-lib.exp
+
+set test_list [lsort [glob -nocomplain $srcdir/$subdir/*.d]]
+
+# See definition of run_ld_link_tests in testsuite/lib/ld-lib.exp for more
+# details.
+# set aarch64elflinktests {
+#   {"Build bti-plt-so for PLT tests"
+#    "-shared" ""
+#    "-I$srcdir/$subdir -defsym __property_bti__=1"
+#    {bti-plt-so.s} {} "libbti-plt-so.so"}
+# }
+
+# if [check_shared_lib_support] {
+#   run_ld_link_tests $aarch64elflinktests
+# }
+
+foreach t $test_list {
+  # We need to strip the ".d", but can leave the dirname.
+  run_dump_test [file rootname $t] \
+    [list [list as "-I\$srcdir/\$subdir"]]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-all-optional-1.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-all-optional-1.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48662096d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-all-optional-1.s
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ 
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND, optional, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 0
+
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-2-MERGE-AND, optional, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 0
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 1
+
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-3-MERGE-ADD, optional, ntbs
+.aeabi_attribute  0, "hello"
+.aeabi_attribute  1, "world"
+
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-5-MERGE-ADD, optional, ntbs
+.aeabi_attribute  0, "hello"
+.aeabi_attribute  1, "world"
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-all-optional-2.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-all-optional-2.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..669fc769a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-all-optional-2.s
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ 
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND, optional, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 1
+
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-2-MERGE-AND, optional, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 1
+
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-4-MERGE-ADD, optional, ntbs
+.aeabi_attribute  0, "foo"
+.aeabi_attribute  1, "bar"
+
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-5-MERGE-ADD, optional, ntbs
+.aeabi_attribute  0, "foo"
+.aeabi_attribute  1, "bar"
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-mismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-mismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..684da464345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-mismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1.d
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ 
+# name: Build attributes: mismatch subsection properties with ba-1-all-optional-1
+# source: ba-1-all-optional-1.s
+# source: ba-1-mismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1.s
+# as:
+# ld: -shared
+#error: \A[^\n]*ba-1-all-optional-1\.o, [^:]*ba-1-mismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1\.o: error: parameters of subsection 'gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND' are mismatching. \(optional, uleb128\) VS \(required, uleb128\)\n
+#error:   [^\n]*ba-1-all-optional-1\.o, [^:]*ba-1-mismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1\.o: error: parameters of subsection 'gnu-testing-ba-2-MERGE-AND' are mismatching. \(optional, uleb128\) VS \(optional, ntbs\)
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-mismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-mismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e7d7d29060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-mismatch-subsec-props-with-all-optional-1.s
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ 
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND, required, uleb128
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-2-MERGE-AND, optional, ntbs
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-one-file.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-one-file.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f80f092675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-one-file.d
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ 
+# name: Build attributes: only one input object is copied to the output object
+# source: ba-1-all-optional-1.s
+# as:
+# ld: -shared
+# readelf: --arch-specific
+
+Subsections:
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	37
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	ULEB128
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	1 \(0x1\)
+    Tag_unknown_1:	0 \(0x0\)
+
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-2-MERGE-AND
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	37
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	ULEB128
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	0 \(0x0\)
+    Tag_unknown_1:	1 \(0x1\)
+
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-3-MERGE-ADD
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	47
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	asciz
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	"hello"
+    Tag_unknown_1:	"world"
+
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-5-MERGE-ADD
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	47
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	asciz
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	"hello"
+    Tag_unknown_1:	"world"
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-two-files-all-optional-1more-1missing.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-two-files-all-optional-1more-1missing.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b271424497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-1-two-files-all-optional-1more-1missing.d
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ 
+# name: Build attributes: 2 files, all optional, 1 more, 1 missing
+# source: ba-1-all-optional-1.s
+# source: ba-1-all-optional-2.s
+# as:
+# ld: -shared
+# readelf: --arch-specific
+
+Subsections:
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	37
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	ULEB128
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	1 \(0x1\)
+    Tag_unknown_1:	0 \(0x0\)
+
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-2-MERGE-AND
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	37
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	ULEB128
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	0 \(0x0\)
+    Tag_unknown_1:	1 \(0x1\)
+
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-3-MERGE-ADD
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	47
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	asciz
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	"hello"
+    Tag_unknown_1:	"world"
+
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-4-MERGE-ADD
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	43
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	asciz
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	"foo"
+    Tag_unknown_1:	"bar"
+
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-5-MERGE-ADD
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	55
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	asciz
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	"hello\+foo"
+    Tag_unknown_1:	"world\+bar"
+
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection-1.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection-1.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0076d693231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection-1.s
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ 
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND, optional, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  2, 1 // Unknown tag
+.aeabi_attribute  3, 1 // Unknown tag
+
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-2-MERGE-ADD, optional, ntbs
+.aeabi_attribute  0, "foo"
+.aeabi_attribute  1, "bar"
+.aeabi_attribute  2, "foo2" // Unknown tag
+.aeabi_attribute  3, "foo3" // Unknown tag
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection-2.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection-2.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db468d5ae62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection-2.s
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ 
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND, optional, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  2, 1 // Unknown tag
+.aeabi_attribute  4, 1 // Unknown tag
+
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-2-MERGE-ADD, optional, ntbs
+.aeabi_attribute  0, "foo"
+.aeabi_attribute  1, "bar"
+.aeabi_attribute  2, "foo2" // Unknown tag
+.aeabi_attribute  4, "foo4" // Unknown tag
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d710c981ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection.d
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ 
+# name: Build attributes: unknown attribute inside known subsection should be removed from the output.
+# source: ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection-1.s
+# source: ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-attr-known-subsection-2.s
+# as:
+# ld: -shared
+# readelf: --arch-specific
+
+Subsections:
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	37
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	ULEB128
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	1 \(0x1\)
+    Tag_unknown_1:	1 \(0x1\)
+
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-2-MERGE-ADD
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	51
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	asciz
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	"foo\+foo"
+    Tag_unknown_1:	"bar\+bar"
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections-1.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections-1.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07c328ac5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections-1.s
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ 
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND, optional, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 0
+
+.aeabi_subsection private-1, optional, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 0
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 1
+
+.aeabi_subsection private-2, optional, ntbs
+.aeabi_attribute  0, "hello"
+.aeabi_attribute  1, "world"
+
+.aeabi_subsection private-4, optional, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 1
+
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-2-MERGE-ADD, optional, ntbs
+.aeabi_attribute  0, "hello"
+.aeabi_attribute  1, "world"
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections-2.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections-2.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ba63da6fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections-2.s
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ 
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND, optional, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 1
+
+.aeabi_subsection private-1, optional, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 1
+
+.aeabi_subsection private-2, optional, ntbs
+.aeabi_attribute  0, "foo"
+.aeabi_attribute  1, "bar"
+
+.aeabi_subsection private-3, optional, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 1
+
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-2-MERGE-ADD, optional, ntbs
+.aeabi_attribute  0, "foo"
+.aeabi_attribute  1, "bar"
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eeeb7d33c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections.d
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ 
+# name: Build attributes: unknown subsections are removed from the output.
+# source: ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections-1.s
+# source: ba-2-mix-unknown-and-known-subsections-2.s
+# as:
+# ld: -shared
+# readelf: --arch-specific
+
+Subsections:
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	37
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	ULEB128
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	1 \(0x1\)
+    Tag_unknown_1:	0 \(0x0\)
+
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-2-MERGE-ADD
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	55
+   Optional:	True
+   Encoding:	asciz
+   Values:
+    Tag_unknown_0:	"hello\+foo"
+    Tag_unknown_1:	"world\+bar"
+
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-A-1.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-A-1.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d4ef909820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-A-1.s
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ 
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND, required, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 0
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-A-2.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-A-2.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d4ef909820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-A-2.s
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ 
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND, required, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 0
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-B.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-B.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b33b0bcc85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-B.s
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ 
+.aeabi_subsection gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND, required, uleb128
+.aeabi_attribute  0, 1
+.aeabi_attribute  1, 1
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-nok.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-nok.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..118543f7af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-nok.d
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ 
+# name: Build attributes: combine non-matching required subsections
+# source: ba-2-required-subsec-A-1.s
+# source: ba-2-required-subsec-B.s
+# source: ba-2-required-subsec-A-2.s
+# as:
+# ld: -shared
+#error: \A[^\n]*ba-2-required-subsec-A-1\.o, [^:]*ba-2-required-subsec-B\.o: error: mismatching values 0x0 and 0x1 for required object attribute 'GNUTestTag_1' in subsection 'gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND'
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-ok.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-ok.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67242e2b9c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/build-attributes/ba-2-required-subsec-ok.d
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ 
+# name: Build attributes: combine matching required subsections
+# source: ba-2-required-subsec-A-1.s
+# source: ba-2-required-subsec-A-2.s
+# as:
+# ld: -shared
+# readelf: --arch-specific
+
+Subsections:
+ - Name:	gnu-testing-ba-1-MERGE-AND
+   Scope:	private
+   Length:	37
+   Optional:	False
+   Encoding:	ULEB128
+   Values:
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