diff --git a/backends/arm_symbol.c b/backends/arm_symbol.c
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+/* Arm specific symbolic name handling.
+   Copyright (C) 2002-2009, 2014, 2015, 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+
+   This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of either
+
+     * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or
+
+     * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or both in parallel, as here.
+
+   elfutils 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 copies of the GNU General Public License and
+   the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
+   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define BACKEND		arm_
+#include "libebl_CPU.h"
+
+
+const char *
+arm_segment_type_name (int segment, char *buf __attribute__ ((unused)),
+		       size_t len __attribute__ ((unused)))
+{
+  switch (segment)
+    {
+    case PT_ARM_EXIDX:
+      return "ARM_EXIDX";
+    }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Return symbolic representation of section type.  */
+const char *
+arm_section_type_name (int type,
+		       char *buf __attribute__ ((unused)),
+		       size_t len __attribute__ ((unused)))
+{
+  switch (type)
+    {
+    case SHT_ARM_EXIDX:
+      return "ARM_EXIDX";
+    case SHT_ARM_PREEMPTMAP:
+      return "ARM_PREEMPTMAP";
+    case SHT_ARM_ATTRIBUTES:
+      return "ARM_ATTRIBUTES";
+    }
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Check whether machine flags are valid.  */
+bool
+arm_machine_flag_check (GElf_Word flags)
+{
+  switch (flags & EF_ARM_EABIMASK)
+    {
+    case EF_ARM_EABI_UNKNOWN:
+    case EF_ARM_EABI_VER1:
+    case EF_ARM_EABI_VER2:
+    case EF_ARM_EABI_VER3:
+    case EF_ARM_EABI_VER4:
+    case EF_ARM_EABI_VER5:
+      break;
+    default:
+      return false;
+    }
+
+  return ((flags &~ (EF_ARM_EABIMASK
+		     | EF_ARM_RELEXEC
+		     | EF_ARM_HASENTRY
+		     | EF_ARM_INTERWORK
+		     | EF_ARM_APCS_26
+		     | EF_ARM_APCS_FLOAT
+		     | EF_ARM_PIC
+		     | EF_ARM_ALIGN8
+		     | EF_ARM_NEW_ABI
+		     | EF_ARM_OLD_ABI
+		     | EF_ARM_SOFT_FLOAT
+		     | EF_ARM_VFP_FLOAT
+		     | EF_ARM_MAVERICK_FLOAT
+		     | EF_ARM_SYMSARESORTED
+		     | EF_ARM_DYNSYMSUSESEGIDX
+		     | EF_ARM_MAPSYMSFIRST
+		     | EF_ARM_EABIMASK
+		     | EF_ARM_BE8
+		     | EF_ARM_LE8)) == 0);
+}
+
+/* Check for the simple reloc types.  */
+Elf_Type
+arm_reloc_simple_type (Ebl *ebl __attribute__ ((unused)), int type)
+{
+  switch (type)
+    {
+    case R_ARM_ABS32:
+      return ELF_T_WORD;
+    case R_ARM_ABS16:
+      return ELF_T_HALF;
+    case R_ARM_ABS8:
+      return ELF_T_BYTE;
+    default:
+      return ELF_T_NUM;
+    }
+}
+
+/* The SHT_ARM_EXIDX section type is a valid target for relocation.  */
+bool
+arm_check_reloc_target_type (Ebl *ebl __attribute__ ((unused)), Elf64_Word sh_type)
+{
+  return sh_type == SHT_ARM_EXIDX;
+}
+
+const char *
+arm_symbol_type_name (int type,
+		      char *buf __attribute__ ((unused)),
+		      size_t len __attribute__ ((unused)))
+{
+  switch (type)
+    {
+    case STT_ARM_TFUNC:
+      return "ARM_TFUNC";
+    }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* A data mapping symbol is a symbol with "$d" name or "$d.<any...>" name,
+ *    STT_NOTYPE, STB_LOCAL and st_size of zero. The indicate the stat of a
+ *       sequence of data items.  */
+bool
+arm_data_marker_symbol (const GElf_Sym *sym, const char *sname)
+{
+  return (sym != NULL && sname != NULL
+          && sym->st_size == 0 && GELF_ST_BIND (sym->st_info) == STB_LOCAL
+          && GELF_ST_TYPE (sym->st_info) == STT_NOTYPE
+          && (strcmp (sname, "$d") == 0 || strncmp (sname, "$d.", 3) == 0));
+}