diff --git a/libelf/elf_rawdata.c b/libelf/elf_rawdata.c
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+/* Return raw section content.
+   Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+   Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 1998.
+
+   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 <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "libelfP.h"
+
+
+Elf_Data *
+elf_rawdata (Elf_Scn *scn, Elf_Data *data)
+{
+  if (scn == NULL || scn->elf->kind != ELF_K_ELF)
+    {
+      __libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_INVALID_HANDLE);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  /* If `data' is not NULL this means we are not addressing the initial
+     data in the file.  But this also means this data is already read
+     (since otherwise it is not possible to have a valid `data' pointer)
+     and all the data structures are initialized as well.  In this case
+     we can simply walk the list of data records.  */
+  if (data != NULL
+      || (scn->data_read != 0 && (scn->flags & ELF_F_FILEDATA) == 0))
+    {
+      /* We don't allow accessing any but the data read from the file
+	 as raw.  */
+      __libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_DATA_MISMATCH);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  /* If the data for this section was not yet initialized do it now.  */
+  if (scn->data_read == 0)
+    {
+      /* First thing we do is to read the data from the file.  There is
+	 always a file (or memory region) associated with this descriptor
+	 since otherwise the `data_read' flag would be set.  */
+      if (__libelf_set_rawdata (scn) != 0)
+	/* Something went wrong.  The error value is already set.  */
+	return NULL;
+    }
+
+  /* Return the first data element in the list.  */
+  return &scn->rawdata.d;
+}
+INTDEF(elf_rawdata)