diff --git a/libelf/elf_rawfile.c b/libelf/elf_rawfile.c
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+/* Retrieve uninterpreted file contents.
+   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 <libelf.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#include "libelfP.h"
+
+
+char *
+elf_rawfile (Elf *elf, size_t *ptr)
+{
+  char *result;
+
+  if (elf == NULL)
+    {
+      /* No valid descriptor.  */
+      __libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_INVALID_HANDLE);
+    error_out:
+      if (ptr != NULL)
+	*ptr = 0;
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  /* If the file is not mmap'ed and not previously loaded, do it now.  */
+  if (elf->map_address == NULL && __libelf_readall (elf) == NULL)
+    goto error_out;
+
+  rwlock_rdlock (elf->lock);
+  if (ptr != NULL)
+    *ptr = elf->maximum_size;
+
+  result = (char *) elf->map_address + elf->start_offset;
+  rwlock_unlock (elf->lock);
+
+  return result;
+}