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diff --git a/backends/aarch64_symbol.c b/backends/aarch64_symbol.c
index 76999e4b..da3382e9 100644
--- a/backends/aarch64_symbol.c
+++ b/backends/aarch64_symbol.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* AArch64 specific symbolic name handling.
- Copyright (C) 2013, 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2013, 2015, 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
This file is part of elfutils.
This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -90,3 +90,15 @@ aarch64_check_special_symbol (Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *ehdr, const GElf_Sym *sym,
return false;
}
+
+/* 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
+aarch64_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));
+}