1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/ELFObjcopy.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/ELFObjcopy.cpp
index b366c6e55987..2e25a47dde01 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/ELFObjcopy.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/ELFObjcopy.cpp
@@ -504,6 +504,12 @@ static Error replaceAndRemoveSections(const CopyConfig &Config, Object &Obj) {
         return false;
       if (StringRef(Sec.Name).startswith(".gnu.warning"))
         return false;
+      // We keep the .ARM.attribute section to maintain compatibility
+      // with Debian derived distributions. This is a bug in their
+      // patchset as documented here:
+      // https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=943798
+      if (Sec.Type == SHT_ARM_ATTRIBUTES)
+        return false;
       if (Sec.ParentSegment != nullptr)
         return false;
       return (Sec.Flags & SHF_ALLOC) == 0;