1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index d040d14..9481c0e 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -4931,8 +4931,14 @@ assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections (bfd *abfd,
 	      else
 		abort ();
 	      p->p_memsz = p->p_filesz;
-	      p->p_align = 1;
-	      p->p_flags = (lp->p_flags & ~PF_W);
+          /* Preserve the alignment and flags if they are valid. The gold
+             linker generates RW/4 for the PT_GNU_RELRO section. It is better
+             for objcopy/strip to honor these attributes otherwise gdb will
+             choke when using separate debug files. */
+          if (!m->p_align_valid)
+            p->p_align = 1;
+          if (!m->p_flags_valid)
+            p->p_flags = (lp->p_flags & ~PF_W);
 	    }
 	  else
 	    {