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diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mips.c b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
index c1a348e..954d047 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mips.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
@@ -9154,8 +9154,30 @@ mips16_extended_frag (fragp, sec, stretch)
/* If any of the shifted bits are set, we must use an extended
opcode. If the address depends on the size of this
instruction, this can lead to a loop, so we arrange to always
- use an extended opcode. */
- if ((val & ((1 << op->shift) - 1)) != 0)
+ use an extended opcode. We only check this when we are in
+ the main relaxation loop, when SEC is NULL. */
+ if ((val & ((1 << op->shift) - 1)) != 0 && sec == NULL)
+ {
+ fragp->fr_subtype =
+ RELAX_MIPS16_MARK_LONG_BRANCH (fragp->fr_subtype);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ /* If we are about to mark a frag as extended because the value
+ is precisely maxtiny + 1, then there is a chance of an
+ infinite loop as in the following code:
+ la $4,foo
+ .skip 1020
+ .align 2
+ foo:
+ In this case when the la is extended, foo is 0x3fc bytes
+ away, so the la can be shrunk, but then foo is 0x400 away, so
+ the la must be extended. To avoid this loop, we mark the
+ frag as extended if it was small, and is about to become
+ extended with a value of maxtiny + 1. */
+ if (val == ((maxtiny + 1) << op->shift)
+ && ! RELAX_MIPS16_EXTENDED (fragp->fr_subtype)
+ && sec == NULL)
{
fragp->fr_subtype =
RELAX_MIPS16_MARK_LONG_BRANCH (fragp->fr_subtype);