[Bug 1749597] [NEW] [aarch64] gas: Error: non-constant expression in ".if" statement

[Stephen Warren]

Public bug reported:

gas in binutils 2.26 contains a bug that prevents compilation of ARM
Trusted Firmware in particular, or any code that references the "."
symbol following a .align statement that specifies explicit padding
data.

ATF bug report: https://github.com/ARM-software/tf-issues/issues/401
binutils bug report: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20364

** Affects: binutils
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Affects: binutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Bug watch added: Sourceware.org Bugzilla #20364
   https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20364

** Also affects: binutils via
   https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20364
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  [aarch64] gas: Error: non-constant expression in ".if" statement

Status in binutils:
  Unknown
Status in binutils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  gas in binutils 2.26 contains a bug that prevents compilation of ARM
  Trusted Firmware in particular, or any code that references the "."
  symbol following a .align statement that specifies explicit padding
  data.

  ATF bug report: https://github.com/ARM-software/tf-issues/issues/401
  binutils bug report: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20364

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