[Bug ld/20886] New: [2.27][ppc64le] ld hangs (indefinite loop) in ppc64_elf_size_stubs

[xingxing.pan at cn dot ibm.com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20886

            Bug ID: 20886
           Summary: [2.27][ppc64le] ld hangs (indefinite loop) in
                    ppc64_elf_size_stubs
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.23
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P2
         Component: ld
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: xingxing.pan at cn dot ibm.com
  Target Milestone: ---

GNU ld 2.23 hangs in ppc64_elf_size_stubs when linking the objects in
https://ibm.box.com/shared/static/0lk5kd0dosut39ythuvfsudv2a8e07t1.gz

Environment:
$ cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server"
VERSION="7.1 (Maipo)"
ID="rhel"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VERSION_ID="7.1"
PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.1 (Maipo)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.1:GA:server"
HOME_URL="https://www.redhat.com/";
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/";
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=7.1
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=7.1
$ uname -a
Linux lswgc3.torolab.ibm.com 3.10.0-229.ael7b.ppc64le #1 SMP Fri Jan 30
12:03:50 EST 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
$ rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/bin/ld
binutils-2.23.52.0.1-30.ael7b.ppc64le

Steps to reproduce:
1) wget https://ibm.box.com/shared/static/0lk5kd0dosut39ythuvfsudv2a8e07t1.gz
2) tar -xf 0lk5kd0dosut39ythuvfsudv2a8e07t1.gz
3) cd 137582
4) /usr/bin/ld --eh-frame-hdr -Qy -melf64lppc -L./libs/ ./libs/crt1.o
./libs/crti.o ./libs/crtbegin.o --no-toc-optimize ./libs/libipaobjects.a   -o
./libs/ipa64 -lrt -lflt_64 -li64_64 -lm -ldl -lpthread -lbifs64
-lTransformationReportInterface64 -lListerInterface64
./libs/libtcmalloc_minimal.a -dynamic-linker ./libs/ld64.so.2
--enable-new-dtags -static -lxlopt -lxl -libmc++ -call_shared -lstdc++ -lm
--as-needed -ldl --no-as-needed -lgcc_s -lgcc --as-needed -lpthread
--no-as-needed -lm -lc -lgcc_s -lgcc ./libs/crtend.o ./libs/crtn.o

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