With merging properties, report property change in linker map file, like Merging program properties Removed property 0xc0010000 to merge /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/../../../../lib64/crt1.o (0x0) and /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/../../../../lib64/crti.o (0x0) Removed property 0xc0000002 to merge /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/../../../../lib64/crt1.o (0x3) and x.o (not found) Removed property 0xc0000000 to merge /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/../../../../lib64/crt1.o (not found) and /usr/lib64/libc_nonshared.a(elf-init.oS) (0x0) Removed property 0xc0000001 to merge /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/../../../../lib64/crt1.o (not found) and /usr/lib64/libc_nonshared.a(elf-init.oS) (0x0) bfd/ * elf-properties.c (elf_find_and_remove_property): Add a bfd_boolean argument to indicate if the property should be removed. (elf_merge_gnu_property_list): Updated. Report property change in linker map file. (elf_get_gnu_property_section_size): Skip property_remove properties. (elf_write_gnu_properties): Likewise. (_bfd_elf_link_setup_gnu_properties): Report property merge in linker map file. Pass abfd to elf_merge_gnu_property_list. include/ * bfdlink.h (bfd_link_info): Add has_map_file. ld/ * NEWS: Updated for property change report. * ld.texi: Document property change report. * ldmain.c (main): Set link_info.has_map_file to TRUE when linker map file is used. * testsuite/ld-scripts/rgn-over1.d: Updated. * testsuite/ld-scripts/rgn-over2.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-scripts/rgn-over3.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-scripts/rgn-over4.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-scripts/rgn-over5.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-scripts/rgn-over6.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-scripts/rgn-over7.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-x86-64/property-x86-ibt1a-x32.d: Check linker map file. * testsuite/ld-x86-64/property-x86-ibt1a.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-x86-64/property-x86-ibt1a.map: New file.