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+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# Script to handle the various ways soong may need to strip binaries
+# Inputs:
+#  Environment:
+#   CROSS_COMPILE: prefix added to readelf, objcopy tools
+#  Arguments:
+#   -o ${file}: output file (required)
+#   -d ${file}: deps file (required)
+#   --keep-symbols
+#   --keep-mini-debug-info
+#   --add-gnu-debuglink
+
+OPTSTRING=d:i:o:-:
+
+usage() {
+    cat <<EOF
+Usage: strip.sh [options] -i in-file -o out-file -d deps-file
+Options:
+        --keep-symbols          Keep symbols in out-file
+        --keep-mini-debug-info  Keep compressed debug info in out-file
+        --add-gnu-debuglink     Add a gnu-debuglink section to out-file
+EOF
+    exit 1
+}
+
+do_strip() {
+    "${CROSS_COMPILE}strip" --strip-all "${infile}" -o "${outfile}.tmp"
+}
+
+do_strip_keep_symbols() {
+    "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" "${infile}" "${outfile}.tmp" \
+	`"${CROSS_COMPILE}readelf" -S "${infile}" | awk '/.debug_/ {print "-R " $2}' | xargs`
+}
+
+do_strip_keep_mini_debug_info() {
+    "${CROSS_COMPILE}nm" -D "${infile}" --format=posix --defined-only | awk '{ print $$1 }' | sort >"${outfile}.dynsyms"
+    "${CROSS_COMPILE}nm" "${infile}" --format=posix --defined-only | awk '{ if ($$2 == "T" || $$2 == "t" || $$2 == "D") print $$1 }' | sort > "${outfile}.funcsyms"
+    comm -13 "${outfile}.dynsyms" "${outfile}.funcsyms" > "${outfile}.keep_symbols"
+    "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" --only-keep-debug "${infile}" "${outfile}.debug"
+    "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" --rename-section .debug_frame=saved_debug_frame "${outfile}.debug" "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
+    "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" -S --remove-section .gdb_index --remove-section .comment --keep-symbols="${outfile}.keep_symbols" "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
+    "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" --rename-section saved_debug_frame=.debug_frame "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
+    "${CROSS_COMPILE}strip" --strip-all -R .comment "${infile}" -o "${outfile}.tmp"
+    rm -f "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo.xz"
+    xz "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
+    "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" --add-section .gnu_debugdata="${outfile}.mini_debuginfo.xz" "${outfile}.tmp"
+    rm -f "${outfile}.dynsyms" "${outfile}.funcsyms" "${outfile}.keep_symbols" "${outfile}.debug" "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo.xz"
+}
+
+do_add_gnu_debuglink() {
+    "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" --add-gnu-debuglink="${infile}" "${outfile}.tmp"
+}
+
+while getopts $OPTSTRING opt; do
+    case "$opt" in
+	d) depsfile="${OPTARG}" ;;
+	i) infile="${OPTARG}" ;;
+	o) outfile="${OPTARG}" ;;
+	-)
+	    case "${OPTARG}" in
+		keep-symbols) keep_symbols=true ;;
+		keep-mini-debug-info) keep_mini_debug_info=true ;;
+		add-gnu-debuglink) add_gnu_debuglink=true ;;
+		*) echo "Unknown option --${OPTARG}"; usage ;;
+	    esac;;
+	?) usage ;;
+	*) echo "'${opt}' '${OPTARG}'"
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ -z "${infile}" ]; then
+    echo "-i argument is required"
+    usage
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${outfile}" ]; then
+    echo "-o argument is required"
+    usage
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${depsfile}" ]; then
+    echo "-d argument is required"
+    usage
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "${keep_symbols}" -a ! -z "${keep_mini_debug_info}" ]; then
+    echo "--keep-symbols and --keep-mini-debug-info cannot be used together"
+    usage
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "${add_gnu_debuglink}" -a ! -z "${keep_mini_debug_info}" ]; then
+    echo "--add-gnu-debuglink cannot be used with --keep-mini-debug-info"
+    usage
+fi
+
+rm -f "${outfile}.tmp"
+
+if [ ! -z "${keep_symbols}" ]; then
+    do_strip_keep_symbols
+elif [ ! -z "${keep_mini_debug_info}" ]; then
+    do_strip_keep_mini_debug_info
+else
+    do_strip
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "${add_gnu_debuglink}" ]; then
+    do_add_gnu_debuglink
+fi
+
+rm -f "${outfile}"
+mv "${outfile}.tmp" "${outfile}"
+
+cat <<EOF > "${depsfile}"
+${outfile}: \
+  ${infile} \
+  ${CROSS_COMPILE}nm \
+  ${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy \
+  ${CROSS_COMPILE}readelf \
+  ${CROSS_COMPILE}strip
+
+EOF