diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/COFF.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/COFF.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/COFF.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/COFF.h
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@
   bool isSectionData(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionBSS(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionVirtual(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
+  bool isSectionReadOnly(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isDebugSection(StringRef SectionName) const override;
   relocation_iterator section_rel_begin(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   relocation_iterator section_rel_end(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@
   bool isSectionData(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionBSS(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionVirtual(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
+  bool isSectionReadOnly(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isBerkeleyText(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isBerkeleyData(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isDebugSection(StringRef SectionName) const override;
@@ -933,6 +934,14 @@
          SectionName.startswith(".zdebug") || SectionName == ".gdb_index";
 }
 
+template <class ELFT>
+bool ELFObjectFile<ELFT>::isSectionReadOnly(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
+  const Elf_Shdr *EShdr = getSection(Sec);
+  return EShdr->sh_flags & ELF::SHF_ALLOC &&
+         !(EShdr->sh_flags & ELF::SHF_WRITE) &&
+         EShdr->sh_type == ELF::SHT_PROGBITS;
+}
+
 template <class ELFT>
 relocation_iterator
 ELFObjectFile<ELFT>::section_rel_begin(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/MachO.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/MachO.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/MachO.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/MachO.h
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@
   /// to reading the number of bytes specified in the load command, starting
   /// from offset 0 (i.e. the Mach-O header at the beginning of the file).
   bool isSectionStripped(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
+  bool isSectionReadOnly(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
 
   relocation_iterator section_rel_begin(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   relocation_iterator section_rel_end(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ObjectFile.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ObjectFile.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ObjectFile.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ObjectFile.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
   bool isVirtual() const;
   bool isBitcode() const;
   bool isStripped() const;
+  bool isReadOnly() const;
 
   /// Whether this section will be placed in the text segment, according to the
   /// Berkeley size format. This is true if the section is allocatable, and
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@
   virtual bool isSectionVirtual(DataRefImpl Sec) const = 0;
   virtual bool isSectionBitcode(DataRefImpl Sec) const;
   virtual bool isSectionStripped(DataRefImpl Sec) const;
+  virtual bool isSectionReadOnly(DataRefImpl Sec) const = 0;
   virtual bool isBerkeleyText(DataRefImpl Sec) const;
   virtual bool isBerkeleyData(DataRefImpl Sec) const;
   virtual bool isDebugSection(StringRef SectionName) const;
@@ -508,6 +510,10 @@
   return OwningObject->isDebugSection(SectionName);
 }
 
+inline bool SectionRef::isReadOnly() const {
+  return OwningObject->isSectionReadOnly(SectionPimpl);
+}
+
 inline relocation_iterator SectionRef::relocation_begin() const {
   return OwningObject->section_rel_begin(SectionPimpl);
 }
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Wasm.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Wasm.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Wasm.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Wasm.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
   bool isSectionData(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionBSS(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionVirtual(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
+  bool isSectionReadOnly(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   relocation_iterator section_rel_begin(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   relocation_iterator section_rel_end(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
 
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.h
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
   bool isSectionBSS(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
 
   bool isSectionVirtual(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
+  bool isSectionReadOnly(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   relocation_iterator section_rel_begin(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   relocation_iterator section_rel_end(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp
@@ -346,6 +346,11 @@
   return Sec->PointerToRawData == 0;
 }
 
+bool COFFObjectFile::isSectionReadOnly(DataRefImpl Ref) const {
+  llvm_unreachable("not implemented");
+  return false;
+}
+
 static uint32_t getNumberOfRelocations(const coff_section *Sec,
                                        MemoryBufferRef M, const uint8_t *base) {
   // The field for the number of relocations in COFF section table is only
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/MachOObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/MachOObjectFile.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/MachOObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/MachOObjectFile.cpp
@@ -2066,6 +2066,11 @@
   return getSection(Sec).offset == 0;
 }
 
+bool MachOObjectFile::isSectionReadOnly(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
+  llvm_unreachable("not implemented");
+  return false;
+}
+
 relocation_iterator MachOObjectFile::section_rel_begin(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
   DataRefImpl Ret;
   Ret.d.a = Sec.d.a;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/WasmObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/WasmObjectFile.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/WasmObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/WasmObjectFile.cpp
@@ -1673,6 +1673,8 @@
 
 bool WasmObjectFile::isSectionVirtual(DataRefImpl Sec) const { return false; }
 
+bool WasmObjectFile::isSectionReadOnly(DataRefImpl Sec) const { return false; }
+
 relocation_iterator WasmObjectFile::section_rel_begin(DataRefImpl Ref) const {
   DataRefImpl RelocRef;
   RelocRef.d.a = Ref.d.a;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.cpp
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@
                    : toSection32(Sec)->FileOffsetToRawData == 0;
 }
 
+bool XCOFFObjectFile::isSectionReadOnly(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
+  report_fatal_error("isSectionReadOnly not implemented yet");
+}
+
 relocation_iterator XCOFFObjectFile::section_rel_begin(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
   if (is64Bit())
     report_fatal_error("64-bit support not implemented yet");