Index: include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
+++ include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
@@ -421,6 +421,11 @@
   uint64_t getSymbolIndex(const Elf_Sym *sym) const;
   ErrorOr<ArrayRef<uint8_t> > getSectionContents(const Elf_Shdr *Sec) const;
   StringRef getLoadName() const;
+
+  bool isUndefinedSymbol(const Elf_Sym *Sym) const;
+  bool isAbsoluteSymbol(const Elf_Sym *Sym) const;
+  bool isCommonSymbol(const Elf_Sym *Sym) const;
+  bool isDefinedSymbol(const Elf_Sym *Sym) const;
 };
 
 typedef ELFFile<ELFType<support::little, false>> ELF32LEFile;
@@ -1010,6 +1015,39 @@
   return StringRef(getDynamicString(name_offset));
 }
 
+template <class ELFT>
+bool ELFFile<ELFT>::isUndefinedSymbol(const Elf_Sym *Sym) const {
+  return Sym->st_shndx == llvm::ELF::SHN_UNDEF;
+}
+
+template <class ELFT>
+bool ELFFile<ELFT>::isAbsoluteSymbol(const Elf_Sym *Sym) const {
+  return Sym->st_shndx == llvm::ELF::SHN_ABS;
+}
+
+template <class ELFT>
+bool ELFFile<ELFT>::isCommonSymbol(const Elf_Sym *Sym) const {
+  return Sym->getType() == llvm::ELF::STT_COMMON ||
+         Sym->st_shndx == llvm::ELF::SHN_COMMON ||
+         /* Hexagon-specific */
+         Sym->st_shndx == llvm::ELF::SHN_HEXAGON_SCOMMON ||
+         Sym->st_shndx == llvm::ELF::SHN_HEXAGON_SCOMMON_1 ||
+         Sym->st_shndx == llvm::ELF::SHN_HEXAGON_SCOMMON_2 ||
+         Sym->st_shndx == llvm::ELF::SHN_HEXAGON_SCOMMON_4 ||
+         Sym->st_shndx == llvm::ELF::SHN_HEXAGON_SCOMMON_8;
+}
+
+template <class ELFT>
+bool ELFFile<ELFT>::isDefinedSymbol(const Elf_Sym *Sym) const {
+  return Sym->getType() == llvm::ELF::STT_NOTYPE ||
+         Sym->getType() == llvm::ELF::STT_OBJECT ||
+         Sym->getType() == llvm::ELF::STT_FUNC ||
+         Sym->getType() == llvm::ELF::STT_GNU_IFUNC ||
+         Sym->getType() == llvm::ELF::STT_SECTION ||
+         Sym->getType() == llvm::ELF::STT_FILE ||
+         Sym->getType() == llvm::ELF::STT_TLS;
+}
+
 /// This function returns the hash value for a symbol in the .dynsym section
 /// Name of the API remains consistent as specified in the libelf
 /// REF : http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/latest/ch5.dynamic.html#hash