Index: lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     // There was a forward reference.
     Sec = SecRef;
   } else {
-    Sec = make<OutputSection>(Name, SHT_PROGBITS, 0);
+    Sec = make<OutputSection>(Name, SHT_NOBITS, 0);
     if (!SecRef)
       SecRef = Sec;
   }
Index: lld/trunk/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@
         Sections.push_back(IS);
       }
     }
+    if (isa<ByteCommand>(Base) && Type == SHT_NOBITS)
+      Type = SHT_PROGBITS;
   }
 
   if (Flags & SHF_LINK_ORDER) {
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/arm-exidx-order.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/arm-exidx-order.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/arm-exidx-order.s
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # CHECK:      Section {
 # CHECK:        Index: 
 # CHECK:        Name: .foo
-# CHECK-NEXT:   Type: SHT_PROGBITS
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Type: SHT_NOBITS
 # CHECK-NEXT:   Flags [
 # CHECK-NEXT:     SHF_ALLOC
 # CHECK-NEXT:   ]
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/extend-pt-load.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/extend-pt-load.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/extend-pt-load.s
@@ -33,18 +33,17 @@
 # RUN:	.hash : {  } \
 # RUN:	.dynstr : {  } \
 # RUN:  .text : { *(.text) } \
-# RUN:  . = ALIGN(0x1000); \
-# RUN:  bar : { HIDDEN(bar_sym = .); } \
+# RUN:  bar : { . = ALIGN(0x1000); } \
 # RUN:  .data.rel.ro : { *(.data.rel.ro) } \
 # RUN: }" > %t.script
 # RUN: ld.lld --hash-style=sysv -o %t2 --script %t.script %t.o -shared
 # RUN: llvm-readobj --elf-output-style=GNU -l -s %t2 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK2 %s
 
 # CHECK2:      .text        PROGBITS 00000000000001bc 0001bc 000001 00 AX
-# CHECK2-NEXT: bar          PROGBITS 0000000000001000 001000 000000 00 AX
+# CHECK2-NEXT: bar          NOBITS   00000000000001bd 0001bd 000e43 00 AX
 # CHECK2-NEXT: .data.rel.ro PROGBITS 0000000000001000 001000 000001 00 WA
 
-# CHECK2:      LOAD 0x000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x001000 0x001000 R E
+# CHECK2:      LOAD 0x000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0001bd 0x001000 R E
 # CHECK2-NEXT: LOAD 0x001000 0x0000000000001000 0x0000000000001000 0x000068 0x000068 RW
 
 # If the current behavior becomes a problem we should consider just moving the commands out
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/merge-sections.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/merge-sections.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/merge-sections.s
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 # RUN: llvm-readobj -s -t %t2 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=GC
 
 # GC:        Name: .foo
-# GC-NEXT:   Type: SHT_PROGBITS
+# GC-NEXT:   Type: SHT_NOBITS
 # GC-NEXT:   Flags [
 # GC-NEXT:     SHF_ALLOC
 # GC-NEXT:   ]
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-only-flags.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-only-flags.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-only-flags.s
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # CHECK:     Section {
 # CHECK:       Index:
 # CHECK:       Name: .foo
-# CHECK-NEXT:  Type: SHT_PROGBITS
+# CHECK-NEXT:  Type: SHT_NOBITS
 # CHECK-NEXT:  Flags [
 # CHECK-NEXT:    SHF_ALLOC
 # CHECK-NEXT:    SHF_WRITE
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-only.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-only.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-only.s
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # CHECK:      Sections:
 # CHECK-NEXT: Idx Name          Size      Address
 # CHECK-NEXT:   0               00000000 0000000000000000
-# CHECK:          abc           00000000 [[ADDR:[0-9a-f]*]] DATA
+# CHECK:          abc           00000000 [[ADDR:[0-9a-f]*]] BSS
 # CHECK-NEXT:     bar           00000000 0000000000001000 DATA
 
 # CHECK: SYMBOL TABLE: