diff --git a/grub-core/kern/ia64/dl_helper.c b/grub-core/kern/ia64/dl_helper.c
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+/* dl.c - arch-dependent part of loadable module support */
+/*
+ *  GRUB  --  GRand Unified Bootloader
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002,2004,2005,2007,2009  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ *  GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  GRUB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with GRUB.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <grub/dl.h>
+#include <grub/elf.h>
+#include <grub/misc.h>
+#include <grub/err.h>
+#include <grub/mm.h>
+
+void
+grub_ia64_dl_get_tramp_got_size (const void *ehdr, grub_size_t *tramp,
+				 grub_size_t *got)
+{
+  const Elf_Ehdr *e = ehdr;
+  grub_size_t cntt = 0, cntg = 0;;
+  const Elf_Shdr *s;
+  Elf_Word entsize;
+  unsigned i;
+
+  /* Find a symbol table.  */
+  for (i = 0, s = (Elf_Shdr *) ((char *) e + e->e_shoff);
+       i < e->e_shnum;
+       i++, s = (Elf_Shdr *) ((char *) s + e->e_shentsize))
+    if (s->sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB)
+      break;
+
+  if (i == e->e_shnum)
+    return;
+
+  entsize = s->sh_entsize;
+
+  for (i = 0, s = (Elf_Shdr *) ((char *) e + e->e_shoff);
+       i < e->e_shnum;
+       i++, s = (Elf_Shdr *) ((char *) s + e->e_shentsize))
+    if (s->sh_type == SHT_RELA)
+      {
+	Elf_Rela *rel, *max;
+
+	for (rel = (Elf_Rela *) ((char *) e + s->sh_offset),
+	       max = rel + s->sh_size / s->sh_entsize;
+	     rel < max; rel++)
+	  switch (ELF_R_TYPE (rel->r_info))
+	    {
+	    case R_IA64_PCREL21B:
+	      cntt++;
+	      break;
+	    case R_IA64_LTOFF_FPTR22:
+	    case R_IA64_LTOFF22X:
+	    case R_IA64_LTOFF22:
+	      cntg++;
+	      break;
+	    }
+      }
+  *tramp = cntt;
+  *got = cntg;
+}
+