diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index d461d546e10ff3030faee577079eee7477665c8e..2afe362ef9898dafbea00baf5deda1a4e194b774 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2012-03-30  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
+
+	* config/ia64/ia64.c (ia64_section_type_flags): Remove
+	common_object attribute handling.
+	(SECTION_VMS_OVERLAY): Remove
+	(ia64_vms_common_object_attribute): Replace abort with an assert.
+	Do not set DECL_SECTION_NAME.
+	(ia64_vms_output_aligned_decl_common): Handle common_object
+	attribute.
+	(ia64_vms_elf_asm_named_section): Remove.
+	* config/ia64/vms.h (TARGET_ASM_NAMED_SECTION): Remove.
+
 2012-03-30  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	PR middle-end/52786
diff --git a/gcc/config/ia64/ia64.c b/gcc/config/ia64/ia64.c
index 98a6120c9757e4827cd03385e5c0d39c1a422895..4b8a6929b1edcd4f52121e501707695f4b203e3c 100644
--- a/gcc/config/ia64/ia64.c
+++ b/gcc/config/ia64/ia64.c
@@ -740,9 +740,6 @@ ia64_handle_model_attribute (tree *node, tree name, tree args,
   return NULL_TREE;
 }
 
-/* The section must have global and overlaid attributes.  */
-#define SECTION_VMS_OVERLAY SECTION_MACH_DEP
-
 /* Part of the low level implementation of DEC Ada pragma Common_Object which
    enables the shared use of variables stored in overlaid linker areas
    corresponding to the use of Fortran COMMON.  */
@@ -753,24 +750,18 @@ ia64_vms_common_object_attribute (tree *node, tree name, tree args,
 				  bool *no_add_attrs)
 {
     tree decl = *node;
-    tree id, val;
-    if (! DECL_P (decl))
-      abort ();
+    tree id;
+
+    gcc_assert (DECL_P (decl));
   
     DECL_COMMON (decl) = 1;
     id = TREE_VALUE (args);
-    if (TREE_CODE (id) == IDENTIFIER_NODE)
-      val = build_string (IDENTIFIER_LENGTH (id), IDENTIFIER_POINTER (id));
-    else if (TREE_CODE (id) == STRING_CST)
-      val = id;
-    else
+    if (TREE_CODE (id) != IDENTIFIER_NODE && TREE_CODE (id) != STRING_CST)
       {
-	warning (OPT_Wattributes,
-		 "%qE attribute requires a string constant argument", name);
+	error ("%qE attribute requires a string constant argument", name);
 	*no_add_attrs = true;
 	return NULL_TREE;
       }
-    DECL_SECTION_NAME (decl) = val;
     return NULL_TREE;
 }
 
@@ -783,50 +774,31 @@ ia64_vms_output_aligned_decl_common (FILE *file, tree decl, const char *name,
 {
   tree attr = DECL_ATTRIBUTES (decl);
 
-  /* As common_object attribute set DECL_SECTION_NAME check it before
-     looking up the attribute.  */
-  if (DECL_SECTION_NAME (decl) && attr)
+  if (attr)
     attr = lookup_attribute ("common_object", attr);
-  else
-    attr = NULL_TREE;
-
-  if (!attr)
-    {
-      /*  Code from elfos.h.  */
-      fprintf (file, "%s", COMMON_ASM_OP);
-      assemble_name (file, name);
-      fprintf (file, ","HOST_WIDE_INT_PRINT_UNSIGNED",%u\n",
-	       size, align / BITS_PER_UNIT);
-    }
-  else
+  if (attr)
     {
-      ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGN (file, floor_log2 (align / BITS_PER_UNIT));
-      ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL (file, name);
-      ASM_OUTPUT_SKIP (file, size ? size : 1);
-    }
-}
+      tree id = TREE_VALUE (TREE_VALUE (attr));
+      const char *name;
 
-/* Definition of TARGET_ASM_NAMED_SECTION for VMS.  */
+      if (TREE_CODE (id) == IDENTIFIER_NODE)
+        name = IDENTIFIER_POINTER (id);
+      else if (TREE_CODE (id) == STRING_CST)
+        name = TREE_STRING_POINTER (id);
+      else
+        abort ();
 
-void
-ia64_vms_elf_asm_named_section (const char *name, unsigned int flags,
-				tree decl)
-{
-  if (!(flags & SECTION_VMS_OVERLAY))
-    {
-      default_elf_asm_named_section (name, flags, decl);
-      return;
+      fprintf (file, "\t.vms_common\t\"%s\",", name);
     }
-  if (flags != (SECTION_VMS_OVERLAY | SECTION_WRITE))
-    abort ();
+  else
+    fprintf (file, "%s", COMMON_ASM_OP);
 
-  if (flags & SECTION_DECLARED)
-    {
-      fprintf (asm_out_file, "\t.section\t%s\n", name);
-      return;
-    }
+  /*  Code from elfos.h.  */
+  assemble_name (file, name);
+  fprintf (file, ","HOST_WIDE_INT_PRINT_UNSIGNED",%u",
+           size, align / BITS_PER_UNIT);
 
-  fprintf (asm_out_file, "\t.section\t%s,\"awgO\"\n", name);
+  fputc ('\n', file);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -10536,12 +10508,6 @@ ia64_section_type_flags (tree decl, const char *name, int reloc)
       || strncmp (name, ".gnu.linkonce.sb.", 17) == 0)
     flags = SECTION_SMALL;
 
-#if TARGET_ABI_OPEN_VMS
-  if (decl && DECL_ATTRIBUTES (decl)
-      && lookup_attribute ("common_object", DECL_ATTRIBUTES (decl)))
-    flags |= SECTION_VMS_OVERLAY;
-#endif
-
   flags |= default_section_type_flags (decl, name, reloc);
   return flags;
 }
diff --git a/gcc/config/ia64/vms.h b/gcc/config/ia64/vms.h
index 11f017663b52fcc8bcb0063f64b541186cc80e06..3e81d769897592a9005171451f07a40a5ba188f4 100644
--- a/gcc/config/ia64/vms.h
+++ b/gcc/config/ia64/vms.h
@@ -121,9 +121,6 @@ STATIC func_ptr __CTOR_LIST__[1]                                             \
 #undef TARGET_VALID_POINTER_MODE
 #define TARGET_VALID_POINTER_MODE ia64_vms_valid_pointer_mode
 
-#undef TARGET_ASM_NAMED_SECTION
-#define TARGET_ASM_NAMED_SECTION ia64_vms_elf_asm_named_section
-
 /* Define this macro if it is advisable to hold scalars in registers
    in a wider mode than that declared by the program.  In such cases,
    the value is constrained to be within the bounds of the declared