[PATCH 26/48] objtool/klp: Don't set sym->file for section symbols

Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23T04:04:36Z

Section symbols aren't grouped after their corresponding FILE symbols.
Their sym->file should really be NULL rather than whatever random FILE
happened to be last.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
tools/objtool/elf.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index c4cb371e72b2..00c2389f345f 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)

if (is_file_sym(sym))
file = sym;
- else if (sym->bind == STB_LOCAL)
+ else if (sym->bind == STB_LOCAL && !is_sec_sym(sym))
sym->file = file;
}

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2.53.0