Move hack to resolve placeholder symbol into process_code_symbol

objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc.rs

@@ -211,10 +211,8 @@ impl ObjArch for ObjArchPpc {
             // Assume that any addi instruction that references a local symbol is loading a string.
             // This hack is not ideal and results in tons of false positives where it will show
             // garbage strings (e.g. misinterpreting arrays, float literals, etc).
-            // But there isn't much other choice as not all strings are in the @stringBase pool.
+            // But not all strings are in the @stringBase pool, so the condition above that checks
-            // And even those that are would be missed by the target.name.starts_with("@stringBase")
+            // the target symbol name would miss some.
-            // hack above for fake pooled relocations, as they have an empty string placeholder for
-            // the target symbol name.
             Some(DataType::String)
         } else {
             None

objdiff-core/src/diff/code.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{
         DiffObjConfig, ObjInsArgDiff, ObjInsBranchFrom, ObjInsBranchTo, ObjInsDiff, ObjInsDiffKind,
         ObjSymbolDiff,
     },
-    obj::{ObjInfo, ObjInsArg, ObjReloc, ObjSymbolFlags, SymbolRef},
+    obj::{ObjInfo, ObjInsArg, ObjReloc, ObjSection, ObjSymbol, ObjSymbolFlags, SymbolRef},
 };
 
 pub fn process_code_symbol(
@@ -21,14 +21,30 @@ pub fn process_code_symbol(
     let section = section.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Code symbol section not found"))?;
     let code = &section.data
         [symbol.section_address as usize..(symbol.section_address + symbol.size) as usize];
-    obj.arch.process_code(
+    let mut res = obj.arch.process_code(
         symbol.address,
         code,
         section.orig_index,
         &section.relocations,
         &section.line_info,
         config,
-    )
+    )?;
+
+    for inst in res.insts.iter_mut() {
+        if let Some(reloc) = &mut inst.fake_pool_reloc {
+            if reloc.target.size == 0 && reloc.target.name.is_empty() {
+                // Fake target symbol we added as a placeholder. We need to find the real one.
+                if let Some(real_target) =
+                    find_symbol_matching_fake_symbol_in_sections(&reloc.target, &obj.sections)
+                {
+                    reloc.addend = (reloc.target.address - real_target.address) as i64;
+                    reloc.target = real_target;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(res)
 }
 
 pub fn no_diff_code(out: &ProcessCodeResult, symbol_ref: SymbolRef) -> Result<ObjSymbolDiff> {
@@ -369,3 +385,16 @@ fn compare_ins(
     }
     Ok(result)
 }
+
+fn find_symbol_matching_fake_symbol_in_sections(
+    fake_symbol: &ObjSymbol,
+    sections: &[ObjSection],
+) -> Option<ObjSymbol> {
+    let orig_section_index = fake_symbol.orig_section_index?;
+    let section = sections.iter().find(|s| s.orig_index == orig_section_index)?;
+    let real_symbol = section
+        .symbols
+        .iter()
+        .find(|s| s.size > 0 && (s.address..s.address + s.size).contains(&fake_symbol.address))?;
+    Some(real_symbol.clone())
+}

objdiff-gui/src/views/function_diff.rs

@@ -74,19 +74,6 @@ impl FunctionViewState {
     }
 }
 
-fn find_symbol_matching_fake_symbol_in_sections(
-    fake_symbol: &ObjSymbol,
-    sections: &[ObjSection],
-) -> Option<ObjSymbol> {
-    let orig_section_index = fake_symbol.orig_section_index?;
-    let section = sections.iter().find(|s| s.orig_index == orig_section_index)?;
-    let real_symbol = section
-        .symbols
-        .iter()
-        .find(|s| s.size > 0 && (s.address..s.address + s.size).contains(&fake_symbol.address))?;
-    Some(real_symbol.clone())
-}
-
 fn ins_hover_ui(
     ui: &mut egui::Ui,
     obj: &ObjInfo,
@@ -132,29 +119,17 @@ fn ins_hover_ui(
         }
 
         if let Some(reloc) = ins.reloc.as_ref().or(ins.fake_pool_reloc.as_ref()) {
-            let mut target = reloc.target.clone();
-            let mut addend = reloc.addend;
-            if target.size == 0 && target.name.is_empty() {
-                // Fake target symbol we added as a placeholder. We need to find the real one.
-                if let Some(real_target) =
-                    find_symbol_matching_fake_symbol_in_sections(&target, &obj.sections)
-                {
-                    target = real_target;
-                    addend = (reloc.target.address - target.address) as i64;
-                }
-            }
-
             ui.label(format!("Relocation type: {}", obj.arch.display_reloc(reloc.flags)));
-            let addend_str = match addend.cmp(&0i64) {
+            let addend_str = match reloc.addend.cmp(&0i64) {
-                Ordering::Greater => format!("+{:x}", addend),
+                Ordering::Greater => format!("+{:x}", reloc.addend),
-                Ordering::Less => format!("-{:x}", -addend),
+                Ordering::Less => format!("-{:x}", -reloc.addend),
                 _ => "".to_string(),
             };
             ui.colored_label(
                 appearance.highlight_color,
-                format!("Name: {}{}", target.name, addend_str),
+                format!("Name: {}{}", reloc.target.name, addend_str),
             );
-            if let Some(orig_section_index) = target.orig_section_index {
+            if let Some(orig_section_index) = reloc.target.orig_section_index {
                 if let Some(section) =
                     obj.sections.iter().find(|s| s.orig_index == orig_section_index)
                 {
@@ -165,12 +140,15 @@ fn ins_hover_ui(
                 }
                 ui.colored_label(
                     appearance.highlight_color,
-                    format!("Address: {:x}{}", target.address, addend_str),
+                    format!("Address: {:x}{}", reloc.target.address, addend_str),
                 );
-                ui.colored_label(appearance.highlight_color, format!("Size: {:x}", target.size));
+                ui.colored_label(
-                if addend >= 0 && target.bytes.len() > addend as usize {
+                    appearance.highlight_color,
+                    format!("Size: {:x}", reloc.target.size),
+                );
+                if reloc.addend >= 0 && reloc.target.bytes.len() > reloc.addend as usize {
                     if let Some(s) = obj.arch.guess_data_type(ins).and_then(|ty| {
-                        obj.arch.display_data_type(ty, &target.bytes[addend as usize..])
+                        obj.arch.display_data_type(ty, &reloc.target.bytes[reloc.addend as usize..])
                     }) {
                         ui.colored_label(appearance.highlight_color, s);
                     }