[PATCH v2 33/53] objtool/klp: Don't set sym->file for section symbols
From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Fri May 01 2026 - 00:16:08 EST
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.
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 f41280e454ca..d9cee8d5d9e8 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ 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;
}
--
2.53.0