struct symbol *file1_sym, *file2_sym;
struct symbol *sym1, *sym2;
- /* Correlate locals */
- for (file1_sym = first_file_symbol(e->orig),
- file2_sym = first_file_symbol(e->patched); ;
- file1_sym = next_file_symbol(e->orig, file1_sym),
- file2_sym = next_file_symbol(e->patched, file2_sym)) {
+ file1_sym = first_file_symbol(e->orig);
+ file2_sym = first_file_symbol(e->patched);
+
+ /*
+ * Correlate any locals before the first FILE symbol. This has been
+ * seen when LTO inexplicably strips the initramfs_data.o FILE symbol
+ * due to the file only containing data and no code.
+ */
+ for_each_sym(e->orig, sym1) {
+ if (sym1 == file1_sym || !is_local_sym(sym1))
+ break;
+
+ if (dont_correlate(sym1))
+ continue;
+
+ for_each_sym(e->patched, sym2) {
+ if (sym2 == file2_sym || !is_local_sym(sym2))
+ break;
+
+ if (sym2->twin || dont_correlate(sym2))
+ continue;
+
+ if (strcmp(sym1->demangled_name, sym2->demangled_name))
+ continue;
+
+ sym1->twin = sym2;
+ sym2->twin = sym1;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* Correlate locals after the first FILE symbol */
+ for (; ; file1_sym = next_file_symbol(e->orig, file1_sym),
+ file2_sym = next_file_symbol(e->patched, file2_sym)) {
if (!file1_sym && file2_sym) {
ERROR("FILE symbol mismatch: NULL != %s", file2_sym->name);