From ee891958a36f701b5c907df2cb11ea795f42b6ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LagoLunatic <LagoLunatic@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:09:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Detect GCC `$LC` literals as strings

---
 objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/mod.rs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/mod.rs b/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/mod.rs
index e60731e4..e3b604ef 100644
--- a/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/mod.rs
+++ b/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/mod.rs
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ impl Arch for ArchPpc {
                 return Some(ty);
             }
         }
+        if reloc.is_some_and(|r| r.symbol.name.starts_with("$LC")) {
+            // GCC compiler-generated symbol name for a literal.
+            // This could be a float literal instead of a string literal, so only check this after the opcode.
+            return Some(DataType::String);
+        }
         if bytes.len() >= 2 && bytes.iter().position(|&c| c == b'\0') == Some(bytes.len() - 1) {
             // It may be an unpooled string if the symbol contains exactly one null byte at the end of the symbol.
             return Some(DataType::String);