Allow copying data pointed to by relocations in the data view #387

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1. LagoLunatic

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   on Aug 4, 2026
2. LagoLunatic commented on Aug 4, 2026

   

   LagoLunatic

   on Aug 4, 2026

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   Currently the code relies on having an instruction to guess the data type by the load or store instruction:
   

   objdiff/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/mod.rs

   Lines 370 to 374 in 9c1dad4

   	let opcode = powerpc::Opcode::from(resolved.ins_ref.opcode);
   	if let Some(ty) = flow_analysis::guess_data_type_from_load_store_inst_op(opcode) {
   	// Numeric type.
   	return Some(ty);
   	}

   So for the data view, it won't be possible to guess most data types, but strings specifically should still be possible since they don't rely on having an instruction. But the code will need to be refactored a bit so that the instruction is optional.
3. LagoLunatic

   closed this as completedin #388on Aug 5, 2026