Improvements made to GhidraScript and FlatProgramAPI createLabel methods

set allow namespace specification and handle label promotion to function
name when makePrimary is true at existing function entry point.

Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/label/SetLabelPrimaryCmd.java

@@ -33,19 +33,21 @@ public class SetLabelPrimaryCmd implements Command {
 	private SymbolTable st;
 	private Address addr;
 	private String name;
-	private Namespace scope;
+	private Namespace namespace;
 	private String errorMsg;
 
+	private Symbol symbol;
+
 	/**
 	 * Constructs a new command for setting the primary state of a label.
 	 * @param addr the address of the label to make primary.
 	 * @param name the name of the label to make primary.
-	 * @param scope the scope of the label to make primary. (the namespace that the label is associated with)
+	 * @param namespace the parent namespace of the label to make primary.
 	 */
-	public SetLabelPrimaryCmd(Address addr, String name, Namespace scope) {
+	public SetLabelPrimaryCmd(Address addr, String name, Namespace namespace) {
 		this.addr = addr;
 		this.name = name;
-		this.scope = scope;
+		this.namespace = namespace;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -57,27 +59,29 @@ public class SetLabelPrimaryCmd implements Command {
 		Program program = (Program) obj;
 		st = program.getSymbolTable();
 		Symbol oldSymbol = st.getPrimarySymbol(addr);
-		Symbol newSymbol = st.getSymbol(name, addr, scope);
 
 		if (oldSymbol == null) {
 			errorMsg = "No Symbols at address: " + addr;
 			return false;
 		}
-		if (newSymbol == null) {
+
+		symbol = st.getSymbol(name, addr, namespace);
+		if (symbol == null) {
 			// no new symbol - not an error condition if the previous symbol was dynamic.  The
 			// assumption here is that the user has performed an operation that did not actually
 			// change the state of the symbol, like changing the namespace of a default symbol, 
 			// which has no effect
 			if (!oldSymbol.isDynamic()) {
 				errorMsg =
-					"Symbol " + name + " does not exist in namespace " + scope + " at address " +
+					"Symbol " + name + " does not exist in namespace " + namespace +
+						" at address " +
 						addr;
 				return false;
 			}
 			return true;
 		}
 		if (oldSymbol.getSymbolType() == SymbolType.FUNCTION) {
-			if (oldSymbol == newSymbol) {
+			if (oldSymbol == symbol) {
 				return true; // function symbol is already primary
 			}
 			// keep the function symbol and rename it to the new symbol name;
@@ -85,14 +89,17 @@ public class SetLabelPrimaryCmd implements Command {
 			String oldName = oldSymbol.getName();
 			SourceType oldSource = oldSymbol.getSource();
 			Namespace oldParent = oldSymbol.getParentNamespace();
-			Namespace parentNamespace = newSymbol.getParentNamespace();
+			if (symbol.getParentNamespace() == oldSymbol.getObject()) {
-			if (parentNamespace == oldSymbol.getObject()) {
+				errorMsg = "local label can not be made primary at function entry point: " +
-				// parent is the same as the function, so drop the namespace and use global
+					symbol.getName(true);
-				parentNamespace = program.getGlobalNamespace();
+				return false;
 			}
-			st.removeSymbolSpecial(newSymbol);
+			SourceType symbolSource = symbol.getSource();
+			namespace = symbol.getParentNamespace(); // update namespace in case null was specified
+			symbol.delete();
 			try {
-				oldSymbol.setNameAndNamespace(name, parentNamespace, newSymbol.getSource());
+				oldSymbol.setNameAndNamespace(name, namespace, symbolSource);
+				symbol = oldSymbol;
 				// If renamed oldSymbol is now Default source don't keep old name (handles special Thunk rename case)
 				if (oldSource != SourceType.DEFAULT && oldSymbol.getSource() != SourceType.DEFAULT) {
 					// put the other symbol back using the old namespace and old source
@@ -111,7 +118,10 @@ public class SetLabelPrimaryCmd implements Command {
 			}
 			return false;
 		}
-		newSymbol.setPrimary();
+		if (!symbol.setPrimary()) {
+			errorMsg = "Set primary not permitted for " + symbol.getName(true);
+			return false;
+		}
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -131,4 +141,12 @@ public class SetLabelPrimaryCmd implements Command {
 		return "Set Primary Label";
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get transformed symbol
+	 * @return symbol (may be null if command did not execute successfully)
+	 */
+	public Symbol getSymbol() {
+		return symbol;
+	}
+
 }

Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/program/flatapi/FlatProgramAPI.java

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import ghidra.app.cmd.disassemble.DisassembleCommand;
 import ghidra.app.cmd.function.CreateFunctionCmd;
 import ghidra.app.cmd.function.DeleteFunctionCmd;
 import ghidra.app.cmd.label.DeleteLabelCmd;
+import ghidra.app.cmd.label.SetLabelPrimaryCmd;
 import ghidra.app.plugin.core.analysis.AutoAnalysisManager;
 import ghidra.app.plugin.core.clear.ClearCmd;
 import ghidra.app.plugin.core.clear.ClearOptions;
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ public class FlatProgramAPI {
 	 * @param address the address to create the symbol
 	 * @param name the name of the symbol
 	 * @param makePrimary true if the symbol should be made primary
-	 * @return the newly created symbol
+	 * @return the newly created code or function symbol
 	 */
 	public final Symbol createLabel(Address address, String name, boolean makePrimary)
 			throws Exception {
@@ -420,15 +421,35 @@ public class FlatProgramAPI {
 	 * @param name the name of the symbol
 	 * @param makePrimary true if the symbol should be made primary
 	 * @param sourceType the source type.
-	 * @return the newly created symbol
+	 * @return the newly created code or function symbol
 	 */
 	public final Symbol createLabel(Address address, String name, boolean makePrimary,
 			SourceType sourceType) throws Exception {
+		return createLabel(address, name, null, makePrimary, sourceType);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a label at the specified address in the specified namespace.
+	 * If makePrimary==true, then the new label is made primary if permitted.
+	 * If makeUnique==true, then if the name is a duplicate, the address
+	 * will be concatenated to name to make it unique.
+	 * @param address the address to create the symbol
+	 * @param name the name of the symbol
+	 * @param namespace label's parent namespace
+	 * @param makePrimary true if the symbol should be made primary
+	 * @param sourceType the source type.
+	 * @return the newly created code or function symbol
+	 */
+	public final Symbol createLabel(Address address, String name, Namespace namespace,
+			boolean makePrimary, SourceType sourceType) throws Exception {
 		Symbol symbol;
 		SymbolTable symbolTable = currentProgram.getSymbolTable();
-		symbol = symbolTable.createLabel(address, name, null, sourceType);
+		symbol = symbolTable.createLabel(address, name, namespace, sourceType);
-		if (makePrimary) {
+		if (makePrimary && !symbol.isPrimary()) {
-			symbol.setPrimary();
+			SetLabelPrimaryCmd cmd = new SetLabelPrimaryCmd(address, name, namespace);
+			if (cmd.applyTo(currentProgram)) {
+				symbol = cmd.getSymbol();
+			}
 		}
 		return symbol;
 	}

Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/symbol/SymbolTable.java

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public interface SymbolTable {
 	 * @param namespace the namespace of the symbol.
 	 * @param source the source of this symbol
 	 * <br>Some symbol types, such as function symbols, can set the source to Symbol.DEFAULT.
-	 *
+	 * @return new code or function symbol
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if you try to set the source to DEFAULT for a symbol type
 	 * that doesn't allow it, or an improper addr if specified
 	 */