GP-1073 updating uses of getSymbols(address) to be more efficient where possible

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/program/DBTraceProgramViewSymbolTable.java

@@ -326,6 +326,13 @@ public class DBTraceProgramViewSymbolTable implements SymbolTable {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public SymbolIterator getSymbolsAsIterator(Address addr) {
+		Symbol[] symbols = getSymbols(addr);
+		List<Symbol> list = Arrays.asList(symbols);
+		return new SymbolIteratorAdapter(list.iterator());
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Symbol[] getUserSymbols(Address addr) {
 		try (LockHold hold = program.trace.lockRead()) {

Ghidra/Features/Base/ghidra_scripts/AutoRenameLabelsScript.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* ###
  * IP: GHIDRA
- * REVIEWED: YES
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -42,7 +41,8 @@ public class AutoRenameLabelsScript extends GhidraScript {
 		int num = 1;
 
 		AddressSetView view = currentSelection;
-        if ((view == null) || (view.isEmpty())) return;
+		if ((view == null) || (view.isEmpty()))
+			return;
 
 		// Obtain the symbol table and listing from program
 		SymbolTable symbolTable = currentProgram.getSymbolTable();
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ public class AutoRenameLabelsScript extends GhidraScript {
 		CompoundCmd cmd = new CompoundCmd("Auto Rename Labels");
 		while (it.hasNext()) {
 			Address address = it.next();
-        	Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(address);            
+			Symbol primary = symbolTable.getPrimarySymbol(address);
-            Symbol defaultSymbol = getDynamicSymbol( symbols );
+			if (primary != null && primary.getSource() == SourceType.DEFAULT) {
-            if ( defaultSymbol != null ) {
 				cmd.add(new RenameLabelCmd(address, null, base + num++, SourceType.USER_DEFINED));
 			}
 		}
@@ -71,13 +70,4 @@ public class AutoRenameLabelsScript extends GhidraScript {
 			println("No default labels found in selection.");
 		}
 	}
-
-    private Symbol getDynamicSymbol( Symbol[] symbols ) {
-        for (int i=0;i<symbols.length;i++) {
-            if ( symbols[i].getSource() == SourceType.DEFAULT ) {
-                return symbols[i];
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
 }

Ghidra/Features/Base/ghidra_scripts/GccRttiAnalysisScript.java

@@ -265,8 +265,10 @@ public class GccRttiAnalysisScript extends GhidraScript {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if(class_type_info_vtable == null && si_class_type_info_vtable == null && vmi_class_type_info_vtable == null) {
+		if (class_type_info_vtable == null && si_class_type_info_vtable == null &&
-			println("Since there are no class typeinfo tables this program does not appear to have RTTI.");
+			vmi_class_type_info_vtable == null) {
+			println(
+				"Since there are no class typeinfo tables this program does not appear to have RTTI.");
 			return false;
 		}
 		return true;
@@ -378,7 +380,7 @@ public class GccRttiAnalysisScript extends GhidraScript {
 
 			// Except for the first one which should have a symbol, if there is a symbol at the 
 			// address, stop making longs because it there are no references into the vtable longs
-			if (offset > 0 && symbolTable.getSymbols(address).length > 0) {
+			if (offset > 0 && symbolTable.getPrimarySymbol(address) != null) {
 				return numLongs;
 			}
 
@@ -499,7 +501,10 @@ public class GccRttiAnalysisScript extends GhidraScript {
 	private void setIsGcc() {
 
 		isGcc =
-			currentProgram.getCompilerSpec().getCompilerSpecID().getIdAsString().equalsIgnoreCase(
+			currentProgram.getCompilerSpec()
+					.getCompilerSpecID()
+					.getIdAsString()
+					.equalsIgnoreCase(
 						"gcc");
 	}
 
@@ -684,7 +689,6 @@ public class GccRttiAnalysisScript extends GhidraScript {
 	 */
 	private void processVtables() throws Exception {
 
-
 		// find all vtable symbols
 		List<Symbol> listOfVtableSymbols = getListOfSymbolsInAddressSet(
 			currentProgram.getAddressFactory().getAddressSet(), VTABLE_LABEL, false);
@@ -700,7 +704,6 @@ public class GccRttiAnalysisScript extends GhidraScript {
 
 			processVtable(vtableAddress, vtableNamespace, true);
 
-
 		}
 		return;
 	}
@@ -756,7 +759,6 @@ public class GccRttiAnalysisScript extends GhidraScript {
 			return;
 		}
 
-
 		int numFunctionPointers = getNumFunctionPointers(vftableAddress, true, true);
 
 		// if at least one function pointer make vftable label - the createVftable method will
@@ -791,7 +793,6 @@ public class GccRttiAnalysisScript extends GhidraScript {
 			}
 		}
 
-
 		// check for an internal vtable and make a symbol there if there is one
 		// will process them later
 		Address possibleInternalVtableAddress =
@@ -1160,7 +1161,6 @@ public class GccRttiAnalysisScript extends GhidraScript {
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	private Address findNextTypeinfoRef(Address startAddress) {
 
 		int offset = 0;
@@ -1275,4 +1275,3 @@ public class GccRttiAnalysisScript extends GhidraScript {
 	}
 
 }
-

Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/analysis/OperandReferenceAnalyzer.java

@@ -970,10 +970,11 @@ public class OperandReferenceAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
 				return false;
 			}
 
-			// See if the tested address is contained in memory
+			// if the reference is not in memory or to a well known location, then don't create it
+			// because we are not sure it is correct
 			if (!memory.contains(testAddr)) {
-				Symbol syms[] = program.getSymbolTable().getSymbols(testAddr);
+				Symbol symbol = program.getSymbolTable().getPrimarySymbol(testAddr);
-				if (syms == null || syms.length == 0 || syms[0].getSource() == SourceType.DEFAULT) {
+				if (symbol == null || symbol.getSource() == SourceType.DEFAULT) {
 					return false;
 				}
 			}

Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/analysis/ScalarOperandAnalyzer.java

@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ public class ScalarOperandAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean added(Program program, AddressSetView set, TaskMonitor taskMonitor, MessageLog log) {
+	public boolean added(Program program, AddressSetView set, TaskMonitor taskMonitor,
+			MessageLog log) {
 		int count = 0;
 
 		monitor = taskMonitor;
@@ -95,7 +96,8 @@ public class ScalarOperandAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
 				monitor.setProgress(++count);
 				checkOperands(program, instr);
 			}
-		} finally {
+		}
+		finally {
 			monitor = null; // get rid of the reference to it
 		}
 
@@ -123,22 +125,26 @@ public class ScalarOperandAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
 						try {
 							switch (scalar.bitLength()) {
 								case 8:
-									if (program.getMemory().getByte(addr) == scalar.getSignedValue()) {
+									if (program.getMemory().getByte(addr) == scalar
+											.getSignedValue()) {
 										found = true;
 									}
 									break;
 								case 16:
-									if (program.getMemory().getShort(addr) == scalar.getSignedValue()) {
+									if (program.getMemory().getShort(addr) == scalar
+											.getSignedValue()) {
 										found = true;
 									}
 									break;
 								case 32:
-									if (program.getMemory().getInt(addr) == scalar.getSignedValue()) {
+									if (program.getMemory().getInt(addr) == scalar
+											.getSignedValue()) {
 										found = true;
 									}
 									break;
 								case 64:
-									if (program.getMemory().getLong(addr) == scalar.getSignedValue()) {
+									if (program.getMemory().getLong(addr) == scalar
+											.getSignedValue()) {
 										found = true;
 									}
 									break;
@@ -162,7 +168,8 @@ public class ScalarOperandAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
 				}
 
 				// check the address in this space first
-				if (addReference(program, instr, i, instr.getMinAddress().getAddressSpace(), scalar)) {
+				if (addReference(program, instr, i, instr.getMinAddress().getAddressSpace(),
+					scalar)) {
 					continue;
 				}
 
@@ -209,10 +216,11 @@ public class ScalarOperandAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		//check that memory contains the target address
+		// if the reference is not in memory or to a well known location, then don't create it
+		// because we are not sure it is correct
 		if (!program.getMemory().contains(addr)) {
-			Symbol syms[] = program.getSymbolTable().getSymbols(addr);
+			Symbol symbol = program.getSymbolTable().getPrimarySymbol(addr);
-			if (syms == null || syms.length == 0 || syms[0].getSource() == SourceType.DEFAULT) {
+			if (symbol == null || symbol.getSource() == SourceType.DEFAULT) {
 				return false;
 			}
 		}
@@ -284,7 +292,8 @@ public class ScalarOperandAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
 				AddressTable.MINIMUM_SAFE_ADDRESS, relocationGuideEnabled);
 		if (table != null) {
 			// add in an offcut reference
-			program.getReferenceManager().addOffsetMemReference(refInstr.getMinAddress(), offAddr,
+			program.getReferenceManager()
+					.addOffsetMemReference(refInstr.getMinAddress(), offAddr,
 						-entryLen, RefType.DATA, SourceType.ANALYSIS, opIndex);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -321,7 +330,8 @@ public class ScalarOperandAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
 			offAddr = lastGoodTable.getTopAddress();
 
 			// add in an offcut reference
-			program.getReferenceManager().addOffsetMemReference(instr.getMinAddress(), offAddr,
+			program.getReferenceManager()
+					.addOffsetMemReference(instr.getMinAddress(), offAddr,
 						(i + 3) * entryLen, RefType.DATA, SourceType.ANALYSIS, opIndex);
 			return;
 		}

Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/label/OperandLabelDialog.java

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class OperandLabelDialog extends DialogComponentProvider {
 	// the presentation at the call or jump instruction, it doesn't matter which symbol of the
 	// same name you pick.
 	private Symbol findSymbol(SymbolTable symTable, String currentLabel, Address symAddr) {
-		Symbol[] symbols = symTable.getSymbols(symAddr);
+		SymbolIterator symbols = symTable.getSymbolsAsIterator(symAddr);
 		for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
 			if (symbol.getName(true).equals(currentLabel)) {
 				return symbol;

Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/string/MakeStringsTask.java

@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ public class MakeStringsTask extends ProgramTask {
 
 		if (paddingLength != 0) {
 			try {
-				program.getListing().createData(address.add(length), new AlignmentDataType(),
+				program.getListing()
+						.createData(address.add(length), new AlignmentDataType(),
 							paddingLength);
 			}
 			catch (Exception e) {
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ public class MakeStringsTask extends ProgramTask {
 
 	private boolean labelAlreadyExists(Address addr, String name) {
 		SymbolTable symbolTable = program.getSymbolTable();
-		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(addr);
+		SymbolIterator symbols = symbolTable.getSymbolsAsIterator(addr);
 		for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
 			if (symbol.getName().equals(name)) {
 				return true;

Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/symtable/SymbolTableModel.java

@@ -287,12 +287,8 @@ class SymbolTableModel extends AddressBasedTableModel<Symbol> {
 		CompoundCmd cmd = new CompoundCmd("Delete symbol(s)");
 		for (Symbol symbol : rowObjects) {
 			if (symbol.isDynamic()) {
-				Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(symbol.getAddress());
-				if (symbols.length == 1) {
-					tool.setStatusInfo("Unable to delete symbol: " + symbol.getName());
 				continue;//can't delete dynamic symbols...
 			}
-			}
 
 			deleteList.add(symbol);
 			String label = symbol.getName();

Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/AddEditDialog.java

@@ -370,11 +370,9 @@ public class AddEditDialog extends DialogComponentProvider {
 
 	private FunctionSymbol getFunctionSymbol(Address address) {
 		SymbolTable symbolTable = program.getSymbolTable();
-		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(address);
+		Symbol primary = symbolTable.getPrimarySymbol(address);
-		for (Symbol localSymbol : symbols) {
+		if (primary instanceof FunctionSymbol) {
-			if (localSymbol instanceof FunctionSymbol) {
+			return (FunctionSymbol) primary;
-				return (FunctionSymbol) localSymbol;
-			}
 		}
 		return null;
 	}
@@ -395,10 +393,8 @@ public class AddEditDialog extends DialogComponentProvider {
 		pinnedCheckBox.setEnabled(true);
 		pinnedCheckBox.setSelected(false);
 
-		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(address);
+		Symbol primarySymbol = symbolTable.getPrimarySymbol(address);
-
+		if (primarySymbol == null) {
-		FunctionSymbol functionSymbol = getFunctionSymbol(address);
-		if (functionSymbol == null && symbols.length == 0) {
 			primaryCheckBox.setSelected(true);
 			primaryCheckBox.setEnabled(false);
 		}
@@ -463,9 +459,8 @@ public class AddEditDialog extends DialogComponentProvider {
 			nameBorder.setTitle("Enter Label:");
 			entryPointCheckBox.setEnabled(true);
 			entryPointCheckBox.setSelected(symbolTable.isExternalEntryPoint(addr));
-			Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(addr);
 			primaryCheckBox.setSelected(s.isPrimary());
-			primaryCheckBox.setEnabled(!s.isPrimary() && symbols.length > 1);
+			primaryCheckBox.setEnabled(!s.isPrimary());
 			pinnedCheckBox.setEnabled(true);
 			pinnedCheckBox.setSelected(s.isPinned());
 			namespaceChoices.setEnabled(true);

Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/elf/ElfDefaultGotPltMarkup.java

@@ -537,7 +537,8 @@ public class ElfDefaultGotPltMarkup {
 				// Stop on first error but discard error bookmark since
 				// some plt sections are partly empty and must rely
 				// on normal flow disassembly during analysis
-				prog.getBookmarkManager().removeBookmarks(set, BookmarkType.ERROR,
+				prog.getBookmarkManager()
+						.removeBookmarks(set, BookmarkType.ERROR,
 							Disassembler.ERROR_BOOKMARK_CATEGORY, monitor);
 				break;//we did not disassemble anything...
 			}
@@ -604,11 +605,8 @@ public class ElfDefaultGotPltMarkup {
 		if (memory.contains(refAddr)) {
 			return true;
 		}
-		Symbol syms[] = program.getSymbolTable().getSymbols(refAddr);
+		Symbol primary = program.getSymbolTable().getPrimarySymbol(refAddr);
-		if (syms != null && syms.length > 0 && syms[0].getSource() != SourceType.DEFAULT) {
+		return primary != null && primary.getSource() != SourceType.DEFAULT;
-			return true;
-		}
-		return false;
 	}
 
 	private void removeMemRefs(Data data) {

Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/ElfProgramBuilder.java

@@ -2360,9 +2360,9 @@ class ElfProgramBuilder extends MemorySectionResolver implements ElfLoadHelper {
 					.addMemoryReference(valueData.getAddress(), refAddr, RefType.DATA,
 						SourceType.ANALYSIS, 0);
 			if (label != null) {
-				// add label if a non-default label does not exist
+				// add label if no label exists of there is just a default label
-				Symbol[] symbols = program.getSymbolTable().getSymbols(refAddr);
+				Symbol symbol = program.getSymbolTable().getPrimarySymbol(refAddr);
-				if (symbols.length == 0 || symbols[0].getSource() == SourceType.DEFAULT) {
+				if (symbol == null || symbol.getSource() == SourceType.DEFAULT) {
 					createSymbol(refAddr, "_" + label, false, false, null);
 				}
 			}

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

@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ public class FlatProgramAPI {
 	 */
 	@Deprecated
 	public final Symbol getSymbolAt(Address address, String name) {
-		Symbol[] symbols = currentProgram.getSymbolTable().getSymbols(address);
+		SymbolIterator symbols = currentProgram.getSymbolTable().getSymbolsAsIterator(address);
 		for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
 			if (symbol.getName().equals(name)) {
 				return symbol;

Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/program/database/symbol/SymbolManagerTest.java

@@ -199,7 +199,28 @@ public class SymbolManagerTest extends AbstractGhidraHeadedIntegrationTest {
 		assertTrue(!s.isGlobal());
 		assertTrue(s.getSource() == SourceType.USER_DEFINED);
 		assertTrue(s.isPrimary());
+	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testGetSymbolIteratorByAddress() throws Exception {
+		createSymbol(addr(100), "A");
+		createSymbol(addr(100), "fred");
+		createSymbol(addr(100), "joe");
+		Namespace scope = st.createNameSpace(null, "MyNamespace", SourceType.USER_DEFINED);
+		createSymbol(addr(200), "fred", scope);
+
+		SymbolIterator it = st.getSymbolsAsIterator(addr(100));
+
+		assertTrue(it.hasNext());
+		assertEquals("A", it.next().getName());
+
+		assertTrue(it.hasNext());
+		assertEquals("fred", it.next().getName());
+
+		assertTrue(it.hasNext());
+		assertEquals("joe", it.next().getName());
+
+		assertFalse(it.hasNext());
 	}
 
 	@Test

Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/ghidra_scripts/classrecovery/RTTIGccClassRecoverer.java

@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 		byte[] gccBytes = { (byte) 0x47, (byte) 0x43, (byte) 0x43, (byte) 0x3a };
 		byte[] maskBytes = { (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff };
 
-		Address found = program.getMemory().findBytes(commentBlock.getStart(),
+		Address found = program.getMemory()
+				.findBytes(commentBlock.getStart(),
 					commentBlock.getEnd(), gccBytes, maskBytes, true, monitor);
 		if (found == null) {
 			return false;
@@ -256,7 +257,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 
 		updateClassesWithParentsAndFlags(typeinfoSymbols);
 
-
 		// update the vftable offset map
 		Iterator<RecoveredClass> recoveredClassIterator = recoveredClasses.iterator();
 		while (recoveredClassIterator.hasNext()) {
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 			if (specialTypeinfoRef.equals(vmi_class_type_info) ||
 				specialTypeinfoRef.equals(vmi_class_type_info_vtable)) {
 
-
 				List<RecoveredClass> parents =
 					addGccClassParentsFromVmiStruct(recoveredClass, typeinfoAddress);
 
@@ -493,7 +492,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 		for (Address typeinfoRef : typeinfoReferencesNotInTypeinfoStructs) {
 			monitor.checkCanceled();
 
-
 			Address typeinfoAddress = extraUtils.getPointer(typeinfoRef);
 
 			if (typeinfoAddress == null) {
@@ -532,7 +530,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 				throw new Exception("typeinfo has global namespace " + typeinfoAddress);
 			}
 
-
 			try {
 				Symbol vtableSymbol = symbolTable.createLabel(vtableAddress, VTABLE_LABEL,
 					classNamespace, SourceType.ANALYSIS);
@@ -617,8 +614,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-
-
 	private Namespace createConstructionNamespace(Symbol vtableSymbol, Symbol vttSymbol)
 			throws Exception {
 
@@ -722,7 +717,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 
 				Data dataContainingTypeinfoRef = prog.getListing().getDefinedDataContaining(addr);
 
-
 				Instruction instructionContainingAddr =
 					prog.getListing().getInstructionContaining(addr);
 
@@ -863,7 +857,8 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 
 								api.setPlateComment(vtableAddress, "construction vtable " + n +
 									" for class " +
-									vttSymbolBeforeConstructionVtable.getParentNamespace().getName(
+									vttSymbolBeforeConstructionVtable.getParentNamespace()
+											.getName(
 												true));
 
 							}
@@ -1190,7 +1185,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -1402,7 +1396,7 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 
 			// Except for the first one which should have a symbol, if there is a symbol at the 
 			// address, stop making longs because it there are no references into the vtable longs
-			if (offset > 0 && symbolTable.getSymbols(address).length > 0) {
+			if (offset > 0 && symbolTable.getPrimarySymbol(address) != null) {
 				return numLongs;
 			}
 
@@ -1507,7 +1501,8 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 				Structure vmiClassTypeinfoStructure =
 					getOrCreateVmiTypeinfoStructure(typeinfoAddress, baseClassTypeInfoStructure);
 				if (vmiClassTypeinfoStructure != null) {
-						newStructure = applyTypeinfoStructure(vmiClassTypeinfoStructure, typeinfoAddress);
+					newStructure =
+						applyTypeinfoStructure(vmiClassTypeinfoStructure, typeinfoAddress);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -1840,7 +1835,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 		return specialTypeinfoRefs;
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Method to call the various methods to determine whether the functions that make references to
 	 * the vftables are constructors, destructors, deleting destructors, clones, or vbase functions
@@ -1985,7 +1979,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 		DataType pointer = dataTypeManager.getPointer(null);
 		DataType charPointer = dataTypeManager.getPointer(characterDT);
 
-
 		vmiClassTypeInfoStructure.add(pointer, "classTypeinfoPtr", null);
 		vmiClassTypeInfoStructure.add(charPointer, "typeinfoName", null);
 		vmiClassTypeInfoStructure.add(unsignedIntDT, "flags", null);
@@ -2011,7 +2004,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 	private List<RecoveredClass> addGccClassParentsFromVmiStruct(RecoveredClass recoveredClass,
 			Address typeinfoAddress) throws Exception {
 
-
 		Structure vmiTypeinfoStructure = getTypeinfoStructure(typeinfoAddress);
 		if (vmiTypeinfoStructure == null ||
 			!vmiTypeinfoStructure.getName().contains(VMI_CLASS_TYPE_INFO_STRUCTURE)) {
@@ -2150,8 +2142,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 
 			parentClass.setIsPublicClass(isPublic);
 
-
-
 			// from doc:
 			//All but the lower 8 bits of __offset_flags are a signed offset. For a 
 			//non-virtual base, this is the offset in the object of the base subobject. 
@@ -2168,7 +2158,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 
 			continue;
 
-
 		}
 
 		if (DEBUG) {
@@ -2893,7 +2882,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 			return;
 		}
 
-
 		if (!recoveredClass.hasVftable()) {
 			createSimpleClassStructure(recoveredClass, null);
 			// return in this case because if there is no vftable for a class the script cannot
@@ -3018,7 +3006,6 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 						" : structure should exist but doesn't.");
 				}
 
-
 				if (structUtils.canAdd(classStructureDataType, parentOffset,
 					baseClassStructure.getLength(), monitor)) {
 					classStructureDataType =
@@ -3049,7 +3036,8 @@ public class RTTIGccClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 
 		}
 
-		if (classStructureDataType.getNumComponents() == classStructureDataType.getNumDefinedComponents()) {
+		if (classStructureDataType.getNumComponents() == classStructureDataType
+				.getNumDefinedComponents()) {
 			classStructureDataType.setPackingEnabled(true);
 		}
 

Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/ghidra_scripts/classrecovery/RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer.java

@@ -56,11 +56,9 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 	private static final String VFTABLE_META_PTR_LABEL = "vftable_meta_ptr";
 	private static final String VFTABLE_LABEL = "vftable";
 
-
 	private static final String CLASS_VTABLE_STRUCT_NAME = "_vbtable";
 	private static final String CLASS_VTABLE_PTR_FIELD_EXT = "vftablePtr";
 
-
 	private static final int CHD_MULTINH = 0x00000001; //Multiple inheritance
 	private static final int CHD_VIRTINH = 0x00000002; //Virtual inheritance
 	private static final int CHD_AMBIGUOUS = 0x00000004; //Multiple inheritance with repeated base classes
@@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 		return true;
 	}
 
-
 	@Override
 	public boolean isValidProgramType() {
 		if (!isVisualStudioOrClangPe()) {
@@ -100,7 +97,6 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 		return true;
 	}
 
-
 	@Override
 	public void fixUpProgram() {
 
@@ -184,10 +180,8 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 
 			determineParentClassInfoFromBaseClassArray(recoveredClasses);
 
-
 			assignParentClassToVftables(recoveredClasses);
 
-
 			// using all the information found above, create the class structures, add the constructor,
 			// destructor, vfunctions to class which finds the appropriate class structure and assigns 
 			// to "this" param
@@ -219,14 +213,12 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 
 	}
 
-
 	private boolean isVisualStudioOrClangPe() {
 		return program.getExecutableFormat().equals(PeLoader.PE_NAME) &&
 			(program.getCompiler().equals(CompilerEnum.VisualStudio.toString()) ||
 				program.getCompiler().equals(CompilerEnum.Clang.toString()));
 	}
 
-
 	private boolean hasTypeInfoVftable() throws CancelledException {
 
 		List<Symbol> vftableSymbols = getListOfVftableSymbols();
@@ -474,7 +466,9 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 			Address baseClassDescriptorAddress = getReferencedAddress(address.add(i * 4));
 
 			Data baseClassDescriptor = extraUtils.getDataAt(baseClassDescriptorAddress);
-			if (baseClassDescriptor == null || !baseClassDescriptor.getDataType().getName().equals(
+			if (baseClassDescriptor == null || !baseClassDescriptor.getDataType()
+					.getName()
+					.equals(
 						RTTI_BASE_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR_DATA_NAME)) {
 
 				int num1 = extraUtils.getInt(baseClassDescriptorAddress.add(8));
@@ -563,7 +557,9 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 		Data classHierarchyStructure = extraUtils.getDataAt(classHierarchyDescriptorAddress);
 
 		if (classHierarchyStructure != null &&
-			classHierarchyStructure.getDataType().getName().equals(
+			classHierarchyStructure.getDataType()
+					.getName()
+					.equals(
 						RTTI_CLASS_HIERARCHY_DESCRIPTOR_DATA_NAME)) {
 			return classHierarchyDescriptorAddress;
 
@@ -803,7 +799,7 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 	private Symbol getGivenSymbol(Address address, String name, Namespace namespace)
 			throws CancelledException {
 
-		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(address);
+		SymbolIterator symbols = symbolTable.getSymbolsAsIterator(address);
 		for (Symbol sym : symbols) {
 			monitor.checkCanceled();
 			if (sym.getName().contains(name) && sym.getParentNamespace().equals(namespace)) {
@@ -884,10 +880,6 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 		findFunctionsUsingAtexit();
 	}
 
-
-
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Method to recover the class information for each vftable symbol on the list
 	 * * For each virtual function table:
@@ -1372,7 +1364,6 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Method to recover parent information, including class offsets, vbase structure and its offset and address if applicable, and whether
 	 * the parent is regularly or virtually inherited
@@ -2142,14 +2133,6 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 
 	}
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Method to call create and apply class structures method starting with top parent classes
 	 * and non-virtual classes then the children and their children until all classes are processed.
@@ -2502,7 +2485,8 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 
 		}
 
-		if (classStructureDataType.getNumComponents() == classStructureDataType.getNumDefinedComponents()) {
+		if (classStructureDataType.getNumComponents() == classStructureDataType
+				.getNumDefinedComponents()) {
 			classStructureDataType.setPackingEnabled(true);
 		}
 
@@ -2590,7 +2574,6 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 		return classStructureDataType;
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Method to apply the given class's vbtable structure
 	 * @param recoveredClass the given RecoveredClass object which, if applicable, contains the address and structure to apply
@@ -2615,6 +2598,4 @@ public class RTTIWindowsClassRecoverer extends RTTIClassRecoverer {
 			recoveredClass.getClassNamespace().getName(true) + "::vbtable");
 	}
 
-
-
 }

Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/ghidra_scripts/classrecovery/RecoveredClassUtils.java

@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 		decompilerUtils = new DecompilerScriptUtils(program, tool, monitor);
 		structUtils = new EditStructureUtils();
 
-
 		dataTypeManager = program.getDataTypeManager();
 		symbolTable = program.getSymbolTable();
 
@@ -522,8 +521,6 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 		return allInlinedDestructors;
 	}
 
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Method to determine if referenced vftables are from the same class
 	 * @param vftableReferences list of vftable references
@@ -1288,8 +1285,6 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 
 	}
 
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Method to determine if the given possible ancestor is an ancestor of any of the listed classes 
 	 * @param recoveredClasses List of classes
@@ -2658,7 +2653,6 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Method to create a new recovered class object and add it to the namespaceToClassMap
 	 * @param namespace the namespace to put the new class in
@@ -2766,7 +2760,6 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 			Map<Address, Function> vftableReferenceToFunctionMapping =
 				createVftableReferenceToFunctionMapping(referencesToVftable);
 
-
 			//vftableReferenceToFunctionMapping
 			List<Function> possibleConstructorDestructorsForThisClass =
 				findPossibleConstructorDestructors(vftableReferenceToFunctionMapping);
@@ -2910,8 +2903,6 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 		return cdFunctions;
 	}
 
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Method to get functions from vftable
 	 * @param vftableAddress the address of the vftable
@@ -3890,8 +3881,8 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 
 		String simpleName = extraUtils.removeTemplate(name);
 
-		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(address);
+		SymbolIterator it = symbolTable.getSymbolsAsIterator(address);
-		for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
+		for (Symbol symbol : it) {
 			monitor.checkCanceled();
 
 			String simpleSymbolName = extraUtils.removeTemplate(symbol.getName());
@@ -4935,7 +4926,8 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 					Msg.debug(this,
 						recoveredClass.getName() + " function " +
 							functionContainingInline.getEntryPoint().toString() + " first ref: " +
-					classVftableRef.toString() + " other way ref: " + otherWayRef.toString());
+							classVftableRef.toString() + " other way ref: " +
+							otherWayRef.toString());
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -5056,7 +5048,8 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 					Function firstCalledFunction =
 						extraUtils.getCalledFunctionByCallOrder(deletingDestructor, 1);
 					if (firstCalledFunction == null ||
-						!recoveredClass.getConstructorOrDestructorFunctions().contains(
+						!recoveredClass.getConstructorOrDestructorFunctions()
+								.contains(
 									firstCalledFunction)) {
 						return null;
 					}
@@ -5201,10 +5194,13 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 					return;
 				}
 				if (parentDestructorClasses.size() == 1) {
-					if (!parentDestructorClasses.get(0).getDestructorList().contains(
+					if (!parentDestructorClasses.get(0)
+							.getDestructorList()
+							.contains(
 								parentDestructor)) {
 						addDestructorToClass(parentDestructorClasses.get(0), parentDestructor);
-						parentDestructorClasses.get(0).removeIndeterminateConstructorOrDestructor(
+						parentDestructorClasses.get(0)
+								.removeIndeterminateConstructorOrDestructor(
 									parentDestructor);
 					}
 				}
@@ -5390,7 +5386,9 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 	 */
 	public boolean isClassOffsetToVftableMapComplete(RecoveredClass recoveredClass) {
 
-		if (recoveredClass.getClassOffsetToVftableMap().values().containsAll(
+		if (recoveredClass.getClassOffsetToVftableMap()
+				.values()
+				.containsAll(
 					recoveredClass.getVftableAddresses())) {
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -5434,7 +5432,8 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 				Function secondCalledFunction =
 					extraUtils.getCalledFunctionByCallOrder(vFunction, 2);
 				if (firstCalledFunction != null && secondCalledFunction != null &&
-					!recoveredClass.getConstructorOrDestructorFunctions().contains(
+					!recoveredClass.getConstructorOrDestructorFunctions()
+							.contains(
 								firstCalledFunction) &&
 					secondCalledFunction.equals(operator_delete) &&
 					!getAllConstructorsAndDestructors().contains(vFunction)) {
@@ -6903,7 +6902,6 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 			}
 		}
 
-
 		return changedItems;
 
 	}
@@ -7520,11 +7518,13 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 				DataTypeComponent[] vfunctionComponents = vfunctionStructure.getComponents();
 				for (DataTypeComponent vfunctionComponent : vfunctionComponents) {
 					monitor.checkCanceled();
-					Object changedItem = updateListingVfunctionSignature(data, vfunctionComponent, vftableAddress);
+					Object changedItem =
+						updateListingVfunctionSignature(data, vfunctionComponent, vftableAddress);
 					if (changedItem != null && !changedItems.contains(changedItem)) {
 						changedItems.add(changedItem);
 
-						FunctionDefinition newFunctionDefinition = getComponentFunctionDefinition(vfunctionComponent);
+						FunctionDefinition newFunctionDefinition =
+							getComponentFunctionDefinition(vfunctionComponent);
 						if (newFunctionDefinition == null) {
 							continue;
 						}
@@ -7604,7 +7604,6 @@ public class RecoveredClassUtils {
 			return null;
 		}
 
-
 		boolean changed = updateFunctionSignature(vfunction, newFunctionDefinition);
 		if (changed) {
 			return vfunction;

Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/analysis/ObjectiveC2_DecompilerMessageAnalyzer.java

@@ -671,13 +671,11 @@ public class ObjectiveC2_DecompilerMessageAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
 	}
 
 	private String getLabelFromUndefinedData(Program program, Address address) {
-		Symbol[] symbols = program.getSymbolTable().getSymbols(address);
+		Symbol primary = program.getSymbolTable().getPrimarySymbol(address);
-		if (symbols.length == 0) {
+		if (primary == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
+		String symbolName = primary.getName();
-			if (symbol.isPrimary()) {
-				String symbolName = symbol.getName();
 		if (symbolName.contains("_OBJC_CLASS_$_")) {
 			symbolName = symbolName.substring("_OBJC_CLASS_$_".length());
 		}
@@ -686,9 +684,6 @@ public class ObjectiveC2_DecompilerMessageAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
 		}
 		return symbolName;
 	}
-		}
-		return null;
-	}
 
 	private String getClassName(Program program, Address toAddress) {
 		try {

Ghidra/Features/FunctionGraph/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/functiongraph/FGProvider.java

@@ -764,14 +764,10 @@ public class FGProvider extends VisualGraphComponentProvider<FGVertex, FGEdge, F
 		SymbolTable symbolTable = currentProgram.getSymbolTable();
 		AddressSetView vertexAddresses = destinationVertex.getAddresses();
 		Address minAddress = vertexAddresses.getMinAddress();
-		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(minAddress);
+
-		if (symbols.length > 1) {
+		Symbol primary = symbolTable.getPrimarySymbol(minAddress);
-			return; // real user symbols
+		if (!primary.isDynamic()) {
-		}
+			return;
-		else if (symbols.length == 1) {
-			if (!symbols[0].isDynamic()) {
-				return; // real user symbol
-			}
 		}
 
 		ReferenceManager referenceManager = currentProgram.getReferenceManager();

Ghidra/Features/FunctionID/ghidra_scripts/FidStatistics.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import ghidra.program.model.lang.Language;
 import ghidra.program.model.listing.*;
 import ghidra.program.model.mem.MemoryAccessException;
 import ghidra.program.model.symbol.Symbol;
+import ghidra.program.model.symbol.SymbolIterator;
 import ghidra.util.exception.CancelledException;
 import ghidra.util.exception.VersionException;
 
@@ -155,7 +156,8 @@ public class FidStatistics extends GhidraScript {
 			str = Integer.toString(hitCount);
 			buf.append(str);
 			indent(buf, str);
-			str = '(' + Integer.toString(matchUniquely) + ',' + Integer.toString(matchMultiply) + ')';
+			str =
+				'(' + Integer.toString(matchUniquely) + ',' + Integer.toString(matchMultiply) + ')';
 			buf.append(str);
 			indent(buf, str);
 			str = Integer.toString(nameMatched);
@@ -234,7 +236,8 @@ public class FidStatistics extends GhidraScript {
 		addEquivSymbols("?StringLengthWorkerW@@YGJPBGIPAI@Z", "_StringLengthWorkerW@12");
 		addEquivSymbols("?StringCatWorkerW@@YGJPAGIPBG@Z", "_StringCatWorkerW@12");
 		addEquivSymbols("_decode_aligned_offset_block@12", "_decode_verbatim_block@12");
-		addEquivSymbols("??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@V_STL70@@@std@@QAE@ABV01@@Z",
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@V_STL70@@@std@@QAE@ABV01@@Z",
 			"??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QAE@ABV01@@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("??0?$CSimpleStringT@G$0A@@ATL@@QAE@PBGHPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z",
 			"??0?$CSimpleStringT@_W$0A@@ATL@@QAE@PB_WHPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z");
@@ -248,15 +251,20 @@ public class FidStatistics extends GhidraScript {
 		addEquivSymbols("??0?$CSimpleStringT@G$0A@@ATL@@QAE@PAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z",
 			"??0?$CSimpleStringT@D$0A@@ATL@@QAE@PAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("_RtlStringCchCopyA@12", "?StringCchCopyA@@YGJPADIPBD@Z");
-		addEquivSymbols("??0?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@PBGHPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z",
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??0?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@PBGHPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z",
 			"??0?$CStringT@DV?$StrTraitMFC@DV?$ChTraitsCRT@D@ATL@@@@@ATL@@QAE@PBDHPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z");
-		addEquivSymbols("??0?$CSimpleStringT@G$0A@@ATL@@QAE@ABV01@@Z","??0?$CSimpleStringT@D$0A@@ATL@@QAE@ABV01@@Z");
+		addEquivSymbols("??0?$CSimpleStringT@G$0A@@ATL@@QAE@ABV01@@Z",
-		addEquivSymbols("??0?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@PBGPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z",
+			"??0?$CSimpleStringT@D$0A@@ATL@@QAE@ABV01@@Z");
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??0?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@PBGPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z",
 			"??0?$CStringT@DV?$StrTraitMFC@DV?$ChTraitsCRT@D@ATL@@@@@ATL@@QAE@PB_WPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z");
-		addEquivSymbols("??0?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@ABV01@@Z",
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??0?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@ABV01@@Z",
 			"??0?$CStringT@DV?$StrTraitMFC@DV?$ChTraitsCRT@D@ATL@@@@@ATL@@QAE@ABV01@@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("__ltoa_s_downlevel", "__ltow_s");
-		addEquivSymbols("??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@V_STL70@@@std@@QAE@XZ",
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@V_STL70@@@std@@QAE@XZ",
 			"??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QAE@XZ");
 		addEquivSymbols("_StringCchPrintfA", "?StringCchPrintfW@@YAJPAGIPBGZZ");
 		addEquivSymbols("?StringCbPrintfA@@YAJPADIPBDZZ", "?StringCchPrintfW@@YAJPAGIPBGZZ");
@@ -265,25 +273,31 @@ public class FidStatistics extends GhidraScript {
 		addEquivSymbols("?_Getwctype@@YAF_WPBU_Ctypevec@@@Z", "__Getwctype");
 		addEquivSymbols("?_Getwctype@@YAF_WPEBU_Ctypevec@@@Z", "_Getwctype");
 		addEquivSymbols("?AtlW2AHelper@@YGPADPADPBGH@Z", "?AfxW2AHelper@@YGPADPADPB_WH@Z");
-		addEquivSymbols("??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@V_STL70@@@std@@QAE@ID@Z",
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@V_STL70@@@std@@QAE@ID@Z",
 			"??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QAE@ID@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("?StringCchPrintfA@@YAJPADIPBDZZ", "?StringCbPrintfA@@YAJPADIPBDZZ");
-		addEquivSymbols("??0?$CStringT@DV?$StrTraitATL@DV?$ChTraitsCRT@D@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@PBDHPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z",
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??0?$CStringT@DV?$StrTraitATL@DV?$ChTraitsCRT@D@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@PBDHPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z",
 			"??0?$CStringT@DV?$StrTraitMFC@DV?$ChTraitsCRT@D@ATL@@@@@ATL@@QAE@PBDHPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z");
-		addEquivSymbols("_wmemcpy_s","?CopyCharsOverlapped@?$CSimpleStringT@_W$0A@@ATL@@SAXPA_WIPB_WH@Z");
+		addEquivSymbols("_wmemcpy_s",
+			"?CopyCharsOverlapped@?$CSimpleStringT@_W$0A@@ATL@@SAXPA_WIPB_WH@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("?StringCbCopyA@@YGJPADIPBD@Z", "_StringCbCopyA@12");
-		addEquivSymbols("??0?$basic_string@GU?$char_traits@G@std@@V?$allocator@G@2@V_STL70@@@std@@QAE@IG@Z",
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??0?$basic_string@GU?$char_traits@G@std@@V?$allocator@G@2@V_STL70@@@std@@QAE@IG@Z",
 			"??0?$basic_string@GU?$char_traits@G@std@@V?$allocator@G@2@@std@@QAE@IG@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("??1?$basic_string@GU?$char_traits@G@std@@V?$allocator@G@2@@std@@QEAA@XZ",
 			"??1?$basic_string@GU?$char_traits@G@std@@V?$allocator@G@2@V_STL70@@@std@@QEAA@XZ");
 		addEquivSymbols("?CopyChars@?$CSimpleStringT@G$0A@@ATL@@SAXPAGIPBGH@Z",
 			"?CopyCharsOverlapped@?$CSimpleStringT@_W$0A@@ATL@@SAXPA_WIPB_WH@Z");
-		addEquivSymbols("??0?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@PBGPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z",
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??0?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@PBGPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z",
 			"??0?$CStringT@DV?$StrTraitMFC@DV?$ChTraitsCRT@D@ATL@@@@@ATL@@QAE@PB_WPAUIAtlStringMgr@1@@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("wcscpy_s_downlevel", "wcscpy_s");
 		addEquivSymbols("_StringCbCopyA@12", "_StringCchCopyA@12");
 		addEquivSymbols("_wcscat_s_downlevel", "_wcscat_s");
-		addEquivSymbols("??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@V_STL70@@@std@@QAE@PBD@Z",
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@V_STL70@@@std@@QAE@PBD@Z",
 			"??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QAE@PBD@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("?_Towupper@@YA_W_WPBU_Ctypevec@@@Z", "__Towupper");
 		addEquivSymbols("?_Towlower@@YA_W_WPBU_Ctypevec@@@Z", "__Towlower");
@@ -299,26 +313,34 @@ public class FidStatistics extends GhidraScript {
 		addEquivSymbols("?UShortMult@@YGJGGPAG@Z", "?RtlUShortMult@@YGJGGPAG@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("??1?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@XZ",
 			"??1?$CStringT@_WV?$StrTraitMFC@_WV?$ChTraitsOS@_W@ATL@@@@@ATL@@QAE@XZ");
-		addEquivSymbols("?memcpy_s@Checked@ATL@@YAXPAXIPBXI@Z", "?memmove_s@Checked@ATL@@YAXPAXIPBXI@Z");
+		addEquivSymbols("?memcpy_s@Checked@ATL@@YAXPAXIPBXI@Z",
-		addEquivSymbols("?tcsncpy_s@Checked@ATL@@YAHPAGIPBGI@Z", "?memmove_s@Checked@ATL@@YAXPAXIPBXI@Z");
+			"?memmove_s@Checked@ATL@@YAXPAXIPBXI@Z");
-		addEquivSymbols("?wmemcpy_s@Checked@ATL@@YAXPAGIPBGI@Z", "?memmove_s@Checked@ATL@@YAXPAXIPBXI@Z");
+		addEquivSymbols("?tcsncpy_s@Checked@ATL@@YAHPAGIPBGI@Z",
+			"?memmove_s@Checked@ATL@@YAXPAXIPBXI@Z");
+		addEquivSymbols("?wmemcpy_s@Checked@ATL@@YAXPAGIPBGI@Z",
+			"?memmove_s@Checked@ATL@@YAXPAXIPBXI@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("??$AtlMultiply@I@ATL@@YAJPAIII@Z", "??$AtlMultiply@K@ATL@@YAJPAKKK@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("__it_wcsncpy", "_wcsncpy");
-		addEquivSymbols("??1?$CFixedStringT@V?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@$0BA@@ATL@@UAE@XZ",
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??1?$CFixedStringT@V?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@$0BA@@ATL@@UAE@XZ",
 			"??1?$CFixedStringT@V?$CStringT@DV?$StrTraitMFC@DV?$ChTraitsCRT@D@ATL@@@@@ATL@@$0EA@@ATL@@UAE@XZ");
 		addEquivSymbols("?StringCbCatA@@YGJPADIPBD@Z", "_StringCchCatA@12");
-		addEquivSymbols("??0?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@PBG@Z",
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??0?$CStringT@GV?$StrTraitATL@GV?$ChTraitsCRT@G@ATL@@@ATL@@@ATL@@QAE@PBG@Z",
 			"??0?$CStringT@DV?$StrTraitMFC@DV?$ChTraitsCRT@D@ATL@@@@@ATL@@QAE@PB_W@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("UShortAdd", "RtlUShortAdd");
 		addEquivSymbols("_StringCchPrintfA", "?StringCbPrintfA@@YAJPADIPBDZZ");
 		addEquivSymbols("?StringCbCopyA@@YGJPADIPBD@Z", "_StringCchCopyA@12");
 
 		// 64-bit
-		addEquivSymbols("??1?$CTempBuffer@G$0BAA@VCCRTAllocator@ATL@@@ATL@@QEAA@XZ","??1?$CTempBuffer@D$0IA@VCCRTAllocator@ATL@@@ATL@@QEAA@XZ");
+		addEquivSymbols("??1?$CTempBuffer@G$0BAA@VCCRTAllocator@ATL@@@ATL@@QEAA@XZ",
+			"??1?$CTempBuffer@D$0IA@VCCRTAllocator@ATL@@@ATL@@QEAA@XZ");
 		addEquivSymbols("?IsEqualGUID@@YAHAEBU_GUID@@0@Z", "IsEqualGUID");
-		addEquivSymbols("??1?$CAtlSafeAllocBufferManager@V_CCRTAllocator@_ATL_SAFE_ALLOCA_IMPL@ATL@@@_ATL_SAFE_ALLOCA_IMPL@ATL@@QEAA@XZ",
+		addEquivSymbols(
+			"??1?$CAtlSafeAllocBufferManager@V_CCRTAllocator@_ATL_SAFE_ALLOCA_IMPL@ATL@@@_ATL_SAFE_ALLOCA_IMPL@ATL@@QEAA@XZ",
 			"??1?$CAtlSafeAllocBufferManager@VCCRTAllocator@ATL@@@_ATL_SAFE_ALLOCA_IMPL@ATL@@QEAA@XZ");
-		addEquivSymbols("??_E_Locimp@locale@std@@MEAAPEAXI@Z","??_G_Locimp@locale@std@@MEAAPEAXI@Z");
+		addEquivSymbols("??_E_Locimp@locale@std@@MEAAPEAXI@Z",
+			"??_G_Locimp@locale@std@@MEAAPEAXI@Z");
 		addEquivSymbols("?StringCchCopyW@@YAJPEAG_KPEBG@Z", "StringCchCopyW");
 		addEquivSymbols("StringCchPrintfA", "?StringCbPrintfA@@YAJPEAD_KPEBDZZ");
 		addEquivSymbols("?StringCchCatA@@YAJPEAD_KPEBD@Z", "StringCchCatA");
@@ -329,7 +351,8 @@ public class FidStatistics extends GhidraScript {
 		addEquivSymbols("WPP_SF_ii", "WPP_SF_qq");
 		addEquivSymbols("WPP_SF_DDDDD", "WPP_SF_ddddd");
 		addEquivSymbols("?FDIDestroy@@$$J0YAHPEAX@Z", "FDIDestroy");
-		addEquivSymbols("??1?$CTempBuffer@G$0IA@VCCRTAllocator@ATL@@@ATL@@QEAA@XZ","??1?$CTempBuffer@D$0IA@VCCRTAllocator@ATL@@@ATL@@QEAA@XZ");
+		addEquivSymbols("??1?$CTempBuffer@G$0IA@VCCRTAllocator@ATL@@@ATL@@QEAA@XZ",
+			"??1?$CTempBuffer@D$0IA@VCCRTAllocator@ATL@@@ATL@@QEAA@XZ");
 		addEquivSymbols("WPP_SF_xx", "WPP_SF_qq");
 		addEquivSymbols("WPP_SF_iii", "WPP_SF_qqq");
 		addEquivSymbols("RtlStringCchCopyW", "StringCchCopyW");
@@ -369,14 +392,13 @@ public class FidStatistics extends GhidraScript {
 
 	private String chooseFunctionName(FidSearchResult result) {
 		Program program = result.function.getProgram();
-		Symbol[] symbols = program.getSymbolTable().getSymbols(result.function.getEntryPoint());
+		SymbolIterator it =
-		if (symbols.length > 1) {
+			program.getSymbolTable().getSymbolsAsIterator(result.function.getEntryPoint());
-			for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
+		for (Symbol symbol : it) {
 			if (matchAnalysis.containsRawName(symbol.getName())) {
 				return symbol.getName();
 			}
 		}
-		}
 		return result.function.getName();
 	}
 
@@ -481,7 +503,8 @@ public class FidStatistics extends GhidraScript {
 
 	}
 
-	private void processProgram(Program program,FidQueryService queryService) throws MemoryAccessException, CancelledException, VersionException, IOException {
+	private void processProgram(Program program, FidQueryService queryService)
+			throws MemoryAccessException, CancelledException, VersionException, IOException {
 		FidProgramSeeker programSeeker = service.getProgramSeeker(program, queryService, 10.0f);
 		monitor.setMessage("Processing " + program.getName());
 		monitor.initialize(program.getFunctionManager().getFunctionCount());
@@ -500,7 +523,8 @@ public class FidStatistics extends GhidraScript {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private LinkedList<DomainFile> buildDomainFileList() throws CancelledException, VersionException, IOException {
+	private LinkedList<DomainFile> buildDomainFileList()
+			throws CancelledException, VersionException, IOException {
 		ArrayList<DomainFolder> folders = new ArrayList<DomainFolder>();
 		while (true) {
 			monitor.checkCanceled();
@@ -563,7 +587,8 @@ public class FidStatistics extends GhidraScript {
 					}
 				}
 			}
-		} catch(CancelledException ex) {
+		}
+		catch (CancelledException ex) {
 			// A cancel in middle of processing still allows results to get printed
 		}
 

Ghidra/Features/FunctionID/src/main/java/ghidra/feature/fid/cmd/ApplyFidEntriesCommand.java

@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public class ApplyFidEntriesCommand extends BackgroundCommand {
 	private boolean hasUserOrImportedSymbols(Function function) {
 		Program program = function.getProgram();
 		SymbolTable symbolTable = program.getSymbolTable();
-		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(function.getEntryPoint());
+		SymbolIterator symbols = symbolTable.getSymbolsAsIterator(function.getEntryPoint());
 		for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
 			SourceType sourceType = symbol.getSource();
 			if (sourceType == SourceType.USER_DEFINED || sourceType == SourceType.IMPORTED) {
@@ -297,40 +297,27 @@ public class ApplyFidEntriesCommand extends BackgroundCommand {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Delete a symbol of the given name and address, knowing there are multiple Symbols at the address.
+	 * Delete a symbol of the given name at the given address.
-	 * If the symbol is primary, make another Symbol at the address primary before deleting
+	 * 
 	 * @param matchName is the given Symbol name
 	 * @param addr is the given Address
 	 * @param program is the Program
 	 * @return the number of Symbols remaining at the address
 	 */
 	private int deleteSymbol(String matchName, Address addr, Program program) {
-		int numSymbols = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {	// Try to find non-primary matching Symbol at most twice
 		Symbol[] symbols = program.getSymbolTable().getSymbols(addr);
-			numSymbols = symbols.length;
+		int numSymbols = symbols.length;
 		if (numSymbols <= 1) {
-				break;
+			return numSymbols;
 		}
-			for (Symbol sym : symbols) {		// Among Symbols at the Address
+		// find the matching symbol and delete it
-				if (sym.getName().equals(matchName)) {	// Find one with matching name
+		for (Symbol sym : symbols) {
-					if (!sym.isPrimary()) {		// If it is not primary
+			if (sym.getName().equals(matchName)) {
-						sym.delete();			// delete it immediately
+				sym.delete();
 				numSymbols -= 1;
-						break;					// and we are done
-					}
-					Symbol otherSym = symbols[0];
-					if (otherSym == sym) {		// Otherwise find another Symbol, which must not be primary
-						otherSym = symbols[1];
-					}
-					// Set the other symbol to primary
-					SetLabelPrimaryCmd cmd = new SetLabelPrimaryCmd(addr, otherSym.getName(),
-						otherSym.getParentNamespace());
-					cmd.applyTo(program);
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		}
 		return numSymbols;
 	}
 

Ghidra/Features/FunctionID/src/main/java/ghidra/feature/fid/service/FidServiceLibraryIngest.java

@@ -460,14 +460,9 @@ class FidServiceLibraryIngest {
 	}
 
 	private static String grabSymbol(SymbolTable symbolTable, Address address) {
-		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(address);
+		Symbol primary = symbolTable.getPrimarySymbol(address);
-		if (symbols == null || symbols.length == 0) {
+		if (primary != null) {
-			return null;
+			return primary.getName();
-		}
-		for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
-			if (symbol.isPrimary()) {
-				return symbol.getName();
-			}
 		}
 		return null;
 	}

Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/ghidra_scripts/FixUpRttiAnalysisScript.java

@@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ public class FixUpRttiAnalysisScript extends GhidraScript {
 			Address baseClassDescriptorAddress = getReferencedAddress(address.add(i * 4));
 
 			Data baseClassDescriptor = getDataAt(baseClassDescriptorAddress);
-			if (baseClassDescriptor == null || !baseClassDescriptor.getDataType().getName().equals(
+			if (baseClassDescriptor == null || !baseClassDescriptor.getDataType()
+					.getName()
+					.equals(
 						RTTI_BASE_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR_DATA_NAME)) {
 
 				int num1 = getInt(baseClassDescriptorAddress.add(8));
@@ -352,7 +354,9 @@ public class FixUpRttiAnalysisScript extends GhidraScript {
 		Data classHierarchyStructure = getDataAt(classHierarchyDescriptorAddress);
 
 		if (classHierarchyStructure != null &&
-			classHierarchyStructure.getDataType().getName().equals(
+			classHierarchyStructure.getDataType()
+					.getName()
+					.equals(
 						RTTI_CLASS_HIERARCHY_DESCRIPTOR_DATA_NAME)) {
 			return classHierarchyDescriptorAddress;
 
@@ -588,7 +592,7 @@ public class FixUpRttiAnalysisScript extends GhidraScript {
 	private Symbol getGivenSymbol(Address address, String name, Namespace namespace)
 			throws CancelledException {
 
-		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(address);
+		SymbolIterator symbols = symbolTable.getSymbolsAsIterator(address);
 		for (Symbol sym : symbols) {
 			monitor.checkCanceled();
 			if (sym.getName().contains(name) && sym.getParentNamespace().equals(namespace)) {

Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/EHDataTypeUtilities.java

@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public class EHDataTypeUtilities {
 		dataTypeName = SymbolUtilities.replaceInvalidChars(dataTypeName, true);
 
 		SymbolTable symbolTable = program.getSymbolTable();
-		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(address);
+		SymbolIterator symbols = symbolTable.getSymbolsAsIterator(address);
 		for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
 			if (symbol.getName().contains(dataTypeName)) {
 				return null; // Already have one with dataTypeName.

Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/RttiUtil.java

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class RttiUtil {
 			return false;
 		}
 		// Don't create it if a similar symbol already exists at the address of the data.
-		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(rttiAddress);
+		SymbolIterator symbols = symbolTable.getSymbolsAsIterator(rttiAddress);
 		for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
 			String name = symbol.getName();
 			if (name.contains(rttiSuffix)) {
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ public class RttiUtil {
 		}
 
 		// check to see if symbol already exists both non-pdb and pdb versions
-		Symbol vftableSymbol = symbolTable.getSymbol(TYPE_INFO_NAMESPACE, address, typeinfoNamespace);
+		Symbol vftableSymbol =
+			symbolTable.getSymbol(TYPE_INFO_NAMESPACE, address, typeinfoNamespace);
 		if (vftableSymbol != null) {
 			return;
 		}

Ghidra/Features/ProgramGraph/src/main/java/ghidra/graph/program/BlockGraphTask.java

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public class BlockGraphTask extends Task {
 	private ColorizingService colorizingService;
 
 	private final static String ENTRY_NEXUS_NAME = "Entry Points";
+	private static final int MAX_SYMBOLS = 10;
 	private CodeBlockModel blockModel;
 	private AddressSetView selection;
 	private ProgramLocation location;
@@ -417,14 +418,20 @@ public class BlockGraphTask extends Task {
 	}
 
 	private void addSymbolAttribute(AttributedVertex vertex, CodeBlock bb) {
-		Symbol[] symbols = program.getSymbolTable().getSymbols(bb.getMinAddress());
+		SymbolIterator it = program.getSymbolTable().getSymbolsAsIterator(bb.getMinAddress());
-		if (symbols.length != 0) {
+		int count = 0;
+		if (it.hasNext()) {
 			StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
-			for (int i = 0; i < symbols.length; i++) {
+			for (Symbol symbol : it) {
-				if (i != 0) {
+				if (count != 0) {
 					buf.append('\n');
 				}
-				buf.append(symbols[i].getName());
+				// limit the number of symbols to include (there can be a ridiculous # of symbols) 
+				if (count++ > MAX_SYMBOLS) {
+					buf.append("...");
+					break;
+				}
+				buf.append(symbol.getName());
 			}
 			vertex.setAttribute(SYMBOLS_ATTRIBUTE, buf.toString());
 		}

Ghidra/Features/VersionTracking/src/main/java/ghidra/feature/vt/api/markuptype/LabelMarkupType.java

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
  */
 package ghidra.feature.vt.api.markuptype;
 
-import static ghidra.feature.vt.gui.util.VTOptionDefines.DEFAULT_OPTION_FOR_LABELS;
+import static ghidra.feature.vt.gui.util.VTOptionDefines.*;
-import static ghidra.feature.vt.gui.util.VTOptionDefines.LABELS;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
@@ -232,10 +231,6 @@ public class LabelMarkupType extends VTMarkupType {
 			LabelMarkupUtils.removeAllLabels(getDestinationProgram(association),
 				destinationAddress);
 		}
-		else if (replaceDefault) {
-			LabelMarkupUtils.removeDefaultLabels(getDestinationProgram(association),
-				destinationAddress);
-		}
 
 		Program destinationProgram = getDestinationProgram(association);
 		try {

Ghidra/Features/VersionTracking/src/main/java/ghidra/feature/vt/api/util/LabelMarkupUtils.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* ###
  * IP: GHIDRA
- * REVIEWED: YES
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,22 +23,6 @@ import ghidra.program.model.symbol.SymbolTable;
 
 public class LabelMarkupUtils {
 
-    public static void removeDefaultLabels( Program destinationProgram, Address address ) {
-        SymbolTable symbolTable = destinationProgram.getSymbolTable();
-        Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols( address );
-        for ( Symbol symbol : symbols ) {
-            if ( symbol instanceof FunctionSymbol ) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            
-            if ( !symbol.isDynamic() ) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            
-            symbolTable.removeSymbolSpecial( symbol );
-        }
-    }
-
 	public static void removeAllLabels(Program destinationProgram, Address address) {
 		SymbolTable symbolTable = destinationProgram.getSymbolTable();
 		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(address);

Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/NamespaceUtils.java

@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ public class NamespaceUtils {
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		Symbol[] symbols = program.getSymbolTable().getSymbols(address);
+		SymbolIterator symbols = program.getSymbolTable().getSymbolsAsIterator(address);
 		for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
 			if (symbol.getSymbolType() == SymbolType.FUNCTION &&
 				symbolPath.matchesPathOf(symbol)) {

Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/PseudoDisassembler.java

@@ -757,16 +757,14 @@ public class PseudoDisassembler {
 						for (Address flow : flows) {
 							// does this reference a valid function?
 							if (program != null) {
-								Symbol[] syms = program.getSymbolTable().getSymbols(flow);
+								Symbol primary = program.getSymbolTable().getPrimarySymbol(flow);
-								for (Symbol sym : syms) {
+								if (primary.getSymbolType() == SymbolType.FUNCTION) {
-									if (sym.getSymbolType() == SymbolType.FUNCTION) {
 									didCallValidSubroutine = true;
-										break;
-									}
 								}
 							}
 							// if respecting execute flag on memory, test to make sure we did flow into non-execute memory
-							if (respectExecuteFlag && !execSet.isEmpty() && !execSet.contains(flow)) {
+							if (respectExecuteFlag && !execSet.isEmpty() &&
+								!execSet.contains(flow)) {
 								if (!flow.isExternalAddress()) {
 									MemoryBlock block = memory.getBlock(flow);
 									// flowing into non-executable, but readable memory is bad
@@ -782,7 +780,9 @@ public class PseudoDisassembler {
 				target = newTarget;
 			}
 		}
-		catch (InsufficientBytesException e) {
+		catch (
+
+		InsufficientBytesException e) {
 			return false;
 		}
 		catch (UnknownInstructionException e) {

Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/database/symbol/SymbolDB.java

@@ -270,16 +270,21 @@ public abstract class SymbolDB extends DatabaseObject implements Symbol {
 		try {
 			checkIsValid();
 			ReferenceManager rm = symbolMgr.getReferenceManager();
-			ReferenceIterator iter = rm.getReferencesTo(address);
+
-			boolean isPrimary = this.isPrimary();
+			// if there is only one symbol, then all the references to this address count 
-			Symbol[] symbols = symbolMgr.getSymbols(address);
+			if (hasExactlyOneSymbolAtAddress(address)) {
-			if (symbols.length == 1) {
 				return rm.getReferenceCountTo(address);
 			}
+
+			// search through references and see which ones apply specifically to this symbol
+			ReferenceIterator iter = rm.getReferencesTo(address);
 			int count = 0;
+			boolean isPrimary = this.isPrimary();
 			while (iter.hasNext()) {
 				Reference ref = iter.next();
 				long symbolID = ref.getSymbolID();
+				// references refer to me if it matches my key or I'm primary and it doesn't
+				// specify a specific symbol id
 				if (symbolID == key || (isPrimary && symbolID < 0)) {
 					count++;
 				}
@@ -291,6 +296,15 @@ public abstract class SymbolDB extends DatabaseObject implements Symbol {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private boolean hasExactlyOneSymbolAtAddress(Address addr) {
+		SymbolIterator it = symbolMgr.getSymbolsAsIterator(addr);
+		if (!it.hasNext()) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		it.next();
+		return !it.hasNext();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Reference[] getReferences(TaskMonitor monitor) {
 		lock.acquire();

Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/database/symbol/SymbolManager.java

@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ public class SymbolManager implements SymbolTable, ManagerDB {
 			if (sym.getSymbolType() == SymbolType.FUNCTION) {
 				Address addr = sym.getAddress();
 				Function f = (Function) sym.getObject();
-				Symbol nextPrimary = getNextPrimarySymbol(this, addr);
+				Symbol nextPrimary = findFirstNonPrimarySymbol(addr);
 				String name;
 				Namespace parentNamespace;
 				SourceType source;
@@ -636,20 +636,14 @@ public class SymbolManager implements SymbolTable, ManagerDB {
 		}
 	}
 
-//	@Override
+	private Symbol findFirstNonPrimarySymbol(Address address) {
-//	public boolean removeSymbol(Symbol sym) {
+		SymbolIterator it = getSymbolsAsIterator(address);
-//		return removeSymbolSpecial(sym);
+		for (Symbol symbol : it) {
-//	}
+			if (!symbol.isPrimary()) {
-
+				return symbol; // return the first non-primary symbol we find
-	private Symbol getNextPrimarySymbol(SymbolManager sm, Address addr2) {
-		Symbol[] symbols = sm.getSymbols(addr2);
-		Symbol next = null;
-		for (int i = symbols.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-			if (!symbols[i].isPrimary()) {
-				return symbols[i]; // For now return the last non-primary found.
 			}
 		}
-		return next;
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	void removeChildren(SymbolDB sym) {
@@ -804,6 +798,21 @@ public class SymbolManager implements SymbolTable, ManagerDB {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	public SymbolIterator getSymbolsAsIterator(Address addr) {
+		lock.acquire();
+		try {
+			RecordIterator iterator = adapter.getSymbols(addr, addr, true);
+			return new SymbolRecordIterator(iterator, true, true);
+		}
+		catch (IOException e) {
+			program.dbError(e);
+		}
+		finally {
+			lock.release();
+		}
+		return new SymbolRecordIterator(new EmptyRecordIterator(), true, true);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Symbol[] getSymbols(Address addr) {
 		lock.acquire();
@@ -932,14 +941,7 @@ public class SymbolManager implements SymbolTable, ManagerDB {
 
 	@Override
 	public Symbol getGlobalSymbol(String name, Address addr) {
-		Symbol[] symbols = getSymbols(addr);
+		return getSymbol(name, addr, program.getGlobalNamespace());
-		for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
-			// there can be only one global symbol with a name at an address
-			if (symbol.getName().equals(name) && symbol.isGlobal()) {
-				return symbol;
-			}
-		}
-		return null;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -1714,9 +1716,9 @@ public class SymbolManager implements SymbolTable, ManagerDB {
 
 		private void findNextDynamicSymbol() {
 			while (addrIt.hasNext()) {
-				Symbol[] symbols = getSymbols(addrIt.next());
+				Symbol symbol = getPrimarySymbol(addrIt.next());
-				if (symbols.length == 1 && symbols[0].isDynamic()) {
+				if (symbol != null && symbol.isDynamic()) {
-					nextDynamicSymbol = symbols[0];
+					nextDynamicSymbol = symbol;
 					return;
 				}
 			}
@@ -3062,28 +3064,3 @@ public class SymbolManager implements SymbolTable, ManagerDB {
 		return getFirstSymbol(name, namespace, s -> s.getSymbolType() == type);
 	}
 }
-
-class SymbolMatcher implements Predicate<Symbol> {
-
-	private String name;
-	private Namespace namespace;
-	private SymbolType type1;
-
-	public SymbolMatcher(String name, Namespace namespace, SymbolType type1) {
-		this.name = name;
-		this.namespace = namespace;
-		this.type1 = type1;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean test(Symbol s) {
-		if (!name.equals(s.getName())) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		if (!namespace.equals(s.getParentNamespace())) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		SymbolType type = s.getSymbolType();
-		return type == type1;
-	}
-}

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

@@ -353,11 +353,26 @@ public interface SymbolTable {
 	 * the primary symbol will be returned in array slot 0.
 	 * WARNING! Use of this method with a Variable address is highly discouraged since
 	 * a single Variable address could be used multiple times by many functions.
+	 * Note that unless all the symbols are needed at once, you should consider using 
+	 * the {@link #getSymbolsAsIterator(Address)} method instead. 
 	 * @param addr the address at which to retrieve all symbols.
 	 * @return a zero-length array when no symbols are defined at address.
+	 * @see #getSymbolsAsIterator(Address)
 	 */
 	public Symbol[] getSymbols(Address addr);
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a symbol iterator over all the symbols at the given address.  Use this instead of 
+	 * {@link #getSymbols(Address)} when you do not need to get all symbols, but rather are  
+	 * searching for a particular symbol.   This method prevents all symbols at the given address
+	 * from being loaded up front.
+	 * 
+	 * @param addr the address at which to retrieve all symbols
+	 * @return an iterator over all the symbols at the given address
+	 * @see #getSymbols(Address)
+	 */
+	public SymbolIterator getSymbolsAsIterator(Address addr);
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns an array of all user defined symbols at the given address
 	 * @param addr the address at which to retrieve all user defined symbols.

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

@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ public class SymbolUtilities {
 
 			if (namespace.isGlobal()) {
 				// do not add global symbol if same name already exists at address
-				for (Symbol s : program.getSymbolTable().getSymbols(address)) {
+				for (Symbol s : program.getSymbolTable().getSymbolsAsIterator(address)) {
 					if (name.equals(s.getName())) {
 						return null;
 					}