+struct sym_match {
+ struct symbol *sym;
+ off_t so, eo;
+};
+
+/* Compare matched symbols as thus:
+ * - first, symbols that match exactly
+ * - then, alphabetical sort
+ */
+static int sym_rel_comp(const void *sym1, const void *sym2)
+{
+ const struct sym_match *s1 = sym1;
+ const struct sym_match *s2 = sym2;
+ int exact1, exact2;
+
+ /* Exact match:
+ * - if matched length on symbol s1 is the length of that symbol,
+ * then this symbol should come first;
+ * - if matched length on symbol s2 is the length of that symbol,
+ * then this symbol should come first.
+ * Note: since the search can be a regexp, both symbols may match
+ * exactly; if this is the case, we can't decide which comes first,
+ * and we fallback to sorting alphabetically.
+ */
+ exact1 = (s1->eo - s1->so) == strlen(s1->sym->name);
+ exact2 = (s2->eo - s2->so) == strlen(s2->sym->name);
+ if (exact1 && !exact2)
+ return -1;
+ if (!exact1 && exact2)
+ return 1;
+
+ /* As a fallback, sort symbols alphabetically */
+ return strcmp(s1->sym->name, s2->sym->name);
+}
+