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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2018-01-30 17:22:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2018-01-30 17:22:41 +0000 |
| commit | fcabedd5cb9079268d34b47489a8e4ee669f6868 (patch) | |
| tree | 108af0f40124489afb2baa650fe68ab275260310 /binutils/doc | |
| parent | c81e88797907fc0698abec09767e49cee33b2bd5 (diff) | |
| download | binutils-gdb-fcabedd5cb9079268d34b47489a8e4ee669f6868.tar.gz | |
Update description of nm's symbol bss type letters.
PR 22734
* doc/binutils.texi (nm): Update description to point out that
zero-initialized values can also be shown as type B, b, S or s
since they can be stored in the BSS section.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index b862a79f96c..35f672f3ff6 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -802,7 +802,9 @@ linking. @item B @itemx b -The symbol is in the uninitialized data section (known as BSS). +The symbol is in the BSS data section. This section typically +contains zero-initialized or uninitialized data, although the exact +behavior is system dependent. @item C The symbol is common. Common symbols are uninitialized data. When @@ -848,7 +850,8 @@ The symbol is in a read only data section. @item S @itemx s -The symbol is in an uninitialized data section for small objects. +The symbol is in an uninitialized or zero-initialized data section +for small objects. @item T @itemx t |