From 2750f970c69380f7101f918fe03ca0eeb3c3c607 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Klose Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 15:21:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] pr22734 # DP: Fix PR binutils/22734, taken from the trunk. 2018-01-30 Nick Clifton 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. Gbp-Pq: Name pr22734.diff --- binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index b862a79f9..35f672f3f 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 -- 2.30.2