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.

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 213e7833e99b7371ccef94888c317b0453e01afc..a492487c25780a3bdc706bfd3516d5f51a6236c3 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2018-01-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       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.
+
 2018-01-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
        * objcopy.c (merge_gnu_build_notes): Use (bfd_vma) -1 as

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index b862a79f96ce60c2a2772c6e3ba60eaee7357e68..35f672f3ff6368fdd8b1b6ed72183589f5cf835f 100644 (file)
--- 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