Document that the lower case 'c' character in nm's output is used to signify a small...

	PR 26662
	* doc/binutils.texi (nm): Document that 'c' is used for small
	common symbols.

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 5e8eb987371ea40204a879343ae10fcae90a2225..c871e17b3dce721e3fb25f5e0328e429a3d2ff2f 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-09-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       PR 26662
+       * doc/binutils.texi (nm): Document that 'c' is used for small
+       common symbols.
+
 2020-09-21  Ludovic Courtès  <ludo@gnu.org>
 
        * doc/binutils.texi (objcopy, strip): Say that

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 837b7591b062f1cfb66fae257616b74d959d5306..2e0d1fb8eadf829ab677c0bd33b8a8d356b9d337 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ contains zero-initialized or uninitialized data, although the exact
 behavior is system dependent.
 
 @item C
+@itemx c
 The symbol is common.  Common symbols are uninitialized data.  When
 linking, multiple common symbols may appear with the same name.  If the
 symbol is defined anywhere, the common symbols are treated as undefined
@@ -842,6 +843,8 @@ references.
 For more details on common symbols, see the discussion of
 --warn-common in @ref{Options,,Linker options,ld.info,The GNU linker}.
 @end ifclear
+The lower case @var{c} character is used when the symbol is in a
+special section for small commons.
 
 @item D
 @itemx d