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| author | Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com> | 2016-04-29 13:22:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com> | 2016-05-10 08:47:14 +0100 |
| commit | 29f4fdc42db187300b208ba4310920bedb300a04 (patch) | |
| tree | 7be9b2b9356df0ae455e6bd71a84a44a2c98c5bb /binutils/doc | |
| parent | d63a50b79e50b9a48570a9d9fdb86d7c692f3c18 (diff) | |
binutils/doc: Update documentation for nm --size-sort
The documentation for 'nm --size-sort' is out of step with the code, the
special handling for ELF is not mentioned in the documentation, and
could cause confusion to a user.
binutils/ChangeLog:
* doc/binutils.texi (nm): Update description of --size-sort.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index a60ab66ee0..29f682dcc8 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -1012,11 +1012,12 @@ types. This option is only available if the toolchain has been built with plugin support enabled. @item --size-sort -Sort symbols by size. The size is computed as the difference between -the value of the symbol and the value of the symbol with the next higher -value. If the @code{bsd} output format is used the size of the symbol -is printed, rather than the value, and @samp{-S} must be used in order -both size and value to be printed. +Sort symbols by size. For ELF objects symbol sizes are read from the +ELF, for other object types the symbol sizes are computed as the +difference between the value of the symbol and the value of the symbol +with the next higher value. If the @code{bsd} output format is used +the size of the symbol is printed, rather than the value, and +@samp{-S} must be used in order both size and value to be printed. @item --special-syms Display symbols which have a target-specific special meaning. These |