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authorAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2016-04-29 13:22:51 +0100
committerAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2016-05-10 08:47:14 +0100
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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.
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@@ -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