https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22734
Bug ID: 22734
Summary: nm documentation: misleading information about BSS
Product: binutils
Version: 2.31 (HEAD)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: minor
Priority: P2
Component: binutils
Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
Reporter: vincent-srcware at vinc17 dot net
Target Milestone: ---
The nm documentation in the manual contains:
@item B
@itemx b
The symbol is in the uninitialized data section (known as BSS).
However, this is misleading, because this section is actually initialized to
zero (at least under Linux) and is used for symbols corresponding to objects
initialized to zero. The manual should mention this fact, i.e. that objects
initialized to zero may be found in this section.
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