From 00061219f03d666e93947a3cb326256062a7a92c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:27:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] cmd/nm: make -S listing a bit more accurate

Hide container symbols like text and etext so that
the individual pieces inside are shown instead.
For example, if text and main.init have the same
address, it was a toss-up which name was printed.

R=golang-dev, iant
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/13722046
---
 src/cmd/nm/nm.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cmd/nm/nm.c b/src/cmd/nm/nm.c
index b5e1ca0b6b..8209424269 100644
--- a/src/cmd/nm/nm.c
+++ b/src/cmd/nm/nm.c
@@ -299,6 +299,37 @@ psym(Sym *s, void* p)
 	symptr[nsym++] = s;
 }
 
+const char *skipnames[] = {
+	"bss",
+	"data",
+	"ebss",
+	"edata",
+	"egcbss",
+	"egcdata",
+	"enoptrbss",
+	"enoptrdata",
+	"epclntab",
+	"erodata",
+	"esymtab",
+	"etext",
+	"etypelink",
+	"noptrbss",
+	"noptrdata",
+	"rodata",
+	"text",
+};
+
+int
+skipsize(char *name)
+{
+	int i;
+	
+	for(i=0; i<nelem(skipnames); i++)
+		if(strcmp(skipnames[i], name) == 0)
+			return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void
 printsyms(Sym **symptr, long nsym)
 {
@@ -332,12 +363,12 @@ printsyms(Sym **symptr, long nsym)
 			Bprint(&bout, "%*llux ", wid, s->value);
 		else
 			Bprint(&bout, "%*s ", wid, "");
-		if(Sflag) {
+		if(Sflag && !skipsize(cp)) {
 			vlong siz;
 
 			siz = 0;
 			for(j=i+1; j<nsym; j++) {
-				if(symptr[j]->type != 'a' && symptr[j]->type != 'p') {
+				if(!skipsize(symptr[j]->name) && symptr[j]->type != 'a' && symptr[j]->type != 'p') {
 					siz = symptr[j]->value - s->value;
 					break;
 				}
-- 
2.50.0