I forgot to add that although /proc/kcore_elf is still a very good idea -
I have recently discovered another alternative that works fine under
Linux (and several other flavours of UNIX) - KME.
The URL is:
http://robertl.freeservers.com/kme/
It is a Kernel Memory Editor that allows you to browse kernel data
structures in real-time and even modify them. Supports structures (though
you need to teach it via pstruct).
Regards,
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Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com
Escalations Research Group | tel: +44-(0)1923-813796
Santa Cruz Operation Ltd | http://www.aivazian.demon.co.uk
On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> On 12 Apr 1999, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> > |> Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> > |> > 3. Use what all good Linux books recommend: compile with -g and then do
> > |> > gdb vmlinux /proc/kcore.
> > |> > (does not work, try it and see).
> >
> > What's wrong with using an a.out style kcore? I haven't encountered any
> > problems yet.
>
> The only problem I encountered is mentioned in the brackets above - i.e.
> it does not work (for me, using latest versions of relevant packages).
> Indeed, try "p task[1]->comm". It will not work for aout /proc/kcore but
> works just fine for /proc/kcore_elf.
>
> Regards,
> Tigran.
>
>
>
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