Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Mar 1999 05:22:09 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] this makes /proc/kcore an ELF core dump |
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On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, David Howells wrote:
> I found that gdb had problems finding variable values in the traditional core > dump style of /proc/kcore file, so I borrowed code from the binfmt_elf.c to > turn /proc/kcore into a very simple ELF core dump file. > > Admittedly, I did build it against 2.2.1, but I don't see much in the > "fs/proc/array.c" file as having changed. > > It does take up more space than the traditional-style file, but I think it is > worth it for gdb to be able to actually read things.
And what happens with the stuff actually relying on /proc/kcore being what it is now? lsof, for one.
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