From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25809 invoked by alias); 9 Jun 2008 15:24:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 25801 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Jun 2008 15:24:04 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from NaN.false.org (HELO nan.false.org) (208.75.86.248) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:23:44 +0000 Received: from nan.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A32498402; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:23:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (22.svnf5.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.183.55]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33AFE98401; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:23:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1K5jDg-0005ds-Uv; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:23:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:24:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Luis Machado Cc: Bruce Korb , Andreas Schwab , gdb@sourceware.org, Eli Zaretskii , Michael Snyder Subject: Re: How can I get a memory map out of a core file? Message-ID: <20080609152340.GA21379@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Luis Machado , Bruce Korb , Andreas Schwab , gdb@sourceware.org, Eli Zaretskii , Michael Snyder References: <668c430c0806061345m3c480d95nac5d19b02998715c@mail.gmail.com> <484AD008.8845E46E@dessent.net> <200806071301.09679.Bruce.Korb@gmail.com> <1213023726.10042.78.camel@gargoyle> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1213023726.10042.78.camel@gargoyle> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2008-05-11) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-06/txt/msg00052.txt.bz2 On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 12:02:05PM -0300, Luis Machado wrote: > We're left with what can be seen with "maint info sections", but the > lack of descriptive names is really bad for precise analysis of the > mappings. > > In order for this information to be readily available through a core > file, enhancements need to be done in the kernel itself. > > So, now that we've touched this topic, what do you think about this? For > debugging purposes, this would be valuable information to have in GDB. I don't understand what you have in mind. These are not sections, they're segments; there are never names associated with them. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery