proc_kcore

proc_kcore(5) File Formats Manual proc_kcore(5)

NAME

   /proc/kcore - physical memory

DESCRIPTION

   /proc/kcore
          This  file represents the physical memory of the system and is stored in the ELF core file format.  With this pseudo-file, and an unstripped kernel (/usr/src/linux/vmlinux) bi
          nary, GDB can be used to examine the current state of any kernel data structures.

          The total length of the file is the size of physical memory (RAM) plus 4 KiB.

SEE ALSO

   proc(5)

Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 proc_kcore(5)