NAME
/proc/kcore - physical memory
DESCRIPTION
- /proc/kcore
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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) binary, GDB can be used to examine the current state of any kernel data structures.
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The total length of the file is the size of physical memory (RAM) plus 4 KiB.