proc_kcore(5) — Linux manual page

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proc_kcore(5)              File Formats Manual             proc_kcore(5)

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       /proc/kcore - physical memory

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       /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)
              binary, 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.

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       proc(5)

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