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Re: gcore command on 6.3 seems to generate smaller core than it should


On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 08:51:12PM -0700, Chris Markle wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> Using GNU gdb 6.3 on 2.6.12.5 kernel (uname -a: Linux xxx.com 2.6.12.5 
> #1 SMP Wed Aug 31 23:52:18 PDT 2005 i686 pentium4 i386 GNU/Linux), when 
> I generate a core file of a Java process that is 1.9gb I get a 13mb (!) 
> core file. Many addresses in that core are not accessible. There is no 
> complaining from gcore about not enough space or other issues when I 
> issue it, and ulimit show core blocks as unlimited. When I tried it on 
> 2.6.something-else with GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (5.3.90-0.20030710.40rh) I 
> get a full very large core file.

What kind of mappings are missed?  What doesn't show up in the core
file?

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC


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