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.TH proc_kcore 5 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages 6.9.1"
.SH NAME
/proc/kcore \- physical memory
.SH DESCRIPTION
.TP
.I /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
.RI ( /usr/src/linux/vmlinux )
binary, GDB can be used to
examine the current state of any kernel data structures.
.IP
The total length of the file is the size of physical memory (RAM) plus
4\ KiB.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR proc (5)