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) 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.

SEE ALSO
       proc(5)

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