From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Chris Markle <cmarkle@sendmail.com>
Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: gcore command on 6.3 seems to generate smaller core than it should
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 03:55:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050913035507.GA21503@nevyn.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43264CB0.9090206@sendmail.com>
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?
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-13 3:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-13 3:51 Chris Markle
2005-09-13 3:55 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
2005-09-13 5:58 ` Chris Markle
2005-09-13 12:40 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-09-13 13:26 ` Chris Markle
2005-09-13 13:43 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-09-14 5:55 ` Chris Markle
2005-09-14 15:29 ` Chris Markle
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