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Subject: gdb user defined function
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i am trying to write a user-defined function in gdb.
while analyzing the core is it possible to see if a
pointer variable is accessible or not inside a gdb
user-defined function. for example.
(gdb) p *ptr
cannot access memory at address 0x35336
is there any way to find this inside a gdb function.
i need something as follows
define sub
   is_accessible(ptr)
end