Re: /proc/kcore

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
1 Jun 1997 07:10:32 GMT


Followup to: <199705311717.NAA00466@netcom.ca>
By author: "Andrew E. Mileski" <aem@netcom.ca>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> ls -l /proc/kcore # kernel 2.1.41
> -r-------- 1 root root 33558528 May 31 12:58 /proc/kcore
>
> My machine has 32MB = 33554432, so this is off by 4kB = 4096.
> What's the extra 4kB for?
>

It's the core file header.

-hpa

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