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)