Memory mappings, core dumps, GDB and Linux
After spending the last weeks struggling with this, I decided to write a blog post. First, what is “this” that you are talking about? The answer is: Linux kernel’s concept of memory mapping. I found it utterly confused, beyond my expectations, and so I believe that a blog post is the write way to (a) preserve and (b) share this knowledge. So, let’s do it!
First things first First, I cannot begin this post without a few acknowledgements and “thank you’s”.