Kernel symbol table

Michael Snyder msnyder@vmware.com
Thu Apr 9 20:36:00 GMT 2009


Shrinand Javadekar wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> Thanks for the reply. However, there are a couple of problems with
> looking at vmlinux.
> 
> 1. When I haven't built the kernel myself, I don't have the vmlinux file.
> 2. When I am remotely connected to a machine, I don't really have the
> vmlinux file with me.
> 
> Hence, rather that getting the info statically from file, it would be
> great to read it directly from the memory of the target.

Not possible, afaik.  The symbol sections of the vmlinu[x|z] file
are explicitly NOT loaded into memory.

Or were you thinking about some sort of /proc-like mechanism?



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