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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:52:46 +0100 |
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"Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò" <flameeyes@g.o> wrote: |
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> Actually, if the binaries are not stripped, they consume more memory. |
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I'm still convinced this is untrue (apart from disk space). Debug |
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symbols are not part of the executable view. The kernel & loader map |
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PT_LOAD sections, which do not include the debug symbols. Indeed debug |
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segments don't have a load address, so the loader won't know where to |
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put them if it does. Compare and contrast the output of 'readelf |
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-l' (which shows the program headers - in particular look at the |
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PT_LOAD sections) and 'readelf -s' (which shows all segments). |
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If any one can point me to code in the kernel or loader that maps debug |
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symbol sections I'm sure many would be interested. |
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Kevin F. Quinn |
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