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Re: Custom core file

On 09/28/2016 06:31 PM, duane@duaneellis.com wrote:

So, I guess, dump/restore approach works only in two cases:
a) debugging live process you have attached to (it's not my case, as I
perform postmortem debug)
b) already has loaded core file, which provides a context via saved CPU
state - and it is the way I chose to follow.

For step (B) - first load a dummy (tiny) standard core file - that gives
you a debug context, think of it as a shim.
Is it a common case for GDB? Can this "fake" context bring me some erroneous debug info? I had such an idea, but due to doubt I mentioned above, decided not even to try. Now I will =) 

Thanks,
Nikolay
<http://www.securitylab.ru/>
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