Re: guessing where address belongs to

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at specifix dot com>]

On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 07:38 +0200, Yakov Lerner wrote:


> Ok, I will try to spec it. Regarding guessing of the 
> "heap objects", I have this question:
> 
> Gdb has no integration with malloc, correct ? 
> Gdb has no  way of enumerating all malloced 
> pieces ("heap objects"), correct ?
> 
> Or gdb does have a way of guessing which "heap 
> object" some address X (that points inside the heap) belongs to ?


Nope -- the heap is just a big opaque blob.
GDB has no knowledge of what's inside it, and in fact
you're doing well if you can figure out where and how big
it is.