2009-01-23

Post date: Jan 22, 2009 10:21:35 PM

• Picture of a process.
  • Sections: text, data, heap, stack.
  • A program that does NULL reference and core dumps.
  • Examine executable object sections with objdump.
  • Examine direction of stack and heap growth (see attachment stack.c and heap.c below).
  • Process vs. Threads (see attachment fork.c and threads.c below).
• Tutorial on how to use malloc(3) and free(3) (see attachment list.c below).