Gdb search core dump memory

Question

I am new to gdb and I am trying to figure out if there is a way to do this: I have a reference and want to know where all this reference is been used in a core dump heap memory, something like a search for all occurrences of this reference in heap memory. Sorry if this question makes no sense or seems too simple.

Answer 1

So first you need to find out where the memory has been mapped. This can be done with either "info files" or "maintenance info sections". After you have the mappings you can use the gdb find command on each of these mappings. The gdb find command has the following syntax:

find begin-address end-address address-to-search-for