This can be a very simple question, I'm am attempting to debug an application which generates the following segfault error in the kern.log

kernel: myapp[15514]: segfault at 794ef0 ip 080513b sp 794ef0 error 6 in myapp[8048000+24000]

Here are my questions:

  1. Is there any documentation as to what are the diff error numbers on segfault, in this instance it is error 6, but i've seen error 4, 5

  2. What is the meaning of the information at bf794ef0 ip 0805130b sp bf794ef0 and myapp[8048000+24000]?

So far i was able to compile with symbols, and when i do a x 0x8048000+24000 it returns a symbol, is that the correct way of doing it? My assumptions thus far are the following:

  • sp = stack pointer?
  • ip = instruction pointer
  • at = ????
  • myapp[8048000+24000] = address of symbol?
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