Re: Accessing symbol table to find function given address

[David Daney <ddaney@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Is there a way to access the symbol table during runtime to know which
> function belongs to a given address. The problem is to print the
> function name if I am instrumenting functions. I get the address, can
> I during runtime print the function name? (or the solution is get it
> through addr2line after program as run)?
If you are using glibc, you could try the dladdr() function.  Otherwise 
you can try addr2line as you suggested.

David Daney.