README for Memory Diagnostic Tool

Overview

This project is a simple memory diagnostic tool designed to help with the inspection and debugging of memory in C programs. It includes functionality to print a specified memory range in both hexadecimal and ASCII formats and to visualize the call stack of a program.

Build Instructions

The project can be compiled using the provided Makefile. To build the project, run the following command in the project directory:

make

This will compile the source files and generate an executable named memory-test.

To clean the build (remove all compiled objects and executables), run:

make clean

Usage

After building, you can run the executable with:

./memory-test

This will execute a series of functions (f1 and f2) and print the call stack at different stages of execution. The output will help you visualize how the stack changes across function calls and how local variables affect the stack.

Function Descriptions

print_memory(void *start_addr, void *end_addr)

• Purpose: Prints the memory content between start_addr and end_addr in hexadecimal and ASCII formats.
• Usage: This function is utilized internally to display the content of the call stack.

print_call_stack()

• Purpose: Visualizes the current state of the call stack.
• Usage: Called within functions to show the stack content at that point in execution.