linux-kernel - Re: SIGBUS caused by mmap and memcpy that doesn't go away after application restart

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Date:	Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:03:16 -0700
From:	AJ ONeal <coolaj86@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SIGBUS caused by mmap and memcpy that doesn't go away after
 application restart

Perhaps this is the wrong list to be asking.
If so will someone kindly suggest a better place?

AJ ONeal


On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 4:08 PM, AJ ONeal <coolaj86@...il.com> wrote:
> After posting to my local LUG I was told to ask about the possibility
> of a kernel bug here
>
>
> I have an application which runs for several hours in the same loop
> correctly, but eventually dies with SIGBUS.
>
> If I try to start the application again it immediately exits with
> SIGBUS and will not work until rebooted.
>
> gdb reports
> Program received signal SIGBUS, Bus error.
> 0x401bd354 in memcpy () from /lib/libc.so.6
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x401bd354 in memcpy () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #1  0x0000929c in capture_file_write ()
> #2  0x0fefeb0a in ?? ()
> #3  0x0fefeb0a in ?? ()
>
> Any ideas on what causes this error?
> How do I go about finding what #2 and #3 are?
>
>
> The system is a ARM OMAP3530 (Gumstix Overo). The kernel is 3.6.36.
>
> This is the application flow:
>
> count = 0
> do
>    outfile = /dev/shm/output.{#count}.dat
>    data = read logged.dat for 512kb
>    unlink outfile if exists
>    truncate outfile to 512kb
>    outfile_p = mmap outfile
>    memcpy data outfile_p
>    munmap
>    count += 1
>    if count > MAX; count = 0
>    advance or rewind logged.dat
> loop
>
> I can post a link to a gist of the source upon request.
>
> AJ ONeal
>
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