linux-kernel - Re: Crash when memset of shared mapped memory in ARM

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Date:	Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:10:18 +0000
From:	Dave Martin <dave.martin@...aro.org>
To:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	naveen yadav <yad.naveen@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Crash when memset of shared mapped memory in ARM

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:54:35AM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> (Replying to Russell so as to lose the -request addresses)
> 
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 08:45:47AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > Please do not spam mailing lists -request addresses when you post.  The
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> 
> For what it's worth, I was brave/daft enough to compile and run the testcase
> with an -rc1 kernel and Linaro 11.09 filesystem on the quad A9 Versatile
> Express:
> 
> root@...cing-fool:~# ./yad
> mmap: addr 0x20000000
> root@...cing-fool:~# ./yad
> shm_open: File exists
> mmap: addr 0x20000000
> 
> Looks like I'm missing the fireworks, despite the weirdy MAP_SHARED |
> MAP_FIXED mmap flags.

I did't see any problem on a random 3.1-rc4 kernel either on A9...

(Since when was MAP_SHARED "weirdy"...?)

Cheers
---Dave
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