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From: Earl Chew <echew@ixiacom.com>
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Subject: Advice for 32 bit compatibility problem with pread(2) on x86_64
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pread(2) in 32 bit mode (x86_64) seems to leave the file in a crummy state
causing the next pread(2) to fail.

I'd like a hint as to where to look for the root cause.

I'm running:

	Linux ixbu-lnxbld-vm 2.6.32-33-generic #72-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 21:07:13 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Here is the test program (use syscall() to try give glibc an alibi):

> #include <fcntl.h>
> #include <sys/syscall.h>
> 
> 
> int main()
> {
>     char buf[8192];
>     int fd = open("/proc/self/maps", O_RDONLY);
> 
>     syscall(SYS_pread64, fd, buf, 8192, 0, 0);
>     syscall(SYS_pread64, fd, buf, 8192, 0, 0);
> 
>     return 0;
> }

Compiling with -m32 and running with strace(), the 2nd pread() return zero !

> open("/proc/self/maps", O_RDONLY)       = 3
> pread64(3, "08048000-08049000 r-xp 00000000 "..., 8192, 0) = 1189
> pread64(3, "", 8192, 0)                 = 0

Compiling for 64 bit I get the expected:

> open("/proc/self/maps", O_RDONLY)       = 3
> pread(3, "00400000-00401000 r-xp 00000000 "..., 8192, 0) = 1332
> pread(3, "00400000-00401000 r-xp 00000000 "..., 8192, 0) = 1332

Huh ?

Earl