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From: mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com (Mulyadi Santosa)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: mmap to fixed adr
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:14:10 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTin4EB8WibuQPcfxpoHD_UQJ=z5svA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DFDE569.9060105@openbios.org>

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 19:02, Volker Poplawski <volker@openbios.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there a VA range in userspace which is always safe for mmap() with
> fixed adr? (x86_64 mostly)
>
> I.e. a VA range where mmap() or ld will never map memory.

likely, you can find it out by yourself using:
cat /proc/self/maps | head

there you can find where kernel maps the very first object. Then, IMO,
all you need to do is preceed that address. Beware, IMHO, don't start
with address 0 as you might screw NULL handler.

-- 
regards,

Mulyadi Santosa
Freelance Linux trainer and consultant

blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com
training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com

      reply	other threads:[~2011-06-19 15:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-19 12:02 mmap to fixed adr Volker Poplawski
2011-06-19 15:14 ` Mulyadi Santosa [this message]

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