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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Dimitry Golubovsky <golubovsky@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: mmap a /proc/<pid>/mem file?
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Dimitry Golubovsky <golubovsky@gmail.com> writes:

> Say I have a parent and a child processes. Can the parent process
> access the child process memory using mmap() over /proc/<pid>/mem file
> where <pid> is child's pid?

Only if the parent is the tracer of the child.

Andreas.

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