Re: Understanding Linux addr space, malloc, and heap

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 09:45 -0400, Vincent W. Freeh wrote:
> Thanks for your quick response.  It basically confirmed that I observed 
> what I thought I did.  However, I am no closer to solving my problem.  I 
> cannot mprotect data that I malloc beyond the first 65 pages.

you can't mprotect malloc() memory period ..
>   Why is 
> that?  Can that be fixed?  Second, why does mprotect silently fail?  I 
> could live with it failing--but I cannot deal with a call the "works" 
> but doesn't work.

need more info :)

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