mlock() is working?

[Tiago Vignatti]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to lock some piece of the code in memory using mlock(). I did 
a simple program to test it and to certify I using my own simple page 
fault notifier [0]. The program is below.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>

#define SIZE 10000

int mlock_all = 0;

int
f(void)
{
    int c[SIZE];
    int i;

    if (mlock_all) {
        if (!mlockall(MCL_CURRENT))
            fprintf(stderr, "mlockall'ed succefully\n");
        else
            perror("mlockall");
    }
    else {
        if (!mlock(&c[0], SIZE))
            fprintf(stderr, "mlock'ed succefully\n");
        else
            perror("mlock");
    }

    fprintf(stderr, "start: 0x%x, end: 0x%x\n", &c[0], &c[SIZE]);

    for (i = 0; i < SIZE; i++)
        c[i] = i;

}
int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    if (argv[1])
        mlock_all = 1;

    while(1) {
        f();
        sleep (15);
    }

    return 0;
}

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So, if I use mlockall() I always obtained the desired result, i.e., I 
lock the 'c[SIZE]'. But when I switch to mlock() it never works and my 
page fault notifier prints all pages concerning 'c[SIZE]'. Am I missing 
something? Is it possible to lock the automatic variables?

My Linux is 2.6.22.2.

my regards

[0] http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/27/11
    http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/27/8

--
Tiago Vignatti
C3SL - Centro de Computação Científica e Software Livre
www.c3sl.ufpr.br
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