Possible mmap() write() problem in SLES11 SP2 kernel

[Ulrich Windl]

Hi folks!

I think I'd let you know (maybe I'm wrong, and the kernel is right):

I write a C-program that maps a file into an private writable map. Then I modify the area a bit and use one write to write that area back to a file.

This worked fine in SLES11 kernel 3.0.74-0.6.10. However with kernel  3.0.80-0.7 the write() fails with EFAULT if the output file is the same as the input file.

The strace is amazingly short (I removed the unrelated calls):
open("xxx", O_RDONLY)                   = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4416, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4416, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f85ac045000
close(3)                                = 0
open("xxx", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 3
write(3, 0x7f85ac045000, 4414)          = -1 EFAULT (Bad address)
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0x7f85ac045000, 4414)            = 0

I want to have your attention if this should work, and you get my attention if this should not work. Note that the input file is closed before it's opened for write again. As the output file is typically shorter than the input, I didn't want to use a non-private mapping and a truncate, just in case you wonder...

Regards,
Ulrich


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