[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-462783 ] mmap bus error on linux (original) (raw)

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Bugs item #462783, was opened at 2001-09-19 00:31 You can respond by visiting: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=462783&group_id=5470

Category: Extension Modules Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Andrew Dalke (dalke) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: mmap bus error on linux

Initial Comment: Not using the mmap module correctly can cause a bus error under Linux. This is a DEC, err, Compaq, err, HP Alpha.

Here's a reproducible. The problem appears to be trying to mmap past the end of the file, since putting in a "seek(0)" at the indicated spot fixes things.

[dalke@pw600a src]$ ./python Python 2.2a3+ (#6, Sep 17 2001, 05:05:24) [GCC egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

file = open("test.dat", "w+") file.write("12345") import mmap # Forgot to do "file.seek(0)" here s = mmap.mmap(file.fileno(), 5) s[:5] Bus error [dalke@pw600a src]$ gdb ./python core GNU gdb 19991004 Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "alpha-redhat-linux"...

warning: "/home/dalke/cvses/python/dist/src/core": ambiguous core format, 2 handle rs match

warning: core file may not match specified executable file. Core was generated by `perl'. Program terminated with signal 8, Floating point exception. #0 0x12004d7b8 in com_assert_stmt (c=0x0, n=0x0) at Python/compile.c:717 717 PyString_AsString(c->c_code)[c-

cnexti++] = byte; (gdb) where #0 0x12004d7b8 in com_assert_stmt (c=0x0, n=0x0) at Python/compile.c:717 (gdb)

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Comment By: Jeremy Hylton (jhylton) Date: 2001-10-22 16:37

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I can reproduce the problem just fine on Intel Linux, but I'm not really sure what we can do about it. When I run the test, I get a bus error when it tries to dereference self->data in mmap_slice(). I don't see how we can prevent the bus error short of checking the length of the file before we map it.

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