Linux 2.4.17 bug, mmap of /dev/mem

David Ashley dash at xdr.com
Tue Feb 12 11:36:05 EST 2002


I found out more about the problem. If I mmap 2 regions that are distinct,
even though they map to the same physical address in non-cacheable memory,
if I only use one for reading and the other for writing, there is no
corruption of linux and the system works. The problem happens when I both
read and write to the same mmap'd area.

Easy enough workaround. Now maybe some kernel expert can figure it out???????

Later--
Dave

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