I'm trying to read and write from /dev/mem on a linux system using the
mmap module. When I run this minimal example:
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import os, mmap
MAP_MASK = mmap.PAGESIZE - 1
addr = 0x48088024
f = os.open("/dev/mem", os.O_RDWR | os.O_SYNC)
m = mmap.mmap(f, mmap.PAGESIZE, mmap.MAP_SHARED, mmap.PROT_WRITE |
mmap.PROT_READ, offset=addr & ~MAP_MASK)
m.seek(addr & MAP_MASK)
c = m.read_byte()
print c
m.close()
os.close(f)
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I get the following error:
Unhandled fault: external abort on non-linefetch (0x1018) at
0x40020024
Bus error
and python crashes. What is odd is that if I try to read the same
memory address using the devmem2 program (i'll attach the source at
the end), everything works fine. Here are the truncated straces for
each program:
----- devmem2 0x48088024 -----
open("/dev/mem", O_RDWR|O_SYNC) = 3
fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 0), ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
0) = 0x4001f000
write(1, "/dev/mem opened.\n", 17) = 17
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0x48088) =
0x40020000
write(1, "Memory mapped at address 0x40020"..., 37) = 37
write(1, "Value at address 0x48088024 (0x4"..., 46) = 46
munmap(0x40020000, 4096) = 0
close(3) = 0
io_submit(0, 0, 0xfbad2088 <unfinished ... exit status 0>
Process 1635 detached
------ the above minimal python example -----
open("/dev/mem", O_RDWR|O_SYNC|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0640, st_rdev=makedev(1, 1), ...}) = 0
dup(3) = 4
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0x48088) =
0x40020000
--- SIGBUS (Bus error) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGBUS +++
Process 1633 detached
Am I using mmap incorrectly?
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