On 10/23/2012 06:05 PM, Om Prakash PAL wrote:
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wanlong Gao [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 3:07 PM
> To: Om Prakash PAL
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [LTP] Regarding shmat01 syscall test
> 
> On 10/23/2012 05:24 PM, Om Prakash PAL wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am working on syscall test:  shmat01.c
>>
>> I have some confusion:
>>
>>  
>>
>> In setup() : it is  allocating shared memory by shmget() and then attaching 
>> by shmat() and after  that detaching the attached address (i.e. shmdt())   
>>
>>  
>>
>>         if (shmdt((const void *)base_addr) == -1) {
>>
>>                 tst_brkm(TBROK, cleanup, "Couldn't detach shared memory");
>>
>>         }
>>
>>  
>>
>> And again in main function it is using same "base_addr" as attaching address,
>>
>>  
>>
>> addr = shmat(*(TC[i].shmid), base_addr+TC[i].offset,
>>
>>                                      TC[i].flags);
>>
>> how can we ensure(100%) that base_addr (virtual) will be free till this 
>> point for attaching?.
> 
> Maybe we can't, but I didn't see any fail on this. Did you see any testing 
> failure here?
> 
> Yes, I got some failure and the reason of failure is : the address at which 
> we want to attach is busy.

OK, please feel free to send a patch, or can you tell us how to reproduce it?

Thanks,
Wanlong Gao

> 
> Best Regards,
> Om Prakash Pal  
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Wanlong Gao
> 
>>
>> there is possibility that this address(base_addr) will be used, so in that 
>> case this shmat() will fail.
>>
>> Please correct me if I am wrong.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Om Prakash Pal   
>>
>>
>>
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