Re: [PATCH] proc: fix and merge proc-self-map-file tests

From: Alexey Dobriyan
Date: Sat Nov 10 2018 - 12:47:40 EST


On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 09:30:36AM -0200, Rafael David Tinoco wrote:
> Merge proc-self-map-files tests into one since this test should focus in
> testing readlink in /proc/self/map_files/* only, and not trying to test
> mapping virtual address 0.
>
> Lowest virtual address for user space mapping in other architectures,
> like arm, is *at least* *(PAGE_SIZE * 2) and NULL hint does not
> guarantee that when MAP_FIXED flag, important to this test, is given.
> This patch also fixes this issue in remaining test.

> - p = mmap(NULL, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FILE, fd, 0);
> + p = mmap((void *) (2 * PAGE_SIZE), PAGE_SIZE, PROT_NONE,

I don't know ARM. Is this 2 page limitation a limitation of hardware or
kernel's?