mmap returning MAP_FAILED

I am running Linux 2.6.26 on an MPC8248. In my application, mmap is
returning MAP_FAILED. The arguments to mmap are start = 0, length =
2680, prot = 3, flags = MAP_SHARED, fd = 5, offset = 0. errno = 22
"Invalid argument"

I looked at the man page for mmap and don't see a reason why this is
happening. Any ideas?

On Nov 5, 9:24*pm, Washington Ratso <jobhunt...@aol.com> wrote:
> I am running Linux 2.6.26 on an MPC8248. * In my application, mmap is
> returning MAP_FAILED. *The arguments to mmap are start = 0, length =
> 2680, prot = 3, flags = MAP_SHARED, fd = 5, offset = 0. *errno = 22
> "Invalid argument"
>
> I looked at the man page for mmap and don't see a reason why this is
> happening. *Any ideas?

It would help if you told us what you were trying to do. What is file
descriptor 5 and how was it opened? Also, I doubt '2680' is a multiple
of your page size, so you cannot create a 2,680-byte mapping.

DS

On Nov 6, 1:59*am, David Schwartz <dav...@webmaster.com> wrote:
> On Nov 5, 9:24*pm, Washington Ratso <jobhunt...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > I am running Linux 2.6.26 on an MPC8248. * In my application, mmap is
> > returning MAP_FAILED. *The arguments to mmap are start = 0, length =
> > 2680, prot = 3, flags = MAP_SHARED, fd = 5, offset = 0. *errno = 22
> > "Invalid argument"
>
> > I looked at the man page for mmap and don't see a reason why this is
> > happening. *Any ideas?
>
> It would help if you told us what you were trying to do. What is file
> descriptor 5 and how was it opened? Also, I doubt '2680' is a multiple
> of your page size, so you cannot create a 2,680-byte mapping.
>
> DS


I am trying to get oprofile to work. The file I am opening is a
sample file. Here is the code for the open:

data->fd = open(filename, flags, 0644);

where filename = "/var/lib/oprofile/samples//current/{kern}/no-vmlinux/
{dep}/{kern}/no-vmlinux/TIMER.0.0.all.all.all"
where flags = O_CREAT | O_RDWR

The file /var/lib/oprofile/samples//current/{kern}/no-vmlinux/{dep}/
{kern}/no-vmlinux/TIMER.0.0.all.all.all does exist.

I changed the length to the page size and it made no difference.
According to http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/guide/ipc/mmap.html,
"This can be any length you want. (Aside: if len not a multiple of the
virtual memory page size, you will get a blocksize that is rounded up
to that size. The extra bytes will be 0, and any changes you make to
them will not modify the file.) "

On Nov 6, 6:10*pm, Washington Ratso <jobhunt...@aol.com> wrote:

> I am trying to get oprofile to work. *The file I am opening is a
> sample file. *Here is the code for the open:
>
> data->fd = open(filename, flags, 0644);
>
> where filename = "/var/lib/oprofile/samples//current/{kern}/no-vmlinux/
> {dep}/{kern}/no-vmlinux/TIMER.0.0.all.all.all"
> where flags = O_CREAT | O_RDWR
>
> The file */var/lib/oprofile/samples//current/{kern}/no-vmlinux/{dep}/
> {kern}/no-vmlinux/TIMER.0.0.all.all.all does exist.

What exactly do you think mapping a zero-length file would do?

DS

On Nov 5, 9:24*pm, Washington Ratso <jobhunt...@aol.com> wrote:
> I am running Linux 2.6.26 on an MPC8248. * In my application, mmap is
> returning MAP_FAILED. *The arguments to mmap are start = 0, length =
> 2680, prot = 3, flags = MAP_SHARED, fd = 5, offset = 0. *errno = 22
> "Invalid argument"
>
> I looked at the man page for mmap and don't see a reason why this is
> happening. *Any ideas?

prot=3 => would mean PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE

MAP_SHARED I think is a invalid mode if you are trying to map it that
way, Probably you may want to remove PROT_WRITE and see whats
happening.

Thanks

Shankar Easwaran

Shankar <> writes:

> On Nov 5, 9:24*pm, Washington Ratso <jobhunt...@aol.com> wrote:
>> I am running Linux 2.6.26 on an MPC8248. * In my application, mmap is
>> returning MAP_FAILED. *The arguments to mmap are start = 0, length =
>> 2680, prot = 3, flags = MAP_SHARED, fd = 5, offset = 0. *errno = 22
>> "Invalid argument"
>>
>> I looked at the man page for mmap and don't see a reason why this is
>> happening. *Any ideas?
>
> prot=3 => would mean PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE
>
> MAP_SHARED I think is a invalid mode if you are trying to map it that
> way, Probably you may want to remove PROT_WRITE and see whats
> happening.

That would do terrible things to the utility of shared memory -- no,
MAP_SHARED and PROT_WRITE are compatible. Maybe you're thinking of
MAP_SHARED and MAP_ANONYMOUS (which didn't used to be compatible, but is
since 2.4).
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On Nov 6, 9:10*pm, Washington Ratso <jobhunt...@aol.com> wrote:

> I am trying to get oprofile to work. *The file I am opening is a
> sample file. *Here is the code for the open:

Make sure you are not logging data to a JFFS2 file system. JFFS2 does
not support MMAP.

Cliff