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RE: simple test triggers fork errs for me in 5/27 snapshot


On 29 May 2006 14:04, Dave Korn wrote:

>   I really can't understand why it won't let us allocate the memory.  

<lightbulb>  Yes I can!

> Here's the surrounding area info from !vadump:
> 
> BaseAddress:       00230000
> AllocationBase:    00230000
> AllocationProtect: 00000002  PAGE_READONLY
> RegionSize:        00003000
> State:             00001000  MEM_COMMIT
> Protect:           00000002  PAGE_READONLY
> Type:              00040000  MEM_MAPPED
> 
> BaseAddress:       00233000
> AllocationBase:    00000000
> RegionSize:        0000d000
> State:             00010000  MEM_FREE
> Protect:           00000001  PAGE_NOACCESS
 
> BaseAddress:       00240000
> AllocationBase:    00240000
> AllocationProtect: 00000004  PAGE_READWRITE
> RegionSize:        00013000
> State:             00001000  MEM_COMMIT
> Protect:           00000004  PAGE_READWRITE
> Type:              00020000  MEM_PRIVATE
> 
>   So AFAICT the memory is free and should be allocatable, but it really
> isn't going to let us:

  Because the thing before it is a memory mapped file, and so it has a 64kB
granularity, and *that's* why we can't allocate the tail-end of the 0x23....
page.  Hah!  That's also why trying to forcibly .vmfree it didn't work!

  Um, as to what to do about it, that's another matter... haven't figured out
*what* it is yet.  But I have figured out that it has the same committed size
as \BaseNamedObjects\cygwin1S4.mtinfo.2 - 0x3000 - and none of the other
shared section objects are that size.  Watson, I believe we have a suspect!

    cheers,
      DaveK
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