/*

shmtest: Program to exhibit Red Hat Linux 4 shared memory problem.

To exhibit the problem:

Run it once as follows to initialize shared memory:
% shmtest init

Then run it repeatedly as follows to test access to shared memory:
% shmtest

It will sometimes print SUCCESS and sometimes print FAILURE.  Why?

Reproducibility:

The problem is reproducible under Red Hat Linux 4, with kernel
version 2.6, both the EL version and the SMP version,
under both the Red Hat Linux Enterprise ES version and the Red Hat
Linux Advanced Server AS version.

The problem occurs with a "default" Red Hat Linux installation as
well as a "complete" installation, with or without patches to the
latest Red Hat Linux 4 version, and with the SELinux component
either enabled or disabled.

The problem DOES NOT occur under Red Hat Linux 3 (kernel version
2.4),
SuSE Linux (kernel version 2.6), nor Debian Linux (kernel version
2.6).

*/

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <errno.h>

#define KEY1    1111
#define KEY2    2222
#define SIZE1   1000
#define SIZE2   1000

int     shmid1, shmid2 ;
char    *shmptr1, *shmptr2 ;

main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

errno = 0 ;

/* Initialization: create 2 shared memory partitions. */
if ( argc > 1 ) {

shmid1 = shmget(KEY1, 1000, IPC_CREAT|0666) ;
if ( shmid1 < 0 ) exit(1) ;

shmptr1 = (char *)shmat(shmid1, 0, 0666) ;
if ( (long)shmptr1 == -1 ) exit(2) ;

shmid2 = shmget(KEY2, 1000, IPC_CREAT|0666) ;
if ( shmid2 < 0 ) exit(3) ;

shmptr2 = (char *)shmat(shmid2, 0, 0666) ;
if ( (long)shmptr2 == -1 ) exit(4) ;

/* Save address of 2nd partition in 1st partition. */
*(char **)shmptr1 = shmptr2 ;

printf("Shared memory initialized.\n") ;
exit(0) ;
}

/* Test: locate and access shared memory partitions. */
shmid1 = shmget(KEY1, SIZE1, 0666) ;
if ( shmid1 < 0 ) exit(5) ;

shmptr1 = (char *)shmat(shmid1, 0, 0666) ;
if ( (long)shmptr1 == -1 ) exit(6) ;

/* Fetch address of 2nd partition from 1st partition. */
shmptr2 = *(char **)shmptr1 ;

shmid2 = shmget(KEY2, SIZE2, 0666) ;
if ( shmid2 < 0 ) exit(7) ;

shmptr2 = (char *)shmat(shmid2, shmptr2, 0666) ;
if ( (long)shmptr2 == -1 ) {
printf ("FAILURE, errno = %d\n", errno) ;
exit(8) ; }

printf("SUCCESS\n") ;
exit(0) ;

}

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Hi.

We think we found the problem, we think...  There is a difference in
the new gcc compiler.  If we compile the program under ES 4 it works
without fail.  If we compile the program under Red Hat Linux 7.2, the
random problem appears.

Rock


Rockkon wrote:
> /*
>
> shmtest: Program to exhibit Red Hat Linux 4 shared memory problem.
>
> To exhibit the problem:
>
>     Run it once as follows to initialize shared memory:
>         % shmtest init
>
>     Then run it repeatedly as follows to test access to shared memory:
>         % shmtest
>
>     It will sometimes print SUCCESS and sometimes print FAILURE.  Why?
>
> Reproducibility:
>
>     The problem is reproducible under Red Hat Linux 4, with kernel
>     version 2.6, both the EL version and the SMP version,
>     under both the Red Hat Linux Enterprise ES version and the Red Hat
>     Linux Advanced Server AS version.
>
>     The problem occurs with a "default" Red Hat Linux installation as
>     well as a "complete" installation, with or without patches to the
>     latest Red Hat Linux 4 version, and with the SELinux component
>     either enabled or disabled.
>
>     The problem DOES NOT occur under Red Hat Linux 3 (kernel version
> 2.4),
>     SuSE Linux (kernel version 2.6), nor Debian Linux (kernel version
> 2.6).
>
> */
>
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <sys/ipc.h>
> #include <errno.h>
>
> #define KEY1    1111
> #define KEY2    2222
> #define SIZE1   1000
> #define SIZE2   1000
>
> int     shmid1, shmid2 ;
> char    *shmptr1, *shmptr2 ;
>
> main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
>
> errno = 0 ;
>
> /* Initialization: create 2 shared memory partitions. */
> if ( argc > 1 ) {
>
>     shmid1 = shmget(KEY1, 1000, IPC_CREAT|0666) ;
>     if ( shmid1 < 0 ) exit(1) ;
>
>     shmptr1 = (char *)shmat(shmid1, 0, 0666) ;
>     if ( (long)shmptr1 == -1 ) exit(2) ;
>
>     shmid2 = shmget(KEY2, 1000, IPC_CREAT|0666) ;
>     if ( shmid2 < 0 ) exit(3) ;
>
>     shmptr2 = (char *)shmat(shmid2, 0, 0666) ;
>     if ( (long)shmptr2 == -1 ) exit(4) ;
>
>     /* Save address of 2nd partition in 1st partition. */
>     *(char **)shmptr1 = shmptr2 ;
>
>     printf("Shared memory initialized.\n") ;
>     exit(0) ;
>     }
>
> /* Test: locate and access shared memory partitions. */
> shmid1 = shmget(KEY1, SIZE1, 0666) ;
> if ( shmid1 < 0 ) exit(5) ;
>
> shmptr1 = (char *)shmat(shmid1, 0, 0666) ;
> if ( (long)shmptr1 == -1 ) exit(6) ;
>
> /* Fetch address of 2nd partition from 1st partition. */
> shmptr2 = *(char **)shmptr1 ;
>
> shmid2 = shmget(KEY2, SIZE2, 0666) ;
> if ( shmid2 < 0 ) exit(7) ;
>
> shmptr2 = (char *)shmat(shmid2, shmptr2, 0666) ;
> if ( (long)shmptr2 == -1 ) {
>     printf ("FAILURE, errno = %d\n", errno) ;
>     exit(8) ; }
>
> printf("SUCCESS\n") ;
> exit(0) ;
>
> }

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