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Re: [ts-7000] Reading memory using inline assemble causes segmentation f

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Reading memory using inline assemble causes segmentation fault
From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 10:40:02 +0100 (BST)


On Sun, 18 May 2008, carol9078 wrote:

> I'm alsot certainly missing the point, but why dows a simple memory
> read of the JP6 setting address not work and cause a segmntation fault
> and what can I do to fix it, I'm trying to write the smallest possible
> program to go in the initial ramdisk image to read the jumper on
> header 6 and decide which filesystem to boot on my TS7250, using the
> normal includes and statically linking results in a huge file (400K)
> so I thought I would try the inline assembler route:
>
>
> #define JP6 0x22800000
>
> int main(void)
> {
>        int ret;
>        asm volatile (
>                "ldrh %0, [ %1 ]\n"
>                : "=r" (ret)
>                : "r" (JP6)
>                : "memory"
>        );
>        return ret;
> }
>
>
> ./a.out
> pc : [<000083d8>]    lr : [<2aadde44>]    Not tainted
> sp : 7ffffe14  ip : 7ffffe28  fp : 7ffffe24
> r10: 2abd9000  r9 : 000083c4  r8 : 00000001
> r7 : 00008440  r6 : 7ffffe34  r5 : 2aac7e14  r4 : 00000000
> r3 : 22800000  r2 : 7ffffe3c  r1 : 7ffffe34  r0 : 00000001
> Flags: nZCv  IRQs on  FIQs on  Mode USER_32  Segment user
> Control: C000317F  Table: 01770000  DAC: 00000015
> Segmentation fault
>

You cannot access memory direct from userspace like that.
This is an FAQ, obfuscated by your use of assembler.
You need to acces memory io via /dev/mem and mmap()



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