C SIGSEGV Handler & Mprotect

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Published on 2010-04-24T19:10:28Z Indexed on 2010/04/24 19:13 UTC
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I'm constructing a program which uses mprotect() to restrict a block of memory from accessing. When the memory is requested, a SIGSEGV is thrown which I listen for using a signal() call.

Once the SIGSEGV has been detected, I need to somehow access the pointer to the memory that was requested (that threw the fault) and the size of the segment requested. Is this possible?

void fifoSigHandler(){

    // Needs to only remove protection from requested block of virtual memory
    mprotect(fifoVm,(size_t)fifoVm_size,PROT_WRITE);
    printf("Caught Seg Fault");
}

void fifo_init(void* vm, int vm_size, int n_frames, int page_size)
{
    fifoVm = vm;
    fifoVm_size = vm_size;
    fifoFrames = n_frames;
    fifoPageSize = page_size;

    mprotect(fifoVm,(size_t)fifoVm_size,PROT_NONE);

    signal(SIGSEGV, fifoSigHandler);
}

Additionally, is there a way to determine the level of mprotect() a block of memory is currently assigned (PROT_NONE,PROT_READ, etc..)?

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