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Dear All,
 
          Can you please clarify my doubt on /dev/mem

         When I open /dev/mem, Is that entire physical address space is associated to /dev/mem or only the system memory ?
         * If I can mmap the kernel memory in read write mode, I can screw up the whole kernel. Is that right ?
         * Suppose I map a random memory page frame (let's assume it is a free page) from physical address 1abde000 to 1abdf000, 
           then will the page allocator not allocate this page to to any other task or to the kernel ?

Thanks,
Prabhu

        
        

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