Permission denied using mmap on Windows
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Description
Bug report
I have a Windows service that creates a memory mapped file using the global scope and a client that reads the global scope. The problem is that the current implementation calls CreateFileMapping() instead of OpenFileMapping(). So when the client tries to connect the global scope, its throws a permission error.
The expected behavior is: Only the server has the permission the create a global memory mapped file and any client can read the created memory mapped file.
Here is a sample code:
server.py
from mmap import mmap
from pickle import load, dump
mm = mmap(-1, 32, tagname=r'Global\test')
last_request_id = None
while True:
mm.seek(0)
try:
request_id = int(load(mm))
if request_id != last_request_id:
last_request_id = request_id
print(request_id)
except Exception:
pass
client.py
from mmap import mmap
from pickle import dump
with mmap(-1, 32, tagname='Global\test') as mm:
request_id = 1
dump(request_id, mm)
Your environment
- CPython versions tested on: 3.11
- Operating system and architecture: Windows 11 - Version 22H2 (OS Build 22621.819)
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Research direction
Start in Modules/mmapmodule.c around line 1531 and read the Windows mmap handling alongside the CreateFileMapping() and OpenFileMapping() documentation. Reproduce the server.py and client.py example on Windows 11. Done means the server can create the Global mapping and the client can open and read it without a permission error.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100