Permission denied using mmap on Windows

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)

Commencez dans Modules/mmapmodule.c autour de la ligne 1531 et consultez la gestion de mmap sous Windows ainsi que la documentation de CreateFileMapping() et OpenFileMapping(). Reproduisez l’exemple server.py et client.py sous Windows 11. C’est terminé lorsque le serveur peut créer le mapping Global et que le client peut l’ouvrir et le lire sans erreur de permission.