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can not break on a memory region created by MapViewOfFile

yu_shangyu_shang Member Posts: 41
edited December 2022 in WINDBG

I have a user mode executable which setup a file mapping by following steps
1. CreateFileMapping (file handle is INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
2. MapViewOfFile (got a memory address)
I set a memory write break point on the returned address

ba w 4 addr

the debugger never break on this break point, but the content of the breaking region do changed. So how to break in this situation ? Many thanks!!

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  • Tim_RobertsTim_Roberts Member - All Emails Posts: 14,727

    Remember, that only breaks on those exact 4 bytes. Are you literally changing the first four bytes? Also remember that this only traps writes to this virtual address within this process. If the region is being written in another process, that will use a different virtual address and won't be trapped.

    Tim Roberts, [email protected]
    Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

  • yu_shangyu_shang Member Posts: 41

    @Tim_Roberts said:
    If the region is being written in another process, that will use a different virtual address and won't be trapped.

    got it. This is my case I've never met before. Thank you.

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