diff --git a/examples/extensions/r2/hello_r2.py b/examples/extensions/r2/hello_r2.py
index 3b02293ea..9d2b9ee51 100644
--- a/examples/extensions/r2/hello_r2.py
+++ b/examples/extensions/r2/hello_r2.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def my_sandbox(path, rootfs):
     ql.hook_address(func, r2.functions['main'].offset)
     # enable trace powered by r2 symsmap
     # r2.enable_trace()
-    r2.bt(0x401906)
+    r2.set_backtrace(0x401906)
     ql.run()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/qiling/arch/utils.py b/qiling/arch/utils.py
index 7c6bcd9c8..b4c0ed13c 100644
--- a/qiling/arch/utils.py
+++ b/qiling/arch/utils.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def __init__(self, ql: Qiling):
 
     @lru_cache(maxsize=64)
     def get_base_and_name(self, addr: int) -> Tuple[int, str]:
-        for begin, end, _, name, _ in self.ql.mem.map_info:
+        for begin, end, _, name, _, _ in self.ql.mem.map_info:
             if begin <= addr < end:
                 return begin, basename(name)
 
diff --git a/qiling/extensions/r2/r2.py b/qiling/extensions/r2/r2.py
index 60fb6444f..78aff6087 100644
--- a/qiling/extensions/r2/r2.py
+++ b/qiling/extensions/r2/r2.py
@@ -142,10 +142,8 @@ def __init__(self, ql: "Qiling", baseaddr=(1 << 64) - 1, loadaddr=0):
         self.loadaddr = loadaddr  # r2 -m [addr]    map file at given address
         self.analyzed = False
         self._r2c = libr.r_core.r_core_new()
-        if ql.code:
-            self._setup_code(ql.code)
-        else:
-            self._setup_file(ql.path)
+        self._r2i = ctypes.cast(self._r2c.contents.io, ctypes.POINTER(libr.r_io.struct_r_io_t))
+        self._setup_mem(ql)
 
     def _qlarch2r(self, archtype: QL_ARCH) -> str:
         return {
@@ -162,20 +160,21 @@ def _qlarch2r(self, archtype: QL_ARCH) -> str:
             QL_ARCH.PPC: "ppc",
         }[archtype]
 
-    def _setup_code(self, code: bytes):
-        path = f'malloc://{len(code)}'.encode()
-        fh = libr.r_core.r_core_file_open(self._r2c, path, UC_PROT_ALL, self.loadaddr)
-        libr.r_core.r_core_bin_load(self._r2c, path, self.baseaddr)
-        self._cmd(f'wx {code.hex()}')
+    def _rbuf_map(self, buf: bytearray, perm: int = UC_PROT_ALL, addr: int = 0, delta: int = 0):
+        rbuf = libr.r_buf_new_with_pointers(ctypes.c_ubyte.from_buffer(buf), len(buf), False)
+        rbuf = ctypes.cast(rbuf, ctypes.POINTER(libr.r_io.struct_r_buf_t))
+        desc = libr.r_io_open_buffer(self._r2i, rbuf, perm, 0)  # last arg `mode` is always 0 in r2 code
+        libr.r_io.r_io_map_add(self._r2i, desc.contents.fd, desc.contents.perm, delta, addr, len(buf))
+
+    def _setup_mem(self, ql: 'Qiling'):
+        if not hasattr(ql, '_mem'):
+            return
+        for start, end, perms, _label, _mmio, buf in ql.mem.map_info:
+            self._rbuf_map(buf, perms, start)
         # set architecture and bits for r2 asm
-        arch = self._qlarch2r(self.ql.arch.type)
-        self._cmd(f"e,asm.arch={arch},asm.bits={self.ql.arch.bits}")
-
-    def _setup_file(self, path: str):
-        path = path.encode()
-        fh = libr.r_core.r_core_file_open(self._r2c, path, UC_PROT_READ | UC_PROT_EXEC, self.loadaddr)
-        libr.r_core.r_core_bin_load(self._r2c, path, self.baseaddr)
-
+        arch = self._qlarch2r(ql.arch.type)
+        self._cmd(f"e,asm.arch={arch},asm.bits={ql.arch.bits}")
+    
     def _cmd(self, cmd: str) -> str:
         r = libr.r_core.r_core_cmd_str(
             self._r2c, ctypes.create_string_buffer(cmd.encode("utf-8")))
diff --git a/qiling/os/memory.py b/qiling/os/memory.py
index 21d461e65..5f2f1d323 100644
--- a/qiling/os/memory.py
+++ b/qiling/os/memory.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Cross Platform and Multi Architecture Advanced Binary Emulation Framework
 #
 
+import ctypes
 import os, re
 from typing import Any, Callable, Iterator, List, Mapping, MutableSequence, Optional, Pattern, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@
 from qiling import Qiling
 from qiling.exception import *
 
-# tuple: range start, range end, permissions mask, range label, is mmio?
-MapInfoEntry = Tuple[int, int, int, str, bool]
+# tuple: range start, range end, permissions mask, range label, is mmio?, bytearray
+MapInfoEntry = Tuple[int, int, int, str, bool, bytearray]
 
 MmioReadCallback  = Callable[[Qiling, int, int], int]
 MmioWriteCallback = Callable[[Qiling, int, int, int], None]
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ def string(self, addr: int, value=None, encoding='utf-8') -> Optional[str]:
 
         self.__write_string(addr, value, encoding)
 
-    def add_mapinfo(self, mem_s: int, mem_e: int, mem_p: int, mem_info: str, is_mmio: bool = False):
+    def add_mapinfo(self, mem_s: int, mem_e: int, mem_p: int, mem_info: str, is_mmio: bool = False, data : bytearray = None):
         """Add a new memory range to map.
 
         Args:
@@ -90,9 +91,8 @@ def add_mapinfo(self, mem_s: int, mem_e: int, mem_p: int, mem_info: str, is_mmio
             mem_info: map entry label
             is_mmio: memory range is mmio
         """
-
-        self.map_info.append((mem_s, mem_e, mem_p, mem_info, is_mmio))
-        self.map_info = sorted(self.map_info, key=lambda tp: tp[0])
+        self.map_info.append((mem_s, mem_e, mem_p, mem_info, is_mmio, data))
+        self.map_info.sort(key=lambda tp: tp[0])
 
     def del_mapinfo(self, mem_s: int, mem_e: int):
         """Subtract a memory range from map.
@@ -104,30 +104,30 @@ def del_mapinfo(self, mem_s: int, mem_e: int):
 
         tmp_map_info: MutableSequence[MapInfoEntry] = []
 
-        for s, e, p, info, mmio in self.map_info:
+        for s, e, p, info, mmio, data in self.map_info:
             if e <= mem_s:
-                tmp_map_info.append((s, e, p, info, mmio))
+                tmp_map_info.append((s, e, p, info, mmio, data))
                 continue
 
             if s >= mem_e:
-                tmp_map_info.append((s, e, p, info, mmio))
+                tmp_map_info.append((s, e, p, info, mmio, data))
                 continue
 
             if s < mem_s:
-                tmp_map_info.append((s, mem_s, p, info, mmio))
+                tmp_map_info.append((s, mem_s, p, info, mmio, data))
 
             if s == mem_s:
                 pass
 
             if e > mem_e:
-                tmp_map_info.append((mem_e, e, p, info, mmio))
+                tmp_map_info.append((mem_e, e, p, info, mmio, data))
 
             if e == mem_e:
                 pass
 
         self.map_info = tmp_map_info
 
-    def change_mapinfo(self, mem_s: int, mem_e: int, mem_p: Optional[int] = None, mem_info: Optional[str] = None):
+    def change_mapinfo(self, mem_s: int, mem_e: int, mem_p: Optional[int] = None, mem_info: Optional[str] = None, data: Optional[bytearray] = None):
         tmp_map_info: Optional[MapInfoEntry] = None
         info_idx: int = None
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def change_mapinfo(self, mem_s: int, mem_e: int, mem_p: Optional[int] = None, me
             return
 
         if mem_info is not None:
-            self.map_info[info_idx] = (tmp_map_info[0], tmp_map_info[1], tmp_map_info[2], mem_info, tmp_map_info[4])
+            self.map_info[info_idx] = (tmp_map_info[0], tmp_map_info[1], tmp_map_info[2], mem_info, tmp_map_info[4], tmp_map_info[5])
 
     def get_mapinfo(self) -> Sequence[Tuple[int, int, str, str, str]]:
         """Get memory map info.
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def __perms_mapping(ps: int) -> str:
 
             return ''.join(val if idx & ps else '-' for idx, val in perms_d.items())
 
-        def __process(lbound: int, ubound: int, perms: int, label: str, is_mmio: bool) -> Tuple[int, int, str, str, str]:
+        def __process(lbound: int, ubound: int, perms: int, label: str, is_mmio: bool, _data: bytearray) -> Tuple[int, int, str, str, str]:
             perms_str = __perms_mapping(perms)
 
             if hasattr(self.ql, 'loader'):
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def get_lib_base(self, filename: str) -> Optional[int]:
 
         # some info labels may be prefixed by boxed label which breaks the search by basename.
         # iterate through all info labels and remove all boxed prefixes, if any
-        stripped = ((lbound, p.sub('', info)) for lbound, _, _, info, _ in self.map_info)
+        stripped = ((lbound, p.sub('', info)) for lbound, _, _, info, _, _ in self.map_info)
 
         return next((lbound for lbound, info in stripped if os.path.basename(info) == filename), None)
 
@@ -268,11 +268,10 @@ def save(self):
             "mmio" : []
         }
 
-        for lbound, ubound, perm, label, is_mmio in self.map_info:
+        for lbound, ubound, perm, label, is_mmio, data in self.map_info:
             if is_mmio:
                 mem_dict['mmio'].append((lbound, ubound, perm, label, *self.mmio_cbs[(lbound, ubound)]))
             else:
-                data = self.read(lbound, ubound - lbound)
                 mem_dict['ram'].append((lbound, ubound, perm, label, bytes(data)))
 
         return mem_dict
@@ -393,7 +392,7 @@ def search(self, needle: Union[bytes, Pattern[bytes]], begin: Optional[int] = No
         assert begin < end, 'search arguments do not make sense'
 
         # narrow the search down to relevant ranges; mmio ranges are excluded due to potential read size effects
-        ranges = [(max(begin, lbound), min(ubound, end)) for lbound, ubound, _, _, is_mmio in self.map_info if not (end < lbound or ubound < begin or is_mmio)]
+        ranges = [(max(begin, lbound), min(ubound, end)) for lbound, ubound, _, _, is_mmio, _data in self.map_info if not (end < lbound or ubound < begin or is_mmio)]
         results = []
 
         # if needle is a bytes sequence use it verbatim, not as a pattern
@@ -439,10 +438,10 @@ def __mapped_regions(self) -> Iterator[Tuple[int, int]]:
 
         iter_memmap = iter(self.map_info)
 
-        p_lbound, p_ubound, _, _, _ = next(iter_memmap)
+        p_lbound, p_ubound, _, _, _, _ = next(iter_memmap)
 
         # map_info is assumed to contain non-overlapping regions sorted by lbound
-        for lbound, ubound, _, _, _ in iter_memmap:
+        for lbound, ubound, _, _, _, _ in iter_memmap:
             if lbound == p_ubound:
                 p_ubound = ubound
             else:
@@ -514,8 +513,8 @@ def find_free_space(self, size: int, minaddr: Optional[int] = None, maxaddr: Opt
         assert minaddr < maxaddr
 
         # get gap ranges between mapped ones and memory bounds
-        gaps_ubounds = tuple(lbound for lbound, _, _, _, _ in self.map_info) + (mem_ubound,)
-        gaps_lbounds = (mem_lbound,) + tuple(ubound for _, ubound, _, _, _ in self.map_info)
+        gaps_ubounds = tuple(lbound for lbound, _, _, _, _, _ in self.map_info) + (mem_ubound,)
+        gaps_lbounds = (mem_lbound,) + tuple(ubound for _, ubound, _, _, _, _ in self.map_info)
         gaps = zip(gaps_lbounds, gaps_ubounds)
 
         for lbound, ubound in gaps:
@@ -582,8 +581,10 @@ def map(self, addr: int, size: int, perms: int = UC_PROT_ALL, info: Optional[str
         if not self.is_available(addr, size):
             raise QlMemoryMappedError('Requested memory is unavailable')
 
-        self.ql.uc.mem_map(addr, size, perms)
-        self.add_mapinfo(addr, addr + size, perms, info or '[mapped]', is_mmio=False)
+        buf = bytearray(size)
+        buf_type = ctypes.c_byte * size
+        self.ql.uc.mem_map_ptr(addr, size, perms, buf_type.from_buffer(buf))
+        self.add_mapinfo(addr, addr + size, perms, info or '[mapped]', is_mmio=False, data=buf)
 
     def map_mmio(self, addr: int, size: int, read_cb: Optional[MmioReadCallback], write_cb: Optional[MmioWriteCallback], info: str = '[mmio]'):
         # TODO: mmio memory overlap with ram? Is that possible?