Re: mmap specification - was: ... select specification

From: Andries Brouwer
Date: Thu Oct 07 2004 - 19:50:13 EST


On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 06:32:43PM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote:

>>>"References within the address range starting at pa and continuing
>>> for len bytes to whole pages following the end of an object shall
>>> result in delivery of a SIGBUS signal."
>
> The last bit of the SuS text means:
>
> pa <-- len --> eof <-> page boundary
>
> Anywhere from pa to page boundary will generate SIGBUS.

The POSIX text is clear to me, and Linux is compliant.
On the other hand, I have no idea what you try to say.

Andries
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