Re: copy_from_user() fixu
Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Tue, 25 Aug 1998 17:30:48 +1000
Chris Wedgwood writes:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 1998 at 12:24:17AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> > All I'm saying is that if you're relying on EFAULT rather than
> > SIGSEGV or vice versa, your code is completely, utterly, and
> > fundamentally broken.
>
> If I have a spec. (Unix98) that says when I do blah with blem I can
> expect EFAULT, then I don't see why I can't expect this.
>
> I don't know what POSIX says, but would like to know.
I checked my POSIX book this morning and it doesn't mention
EFAULT. However, if Unix98 mentions it, we should support it as the
default.
Regards,
Richard....
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