Re: [patch-2.3.29] bugfix for pipe(2) system call.

Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@sonera.fi)
Thu, 25 Nov 1999 17:00:26 +0200

On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 02:30:15PM +0000, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> it just occurred to me - there is even better solution. We can do the same
> as SCO UnixWare 7.1.0 does. I.e. to send SIGSEGV to the offender. This
> way:

Well, SuS says: EFAULT when filedes (array) is invalid.
Of course SuS just codifies classical behaviour, and
that was the way.. SEGV is - somewhat - radical response..

> What do you guys think about it?
> Regards,
> Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com

/Matti Aarnio

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