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SubjectRe: bug in write(2) system call.
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>	So we should avoid checking any pointers, whatsoever, and just go
>for it?

Yes; this is why we have the MMU to do permission checking. If you have a bad
pointer an exception will be raised and the kernel just has to handle it
appropriately.

p.



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