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SubjectRe: Linux 2.1.125 doesn't dump core on SIGSEGV
On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 09:23:48AM -0800, Ken Pizzini wrote:

> Why not? The O_NOFOLLOW is distinguishable, so NOFOLLOW semantics
> would be enabled, and RDWR is distinguishable, so RDWR mode would
> be enabled.

Because it implies O_CREAT - so if the file doesn't exist, we will
creat it. Therefore this can't be reliaed upon to fail whena file
isn't there, something that will break apps.


-cw

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