Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 25 Aug 1998 17:30:48 +1000 | | From | Richard Gooch <> | | Subject | Re: copy_from_user() fixu |
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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,
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