Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 Aug 1998 18:29:26 +1200 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: copy_from_user() fix |
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On Tue, Aug 25, 1998 at 05:20:52PM +1000, Richard Gooch wrote:
> Didn't someone say Unix98 defines EFAULT? So it looks like we can > herdly blow it away.
That may have been me... but its not that Unix98 defines EFAULT, but rather defines what EFAULT means if you happen to get one.
As hpa has pointer out, EFAULT is not _required_ when you pass a bogus pointer - but then again, neither is a segfault.
-cw
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