Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch-2.3.29] bugfix for pipe(2) system call. | Date | Thu, 25 Nov 1999 07:54:34 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <19991125085058Z155970-26989+89@vger.rutgers.edu>, David Howells wri tes: +----- | I'd say there's a lot easier way of checking your pipe problem: pre-initialis | e | both elements of the array to -1 or something. It's only two int's, so the | performance penalty will be minimal. +--->8
I'd agree except that I suspect pipe() is supposed to leave the memory unchanged if anything goes wrong.
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