Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: AUDIT: copy_from_user is a deathtrap. | Date | Wed, 22 May 2002 14:30:40 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > Because the standard says either you return the errorcode and no data > > is transferred or for a partial I/O you return how much was done. > > Hmm... I can't find anything like that in SuSv2: can you give a reference? > And we're already violating that for the write() case.
The we should fix the bug. Its explicitly covered in SuSv3 because that incorporates the posix text. Its also discussed in things like 1003.1g drafts in great detail (sockets have very explicit ordering for error reporting) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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