Re: kernel error in system call accept() under kernel 2.6.8

[Alan Cox]

On Maw, 2005-09-20 at 16:25 +0200, Peter Duellings wrote:
> Obviously there are some cases where the accept() system call does
> not set the errno variable if the accept() system call returns
> with a value less than zero:

Not actually possible. The kernel returns a positive value, zero or a
negative value which is the errno code negated. It has no mechanism to
return a negative value and not error.

What does strace show for the failing case ?

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