Re: [PATCH] SIGSEGV instead of -EFAULT

Mike Jagdis (mike@roan.co.uk)
Wed, 26 Aug 1998 12:32:40 +0100 (GMT/BST)


On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Pavel Machek wrote:

> This patch changes kernel's behaviour a bit: you'll now get SIGSEGV on
> read(0,0,1) [even in case of console which is broken and does not
> check for errors].

Did I miss the smiley somewhere? If not perhaps you could also
supply a patch to iBCS which will trap the extra SIGSEGV, figure
out why it was generated, and decide whether it should be delivered
or discarded.

Mike

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