Re: [PATCH] process_vm_{read,write}v(3): initial man pages

[Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

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On Monday 19 March 2012 16:45:41 Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> A quick question about one piece:
> > +The count values might be individually capped according to
> > \fIUIO_MAXIOV\fP. +If the Linux kernel is capped at smaller values, the
> > C library will take care +of emulating the limit it exposes (if it is
> > bigger) so the user only needs to +care about that (what the C library
> > defines).
> 
> I don't see anything in glibc that does this. Have I missed something?

i think you're correct.  the code in glibc atm is merely a syscall().  i think 
the idea was to have the C library guarantee that and if moving forward the 
kernel changes, the C library would update by adding a wrapper.  maybe just 
drop this sentence until that day comes ?
-mike

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