From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roland McGrath Subject: Re: [PATCH] sys_waitid: return -EFAULT for NULL Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:47:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20090113234716.765A8FC3DD@magilla.sf.frob.com> References: <20090113224759.7DFB7FC3DD@magilla.sf.frob.com> <20090113224941.36F19FC3DD@magilla.sf.frob.com> <20090113152457.0d7685ad.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Andrew Morton's message of Tuesday, 13 January 2009 15:24:57 -0800 <20090113152457.0d7685ad.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Andrew Morton Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, mtk.manpages-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org, torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, drepper-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, vegard.nossum-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, stable-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org > Well yes. waitid() has been in there since 2.6.9. I assume that it > has had this wait4-emulation mode for that amount of time as well? Correct. > Well, we might get away with it. But formally speaking, we should live > with our Linux-specific screwup. I agree with both of you and I don't care which we do. Thanks, Roland -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html