From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH] sys_waitid: return -EFAULT for NULL Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:10:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <20090113224759.7DFB7FC3DD@magilla.sf.frob.com> <20090113224941.36F19FC3DD@magilla.sf.frob.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Cc: Roland McGrath , Andrew Morton , kernel list , Ulrich Drepper , Vegard Nossum , "linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > It isn't an extension. It's an accident. Bah. It doesn't matter. It's an ABI. Your arguments make no sense - simply because there are other differences that means that if you develop under one OS, you can't expect it to run on another. Arguing that "accident" is somehow different than "extension" is a totally inane and _idiotic_ argument. Because it's just arguing about the words, not about the end result. If you're doing a dissertation in English literature, arguing about the words you use is valid. But if you're talking about operating systems, it's just pointless masturbation. Linus -- 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