Re: mmap specification - was: ... select specification

Andries Brouwer
2004-10-08T00:21:10Z

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 06:32:43PM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote:

>>>"References within the address range starting at pa and continuing
>>> for len bytes to whole pages following the end of an object shall
>>> result in delivery of a SIGBUS signal."
>
> The last bit of the SuS text means:
>
> pa <-- len --> eof <-> page boundary
>
> Anywhere from pa to page boundary will generate SIGBUS.

The POSIX text is clear to me, and Linux is compliant.
On the other hand, I have no idea what you try to say.

Andries