On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Luke Mewburn wrote:
> add stuff to all libc functions to sanity check arguments [...]
> 
> i think this is a good idea, and unless it breaks standards, we should
> do it.

It doesn't break the C standard.  ANSI/ISO 9899:1990 section 7.1.7 says:

   .... If an argument to a function has an invalid value (such as
   a value outside the domain of the function, or a pointer outside the
   address space of the program, or a null pointer), the behavior is
   undefined.  ...

And, as all C language lawyers know, undefined behaviour means that
*anything* can happen, including stuff that you wouldn't normally expect
a program to be capable of doing.  Sysloging and core dumping would
certainly be fine.

--apb (Alan Barrett)