Subject: Re: pipe(2) and invalid fildes
To: None <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
From: Jaromír <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/30/2001 20:21:26
Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> We should leave EFAULT in the man page, and we should clarify that we
> reserve the right to change the implementation in the future.
> 
> The difference between getting EFAULT and getting SIGSEGV/SIGBUS is
> purely an implementation artifact.

Well, EFAULT can't be returned by pipe(2) currently. So it seems
wrong to document it as possible return value in manpage.

Jaromir
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