On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Steve Dodd wrote:
> > Another thing rms pointed out was the issue of open files and pending
> > mmap()s. Is there a standards-compliant way to revoke file handles and
> > mmap()s? (Keep in mind glibc implements fopen() via mmap()) Would it be an
> > option to invent a new signal for that (default behaviour: kill app)?
> For mmap()s at least, the application already gets SIGBUS if an I/O fails
> in do_no_page(), doesn't it?
Okay, so the question is: Does the I/O fail if someone exchanges the
floppy?
Simon
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