Re: bug in write(2) system call.
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 17 Oct 1998 14:57:56 +0100 (BST)
> As a continuation of the thread "bug in read(2) syscall" on
> linux-smp I would like to confirm that the same bug exists in
> write(2) as well, i.e. write(1, 0, 10) returns 10 instead of -1
> with errno=EFAULT.
>
> This is only when the descriptor is a tty - on files and /dev/null
> it's okay...
Its also not actually a bug. What happens when you pass invalid pointers is
undefined by posix. Obviously the Linux idea of undefined doesnt include
crashes but returning an OK is fine
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