Re: [patch-2.3.29] bugfix for pipe(2) system call.

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Thu, 25 Nov 1999 07:54:34 -0500

In message <19991125085058Z155970-26989+89@vger.rutgers.edu>, David Howells
wri
tes:
+-----
| I'd say there's a lot easier way of checking your pipe problem: pre-initialis
| e
| both elements of the array to -1 or something. It's only two int's, so the
| performance penalty will be minimal.
+--->8

I'd agree except that I suspect pipe() is supposed to leave the memory
unchanged if anything goes wrong.

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