On Thu, 04 Oct 2007, Chris Hanson wrote: > What doesn't appear here is code to discard the input buffer when EINVAL > is returned. I don't understand where that is supposed to happen, since > it would normally be handled by returning the number of characters read If you return any valid error (like -EINVAL), the entire buffer is discarded, and the write operation syscal fails with that error status. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ ibm-acpi-devel mailing list ibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel
