Hi! The io_getevents() may cause segfault when called with invalid ctx_id. For reference see: http://marc.info/?l=linux-aio&m=130089887002435&w=2 The attached patch adds BUGS paragraph into corresponding manpage. -- Cyril Hrubis chrubis@xxxxxxx
>From f8b30bf9d4a7ac1f821462906f43ca84624915cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:06:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added note about segfault into io_getevents manual. Signed-off-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@xxxxxxx> --- man2/io_getevents.2 | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/io_getevents.2 b/man2/io_getevents.2 index a337404..e08fd01 100644 --- a/man2/io_getevents.2 +++ b/man2/io_getevents.2 @@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ then the return value follows the usual conventions for indicating an error: \-1, with .I errno set to a (positive) value that indicates the error. +.SH "BUGS" +This call may cause segmentation fault instead of returning +\fBEINVAL\fP for invalid \fIctx_id\fP. .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP .BR io_cancel (2), -- 1.6.4.2
