On 15 Dec 2015 10:19, Zack Weinberg wrote: > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On 15 Dec 2015 09:14, Zack Weinberg wrote: > >> Given the extreme obsolescence of the argument to `time`, I would > >> recommend that the *kernel* be changed to fire an actual SIGSEGV > >> instead of returning -EFAULT from the syscall version of `time`, and > >> then that can be the documented behavior, with the historic behavior > >> relegated to the BUGS section of the manpage. > > > > meh. it would be out of character for the kernel to do this. > > Why? because it returns EFAULT for other syscalls when you pass bad pointers. projects like LTP utilize that to verify edge case functionality. -mike
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