> On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:50:22 -0800 (PST) David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > From: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:28:33 -0800 > > > Perhaps this is a bug in glibc: it is interpreting the times() return value > > in the same way as other syscalls. > > The problem is more likely that we are failing to > invoke force_successful_syscall_return() here. > > Otherwise the syscall return path interprets negative > values as errors, and sets the cpu condition codes. > > And that is what userspace is actually checking for > to determine if there is an error or not.
hm, I'd forgotten about that. It seems to be a no-op on lots of architectures? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
