Re: posix_madvise(2) should fail with ENOMEM for invalid adresses range

To: NetBSD kernel <tech-kern%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: posix_madvise(2) should fail with ENOMEM for invalid adresses range
From: Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:01:49 +0400

On Sun, 23 Nov 2014, Nicolas Joly wrote:

According the OpenGroup online document for posix_madvise[1], itshould fail with ENOMEM for invalid addresses ranges : [...] Butwe currently fail with EINVAL (returned value from range_check()function).

In general, when POSIX doesn't make sense, NetBSD should not needto follow what POSIX says. In this case, it probably doesn'tmatter much.


--apb (Alan Barrett)

References:
- posix_madvise(2) should fail with ENOMEM for invalid adresses range
  - From: Nicolas Joly

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