[src/trunk]: src/lib/libc/sys Note that an EFAULT condition cannot be guarant...

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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/d70b72a5f2ee
branches:  trunk
changeset: 473549:d70b72a5f2ee
user:      kleink <kleink%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sun Jun 06 22:50:26 1999 +0000

description:
Note that an EFAULT condition cannot be guaranteed to be detected (i.e. in the
MD implementation of pipe(2)); addresses PR kern/7720.

diffstat:

 lib/libc/sys/intro.2 |  7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (28 lines):

diff -r e2e8adf8aff2 -r d70b72a5f2ee lib/libc/sys/intro.2
--- a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2      Sun Jun 06 22:20:15 1999 +0000
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2      Sun Jun 06 22:50:26 1999 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: intro.2,v 1.19 1999/03/24 16:36:10 mycroft Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: intro.2,v 1.20 1999/06/06 22:50:26 kleink Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)intro.2    8.5 (Berkeley) 2/27/95
 .\"
-.Dd March 22, 1999
+.Dd June 7, 1999
 .Dt INTRO 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@
 .It Er 14 EFAULT Em "Bad address" .
 The system detected an invalid address in attempting to
 use an argument of a call.
+The reliable detection of this error cannot be guaranteed and when not detected
+may result in the generation of a signal, indicating an address violation,
+which is sent to the process.
 .It Er 15 ENOTBLK Em "Not a block device" .
 A block device operation was attempted on a non-block device or file.
 .It Er 16 EBUSY Em "Resource busy" .