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Re: [PATCH][BZ #13601] Retry read in ld.so if the entire ELF headeris not read in

From: Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal dot cx>
To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:56:51 -0400
Subject: Re: [PATCH][BZ #13601] Retry read in ld.so if the entire ELF headeris not read in
References: <20121019201444.06c09192@spoyarek><20121019180232.GO254@brightrain.aerifal.cx><201210192231.20084.vapier@gentoo.org><20121020171744.28ED72C079@topped-with-meat.com>

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 10:17:44AM -0700, Roland McGrath wrote:
> The bug actually doesn't make it clear whether the bug was observed or
> purely theoretical.  But it is entirely kosher for any filesystem to behave
> this way, so the fix is correct even if the bug has yet to be observed in
> practice.

Agreed. I didn't intend to imply that it shouldn't be fixed, just that
it's probably purely-theoretical, and that some trickery would be
required to test the fix.

Rich

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH][BZ #13601] Retry read in ld.so if the entire ELF header is not read in
  - From: Nix

References:
- [PATCH][BZ #13601] Retry read in ld.so if the entire ELF header isnot read in
  - From: Siddhesh Poyarekar
- Re: [PATCH][BZ #13601] Retry read in ld.so if the entire ELF headeris not read in
  - From: Rich Felker
- Re: [PATCH][BZ #13601] Retry read in ld.so if the entire ELF header is not read in
  - From: Mike Frysinger
- Re: [PATCH][BZ #13601] Retry read in ld.so if the entire ELF header is not read in
  - From: Roland McGrath

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