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Re: [PATCH]: NULL pointer check in timer_* functions


Khem Raj wrote:
> This is a negative testcase from ltp testsuite
> ./testcases/open_posix_testsuite/conformance/interfaces/timer_delete/1-2.c
> It does not segfault when linked and run with linuxthreads. It segfaults
> when linked with linuxthreads and run
> with NPTL.I thought NPTL is backward compatible.

You are *completely* ignorant about want compatibility means.  And so
are the LTP authors.  The LTP test is wrong if it assumes any test  like
this succeeds.  Now stop wasting people's time and fix your code.

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â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â

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