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