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Re: The time(2) man page conflicts with glibc


On 15 Dec 2015 09:14, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Given the extreme obsolescence of the argument to `time`, I would
> recommend that the *kernel* be changed to fire an actual SIGSEGV
> instead of returning -EFAULT from the syscall version of `time`, and
> then that can be the documented behavior, with the historic behavior
> relegated to the BUGS section of the manpage.

meh.  it would be out of character for the kernel to do this.
-mike

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