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Re: [PATCH] Declare set*id with warn_unused_result

From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal dot cx>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:37:18 +0200
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Declare set*id with warn_unused_result
References: <500E8DE4.5060006@redhat.com> <500E9CB0.9050306@cs.ucla.edu> <20120724144829.GI544@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <500EBCCE.6040405@cs.ucla.edu>

On 07/24/2012 05:18 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:

On 07/24/2012 07:48 AM, Rich Felker wrote:
Even if it can't fail on your setup, it means
your program is dangerously non-portable
Do other operating systems also have this kernel bug?

The Hurd implementation allocates a new port, so it can fail as well.

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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team

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