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Re: [Patch] rexec check for sockaddr length

On Sun, Apr 08, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> writes:
> 
> > And I don't think that the new return value is correct. I don't see
> > where there should be a invalid argument ?
> 
> It's in invalid value for this function.  It must simply be a value
> which can be recognized and traced.

I call rexec and I get back EINVAL. I don't see which arguments
should be wrong I give to rexec ?
EINVAL would be correct if we would give it to the kernel (because
we got the data which you descripes as invalid from the kernel).

  Thorsten

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