Re: [rox-devel] Zombie processes

[Tim W. <tw...@re...>]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 07:48:38PM +0000, Thomas A Leonard wrote:

> Try:
>=20
> $ cat a.c
> #include <unistd.h>
> int main(int argc, char **arghhh) {
> 	int fd[2];
> 	pipe(fd);
> 	write(fd[1], '\0', 1);
> }
> $ gcc -o a a.c
> $ strace -ewrite ./a
> write(4, NULL, 1)                       =3D 1=20
>=20
> Same Linux version...

Arghh!  Okay, it isn't as bad as it looks:

[... from pipe_write ...]
                        count -=3D chars;
                        copy_from_user(pipebuf, buf, chars );
                        buf +=3D chars;
[...]

It just needs a check.  I'll make a patch now.

Tim.
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