Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269662AbUJHAVK (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 20:21:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269886AbUJGW57 (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:57:59 -0400 Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([131.155.3.6]:18185 "EHLO kweetal.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269876AbUJGWqr (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:46:47 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 00:46:40 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer To: Kyle Moffett Cc: Andries Brouwer , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Alan Cox Subject: Re: mmap specification - was: ... select specification Message-ID: <20041007224640.GC7047@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <4164EBF1.3000802@nortelnetworks.com> <001601c4ac72$19932760$161b14ac@boromir> <001c01c4ac76$fb9fd190$161b14ac@boromir> <1097156727.31753.44.camel@localhost.localdomain> <001f01c4ac8b$35849710$161b14ac@boromir> <1097160628.31614.68.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20041007215834.GA7047@pclin040.win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Spam-DCC: : kweetal.tue.nl 1074; Body=1 Fuz1=1 Fuz2=1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 755 Lines: 21 On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 06:32:43PM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote: >>>"References within the address range starting at pa and continuing >>> for len bytes to whole pages following the end of an object shall >>> result in delivery of a SIGBUS signal." > > The last bit of the SuS text means: > > pa <-- len --> eof <-> page boundary > > Anywhere from pa to page boundary will generate SIGBUS. The POSIX text is clear to me, and Linux is compliant. On the other hand, I have no idea what you try to say. Andries - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/