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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: The time(2) man page conflicts with glibc
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:55:17 -0500
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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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