Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 09:41:55 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: nsmart@iona.com, Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bug in malloc/free Message-ID: <19970920094155.13744@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199709192349.QAA19815@usr04.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 11:49:06PM %2B0000 References: <19970920080554.38866@lemis.com> <199709192349.QAA19815@usr04.primenet.com>
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On Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 11:49:06PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >>> When a read or write fault occurs on page zero in a program running >>> on SVR4, rather than crashing, they map the page and note the effect. > > [ ... ] > >> It's not just incorrect, it's inconsistent. Some SVR4 do, some SVR4 >> don't. > > Sorry dude, but if it's derived from USL sources, it does this, > unless they've specifically taken it out. If you say so. Then they've specifically taken it out. > If so, then they are probably paying a huge royalty increment for > the priveledge, since you pay more (by a factor of 10) for not being > exactly their sources for everything but drivers. *All* the SVR4 systems I know deviate elsewhere than the drivers. > Seems kind of a petty reason to page huge royalties... Yes, that's the impression that Tandem had too. But how can you ship a product that's full of bugs? Greg
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