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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getloadavg.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getloadavg.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getloadavg.c
index 909920e6f7..b12db98f23 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getloadavg.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getloadavg.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Get system load averages.  Linux (/proc/loadavg) version.
-   Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ getloadavg (double loadavg[], int nelem)
 	  char *endp;
 	  loadavg[i] = strtod (p, &endp);
 	  if (!endp || endp == p)
-	    break;
+	    /* This should not happen.  The format of /proc/loadavg
+	       must have changed.  Don't return with what we have,
+	       signal an error.  */
+	    return -1;
 	  p = endp;
 	}