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Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h index 5d378fd179..7418982c2a 100644 --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h @@ -40,16 +40,15 @@ Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ negative even if the call succeeded. E.g., the `lseek' system call might return a large offset. Therefore we must not anymore test for < 0, but test for a real error by making sure the value in %eax - is a real error number. For now (as of 2.1.1) 122 is the largest - defined error number. Given a bit room for development, Linus - chose in <asm/unistd.h> to use the values -125 to -1 for error - values. We follow him here. */ + is a real error number. Linus said he will make sure the no syscall + returns a value in -1 .. -4095 as a valid result so we can savely + test with -4095. */ #undef PSEUDO #define PSEUDO(name, syscall_name, args) \ .text; \ ENTRY (name) \ DO_CALL (args, syscall_name); \ - cmpl $-125, %eax; \ + cmpl $-4095, %eax; \ jae syscall_error; #undef PSEUDO_END |