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Date:      Thu, 9 Jul 2015 10:04:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
To:        oliver.pinter@hardenedbsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gettimeofday((void *)-1, NULL) implicates core dump on recent FreeBSD 11-CURRENT
Message-ID:  <201507091404.t69E4lXJ007744@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
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oliver.pinter@hardenedbsd.org writes:

>Btw, I have found this is atf's documantation:
>atf_tc_expect_signal(SIGSEGV, "reaseon"), with this, we could mark the
>specific test case could "fail" / or expect to coredump.

No.

I'm not sure why people are having trouble understanding this.

The test in question is not valid C.  It is entirely erroneous, and
should be deleted.  Merely computing the value "(void *)-1" is allowed
to perform LITERALLY ANY ACTION AT ALL, including turning your
computer into a frog.  The compiler is free to implement this as a
call to abort() if it chooses.  Testing this is nonsensical.

-GAWollman



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