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Date:      Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:16:38 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        FreeBSD@jovi.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kern/33904: secure mode bug
Message-ID:  <3C449C36.145AA94D@mindspring.com>
References:  <CD13C334-09D5-11D6-8ED3-003065D5E9A4@infospace.com> <200201152003.g0FK3gb04767@grant.org>

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FreeBSD@jovi.net wrote:
> If write were to sometimes read rather than report EROFS
> we'd expect that to be prominently and frequently documented!

Write on a non-page boundary *will* read, and then the write
will fail if the device is read-only.

-- Terry

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