Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 May 1999 17:15:15 +0200 (CEST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: System Call |
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On 15 May 1999, Livia Catarina Soares wrote:
> I am here again :-) ... > at this time to ask about system call . > > Question: Is there some constraint to a system call return an > unsigned long value ??
Error codes are returned as _negative_ numbers (-EPERM and the likes). This almost means you have to return something signed...
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