gettimeofday((void *)-1, NULL) implicates core dump on recent FreeBSD 11-CURRENT

[Doug Rabson]

On Thursday, July 9, 2015, Garrett Wollman <wollman at hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
wrote:

> In article
> <CAPQ4ffvEm2uzi-QpTm_6MsNeELWfT814G1kE4RGXU6mrZWYPeg at mail.gmail.com
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> oliver.pinter at hardenedbsd.org <javascript:;> 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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