linux-kernel - Re: What does a Kernel Error 4 mean?

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Date:	Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:29:40 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Marc Perkel <mperkel@...oo.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What does a Kernel Error 4 mean?

Marc Perkel wrote:
> What does a Kernel Error 4 mean? I'm getting this
> running 64 bit Exim. Just trying to track it down and
> wondering what an "Error 4" is?

Probably:

#define EINTR            4      /* Interrupted system call */

EINTR should be a non-fatal error; the fact that Exim reports it as an 
error probably indicates an Exim bug.

Of course, it could mean something completely different.

	-hpa
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