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-rw-r--r--src/lib/os/os_file.go10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/os/os_file.go b/src/lib/os/os_file.go
index ee4deef72..2667a1e21 100644
--- a/src/lib/os/os_file.go
+++ b/src/lib/os/os_file.go
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ func (fd *FD) Read(b *[]byte) (ret int, err *Error) {
if fd == nil {
return -1, EINVAL
}
- r, e := syscall.read(fd.fd, &b[0], int64(len(b)));
+ var r, e int64;
+ if len(b) > 0 { // because we access b[0]
+ r, e = syscall.read(fd.fd, &b[0], int64(len(b)));
+ }
return int(r), ErrnoToError(e)
}
@@ -65,7 +68,10 @@ func (fd *FD) Write(b *[]byte) (ret int, err *Error) {
if fd == nil {
return -1, EINVAL
}
- r, e := syscall.write(fd.fd, &b[0], int64(len(b)));
+ var r, e int64;
+ if len(b) > 0 { // because we access b[0]
+ r, e = syscall.write(fd.fd, &b[0], int64(len(b)));
+ }
return int(r), ErrnoToError(e)
}