Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:30:18 -0800 (PST) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: epoll and shared fd's |
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> wrote: > > > Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > b) It seems to me that you text doesn't quite make the point explicit > > > > enough. I've tried to rewrite it; could you please check: > > > > > > > > A6 Yes, but be aware of the following point. A file > > > > descriptor is a reference to an open file descrip- > > > > tion (see open(2)). Whenever a descriptor is > > > > duplicated via dup(2), dup2(2), fcntl(2) F_DUPFD, > [.........] > > > > > Does that seem okay? I plan to include the text in man-pages-2.79. > > > > > > It's hard to read for me, and probably very hard to read for others. > > > > Bodo, > > > > I'm just reviewing this text, trying to see if I can improve it. At > > the moment, I'm a little stuck. can you say a little more about why > > you find it hard to read? that may help me improve it. > > I think it's enough to mention that the last copy of the file descriptor > (e.g. by dup or fork) must be closed *or* the file must be explicitely > unregistered (As far as I understand by now).
Exactly! Michael, I noticed that there's a reference to it in Q6. We better clarify that one.
- Davide
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