Re: linux has added "close on exec" flags to lots of fd calls

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Subject: Re: linux has added "close on exec" flags to lots of fd calls
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:08:16 -0400

Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 06:13:26PM +0100, Love H?rnquist ?strand wrote:
>>> On second thought and as written in the blog, it doesn't make sense at
>>> all. sigprocmask and mutexes allow doing this in portable code.
>>
>> Assume you are a library that wants to open a file, what mutex should  
>> you lock ?
>
> Define one.

Seems easier just to do open with the additional flag.

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Perry E. Metzger                perry%piermont.com@localhost

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