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[Bug libc/10353] Methods for deleting all file descriptors greater than given integer
- From: "drepper at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 2 Jul 2009 06:27:45 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/10353] Methods for deleting all file descriptors greater than given integer
- References: <20090630233109.10353.martinrb@google.com>
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com 2009-07-02 06:27 -------
(In reply to comment #3)
> Here's OpenBSD:
> [...]
> Here's NetBSD:
> [...]
This is *anything* but an argument in favor.
> To provide more motivation, the idea is that you are in a
> large multithreaded app that is swimming in a sea of unknown
> file descriptors that may or may not have FD_CLOEXEC set,
So, fix the code. We have O_CLOEXEC support as well. There is no reason to
work around buggy code and this interface *actively* prevents innovations by
usurping file descriptors.
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What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |WONTFIX
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10353
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