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* fd argument in NewConnection() Method (profile-api.txt)
@ 2013-02-25  5:13 Randy Yates
  2013-02-25 16:59 ` Daniel Wagner
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Randy Yates @ 2013-02-25  5:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bluez Mailing List

How can the bluez stack, which runs in its own process, generate a file
descriptor and hand that fd over to another process (the bluetooth
profile server process)? I was under the impression that fds can not be
passed across processes.

bluez 5.2
-- 
Randy Yates
Digital Signal Labs
http://www.digitalsignallabs.com

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* Re: fd argument in NewConnection() Method (profile-api.txt)
  2013-02-25  5:13 fd argument in NewConnection() Method (profile-api.txt) Randy Yates
@ 2013-02-25 16:59 ` Daniel Wagner
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Wagner @ 2013-02-25 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Randy Yates; +Cc: Bluez Mailing List

Hi Randy,

On 25.02.2013 06:13, Randy Yates wrote:
> How can the bluez stack, which runs in its own process, generate a file
> descriptor and hand that fd over to another process (the bluetooth
> profile server process)? I was under the impression that fds can not be
> passed across processes.
>
> bluez 5.2

Have a look at the section talking about SCM_RIGHTS in 'man 7 unix'

hth,
daniel

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