Re: epoll and shared fd's

[Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>]

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).
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