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Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> (qemu) acceptfd blah
>> receives an file descriptor from the monitor using SCM_RIGHTS and 
>> assigns it to the tag 'blah'
>> (qemu) migrate fd:blah
>> migrates to the fd denominated by the tag 'blah'
>> (qemu) closefd blah
>
> This could be generally useful for other things too (like char device 
> redirection).
>
> I'm not sure how many people would really use it though, you're 
> talking about serious unix-fu here.

While SCM_RIGHTS does not feature on prime-time television, it's hardly 
complex.  I mean, compare with tty and sessions and group leaders and 
all that goo.

-- 
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