Re: some questions about descriptors

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Sat Jun 03 2000 - 19:38:32 EST


> happens. In all cases, a number of processes share the same
> file-descriptor table (via clone());
>
> * is reading from a descriptor in one clone, and writing to it
> in another safe ?

Yes. Remember the file offset is shared, you may find pread/pwrite more
useful

> * if a clone is blocked reading/writing from a descriptor, does
> close()ing it in another clone cause an error return from the
> blocked clone ? does the same happen if the descriptor is in
> a select() set (and blocked), when the descriptor is close()d
> in another clone ?

It closes when all the syscalls using it return

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