Speaking as a userspace developer, I expect file descriptors to be inherited by child processes unless I explicitly request otherwise. Yes, I usually make sure that I *DO* request otherwise, but that's not the point...
Cheers, Chris --- Takashi Iwai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At Wed, 5 Feb 2003 14:05:36 +0100 (CET), > Jaroslav wrote: > > > > On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > > > At Wed, 5 Feb 2003 12:20:23 +0100 (CET), > > > Jaroslav wrote: > > > > > > > > Well, I and Abramo think that it's better to > force application developers > > > > to clean allocated things before they'll call > exec(). > > > > > > the problem is not only the explicit exec() > call. > > > without this bit, you'll pass the fds to other > processes even by > > > popen() or system() or whatever. that is, if > your application calls > > > an external program in the middle, it can block > the operation. > > > > > > i don't see any critical drawback of setting > FD_CLOEXEC as default. > > > the application which needs to pass the > alsa-lib's fds _explicitly_ > > > can reset the bit via fcntl() again before > calling exec(). > > > > Do we have any precedence? sockets? fopen? etc.? > > it has nothing to do with what type of file > descriptor is used, or > for what purpose. > > i meant simply which behavior is _safer_. > sure, we can leave it as it was, and let users debug > all. > IMO, however, the FD_CLOEXEC would lead to less > bugs, if you think > which possibility is higher, whether to pass the fd > intentionally, > or not, > > > Takashi > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = > Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
