On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:56:02 +0100, Tobias Boege said: > Look some lines above: > > struct fd f = fdget(fd);
That creates a reference, not a lock. It basically assures that the system doesn't reap and reclaim that fd out from under the code. (In other words, it's managing lifetime, not concurrency).
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