Re: Is sendfile all that sexy?

[David L. Parsley]

Felix von Leitner wrote:
> >   close (0);
> >   close (1);
> >   close (2);
> >   open ("/dev/console", O_RDWR);
> >   dup ();
> >   dup ();
> 
> So it's not actually part of POSIX, it's just to get around fixing
> legacy code? ;-)

This makes me wonder...

If the kernel only kept a queue of the three smallest unused fd's, and
when the queue emptied handed out whatever it liked, how many things
would break?  I suspect this would cover a lot of bases...

<dons flameproof underwear>

regards,
        David

-- 
David L. Parsley
Network Administrator
Roanoke College
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