On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 08:40:49AM -0400, Mouse wrote: > >> I can't think of any at all; to begin with it's limited to forks > >> that don't exec > [...] > > Well, except for libraries that open fds internally, without exposing > them to the calling code. Depending on the user case, they may want > them closed if the application forks. > > [...] > > Because one wants to exec a child process, maybe?
If the fork is going to exec, O_CLOEXEC is sufficient; I can't think of any realistic situation where having a second reference to the same file for at most few extra milliseconds can actually hurt anything. -- David A. Holland dholl...@netbsd.org
