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Re: RFC: close-on-exec internal file descriptors
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:12:23 +0100
- Subject: Re: RFC: close-on-exec internal file descriptors
- References: <874njjs1aa.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>
Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:
> @@ -314,6 +315,8 @@ fork_inferior (char *exec_file_arg, char *allargs, char **env,
>
> if (pid == 0)
> {
> + closefrom (3);
> +
I don't think you can use closefrom here. The debuggee might depend on
inherited descriptors, and gdb should be fully transparent here.
Andreas.
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