[PATCH RFC 4/5] Introduce scoped_mmapped_file

[Simon Marchi]

On 2018-05-10 16:59, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com> writes:
> 
> Simon> +  void reset (int new_fd)
> Simon> +  {
> Simon> +    destroy ();
> Simon> +
> Simon> +    m_fd = new_fd;
> Simon> +  }
> 
> I was wondering if this should only destroy() when new_fd!=m_fd.
> That way self-resetting would not cause a bug.

It probably should, indeed.

> Simon> +  /* Map FILENAME in memory.  Throw an error if anything goes 
> wrong.  */
> Simon> +  scoped_mmapped_file (const char *filename)
> Simon> +  {
> Simon> +    m_fd.reset (open (filename, 0, O_RDONLY));
> 
> ... however, then I thought perhaps this question could be avoided by
> just initializing m_fd directly, like:
> 
>     scoped_mmapped_file (const char *filename)
>       : m_fd (open (filename, 0, O_RDONLY))
> 
> Then "reset" wouldn't be needed at all.

I can do that, but I am using reset() in the following patch anyway.  
Though if you find a way of avoiding that usage, then we can remove the 
method.

> Also I think that should be "open (filename, O_RDONLY)" -- no "0, ".

Right, thanks.

Simon