OK, thanks. 2009/7/30, roger peppe <[email protected]>: > 2009/7/30 hugo rivera <[email protected]>: > > [...] there's no way two different files point to the > > > same data structure (but maybe two different fids do?) so reference > > counting is unnecessary, am I right? > > > no, because a file can be opened several times. > when you open a file you get a new fid. > > so if you've got resources associated with the file, > as opposed to resources private to the fid, > you have to reference count them (or poison any > fids that point to the file, if you *really* want the > resource to go away) > >
-- Hugo
