Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with auto closing of file descriptors and fork. I
> have an application (a modified pppd, to name it), which in a certain
> mode (pppd "updetach" mode) opens some real-time file descriptors,
> forks and exit the parent, continuing to use the file descriptors in
> the child. The problem is that when exiting the parent, file
> descriptors are automatically destroyed and therefore can not be used
> in the child.
>
> Any ideas for a fix ?
More precisely. We need to trap the "fork" event, and handle it in the
skins event callbacks. We will need to create a new ppd structure for
the new process, but what will we do with the skin objects ? If we keep
the same objects for the child and increment a reference count, we will
end up with an object that need to be inserted in two per-process
lists. If we create new objects, how will we manage for user-space
references (inherited accross fork) to remain valid ?
--
Gilles Chanteperdrix.
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