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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2005-09-20 13:51:01 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2005-09-20 13:51:01 +0000
commit5205b738107db88501a5d8f0bd3908a66d81b87b (patch)
tree4e1cc2305a6cd309f875a8ee6e44729b50c64bf2 /lib/openat.c
parent3fcdbfdfda725ba1a31f30b3a8aba4d783de3c45 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-5205b738107db88501a5d8f0bd3908a66d81b87b.tar.xz
(fdopendir): Be sure to close the supplied
file descriptor before returning. This makes our replacement implementation a little closer to Solaris's, where fdopendir ties the file descriptor to the returned DIR* pointer.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/openat.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/openat.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/openat.c b/lib/openat.c
index 3e3251ba1..ea42ec26b 100644
--- a/lib/openat.c
+++ b/lib/openat.c
@@ -93,7 +93,12 @@ rpl_openat (int fd, char const *file, int flags, ...)
If either the save_cwd or the restore_cwd fails (relatively unlikely,
and usually indicative of a problem that deserves close attention),
then give a diagnostic and exit nonzero.
- Otherwise, this function works just like Solaris' fdopendir. */
+ Otherwise, this function works just like Solaris' fdopendir.
+
+ W A R N I N G:
+ Unlike the other fd-related functions here, this one
+ effectively consumes its FD parameter. The caller should not
+ close or otherwise manipulate FD after calling this function. */
DIR *
fdopendir (int fd)
{
@@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ fdopendir (int fd)
{
saved_errno = errno;
free_cwd (&saved_cwd);
+ close (fd);
errno = saved_errno;
return NULL;
}
@@ -122,6 +128,7 @@ fdopendir (int fd)
openat_restore_fail (errno);
free_cwd (&saved_cwd);
+ close (fd);
errno = saved_errno;
return dir;