linux-kernel - RE: epoll and closed file descriptors

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0909161747360.3124@makko.or.mcafeemobile.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:55:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
To:	Gilad Benjamini <gilad@...ornetworks.com>
cc:	'Linux Kernel Mailing List' <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: epoll and closed file descriptors

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Gilad Benjamini wrote:

> My bad. I meant to quote the line that you mentioned.
> I agree that the right thing to do is to remove the fd from epoll before
> closing it.
> However, due to the way curl works, I cannot do that. Changing the curl code
> doesn't seem trivial.

You probably need to explain how you use libcurl together with epoll, even 
though this is not a help-userspace mailing list.


> Regardless, I still don't see how the kernel got into this situation, and if
> this situation is valid, why it doesn't bail out of it.

I think this was already explained.


- Davide


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