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Message-ID: <a4423d671001071444k2cb61c0blb1bb175ab0098a9f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 01:44:59 +0300 From: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com> To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org> Cc: a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf: add close()/closedir() calls when needed 2010/1/8 Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>: > On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 07:40:46PM +0300, Alexander Beregalov wrote: > >> Close file and directory descriptors before exiting or dying. > > Your patch description doesn't say why that's a good thing to do, and > it's not obvious to me at least. Please explain the motivation in > your patch description. Isn't it a good style to close files after use and before exit? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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