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From: Leif Sawyer <lsawyer@gci.com>
To: Manfred Bartz <md-linux-kernel@logi.cc>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: IP Acounting Idea for 2.5
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 15:06:47 -0800
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Manfred Bartz writes:
> You are confused.  What would you say if a close() by another,
> unrelated application closed all open descriptors for that file,
> including the one you just opened?  Just fix your applications?

Of course I would fix the application.
And I certainly wouldn't rip the close() out of libc, which is
the tactic that you are suggesting.

Sheesh.



 
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