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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Kari Hurtta <hurtta+gmane@siilo.fmi.fi>
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Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] revoke/frevoke system calls V2
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On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 07:02:15PM +0300, Kari Hurtta wrote:
> "Pekka Enberg" <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> writes:
> 
> > On 8/8/06, Chase Venters <chase.venters@clientec.com> wrote:
> > > IIRC, it returns EBADF because the file actually gets closed. The file
> > > descriptor, on the other hand, is permanently leaked.
> > >
> > > Have these details changed?
> > 
> > No. Your description is accurate.
> > 
> >                                              Pekka
> 
> So application can not close() it and recover file description?

That would be correct behavior, IMHO, and matches what happens with a
tty hangup.

					- Ted
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