// Copyright (c) 2006-2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. #ifndef BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_ #define BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_ #include "base/files/file.h" #include "base/files/scoped_file.h" namespace base { constexpr int kInvalidFd = -1; // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // We introduct a special structure for file descriptors in order that we are // able to use template specialisation to special-case their handling. // // IMPORTANT: This is primarily intended for use when sending file descriptors // over IPC. Even if |auto_close| is true, base::FileDescriptor does NOT close() // |fd| when going out of scope. Instead, a consumer of a base::FileDescriptor // must invoke close() on |fd| if |auto_close| is true. // // In the case of IPC, the IPC subsystem knows to close() |fd| after sending // a message that contains a base::FileDescriptor if auto_close == true. On the // other end, the receiver must make sure to close() |fd| after it has finished // processing the IPC message. See the IPC::ParamTraits<> specialization in // ipc/ipc_message_utils.h for all the details. // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- struct FileDescriptor { FileDescriptor() : fd(kInvalidFd), auto_close(false) {} FileDescriptor(int ifd, bool iauto_close) : fd(ifd), auto_close(iauto_close) { } FileDescriptor(File file) : fd(file.TakePlatformFile()), auto_close(true) {} explicit FileDescriptor(ScopedFD fd) : fd(fd.release()), auto_close(true) {} bool operator==(const FileDescriptor& other) const { return (fd == other.fd && auto_close == other.auto_close); } bool operator!=(const FileDescriptor& other) const { return !operator==(other); } // A comparison operator so that we can use these as keys in a std::map. bool operator<(const FileDescriptor& other) const { return other.fd < fd; } int fd; // If true, this file descriptor should be closed after it has been used. For // example an IPC system might interpret this flag as indicating that the // file descriptor it has been given should be closed after use. bool auto_close; }; } // namespace base #endif // BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_