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1 // Copyright (c) 2006-2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 #ifndef BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_
6 #define BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_
7 
8 #include "base/files/file.h"
9 #include "base/files/scoped_file.h"
10 
11 namespace base {
12 
13 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14 // We introduct a special structure for file descriptors in order that we are
15 // able to use template specialisation to special-case their handling.
16 //
17 // IMPORTANT: This is primarily intended for use when sending file descriptors
18 // over IPC. Even if |auto_close| is true, base::FileDescriptor does NOT close()
19 // |fd| when going out of scope. Instead, a consumer of a base::FileDescriptor
20 // must invoke close() on |fd| if |auto_close| is true.
21 //
22 // In the case of IPC, the the IPC subsystem knows to close() |fd| after sending
23 // a message that contains a base::FileDescriptor if auto_close == true. On the
24 // other end, the receiver must make sure to close() |fd| after it has finished
25 // processing the IPC message. See the IPC::ParamTraits<> specialization in
26 // ipc/ipc_message_utils.h for all the details.
27 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
28 struct FileDescriptor {
FileDescriptorFileDescriptor29   FileDescriptor() : fd(-1), auto_close(false) {}
30 
FileDescriptorFileDescriptor31   FileDescriptor(int ifd, bool iauto_close) : fd(ifd), auto_close(iauto_close) {
32   }
33 
FileDescriptorFileDescriptor34   FileDescriptor(File file) : fd(file.TakePlatformFile()), auto_close(true) {}
FileDescriptorFileDescriptor35   explicit FileDescriptor(ScopedFD fd) : fd(fd.release()), auto_close(true) {}
36 
37   bool operator==(const FileDescriptor& other) const {
38     return (fd == other.fd && auto_close == other.auto_close);
39   }
40 
41   bool operator!=(const FileDescriptor& other) const {
42     return !operator==(other);
43   }
44 
45   // A comparison operator so that we can use these as keys in a std::map.
46   bool operator<(const FileDescriptor& other) const {
47     return other.fd < fd;
48   }
49 
50   int fd;
51   // If true, this file descriptor should be closed after it has been used. For
52   // example an IPC system might interpret this flag as indicating that the
53   // file descriptor it has been given should be closed after use.
54   bool auto_close;
55 };
56 
57 }  // namespace base
58 
59 #endif  // BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_
60