ipc/chromium/src/base/file_descriptor_posix.h

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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 namespace base {
9
10 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
11 // We introduct a special structure for file descriptors in order that we are
12 // able to use template specialisation to special-case their handling.
13 //
14 // WARNING: (Chromium only) There are subtleties to consider if serialising
15 // these objects over IPC. See comments in chrome/common/ipc_message_utils.h
16 // above the template specialisation for this structure.
17 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18 struct FileDescriptor {
19 FileDescriptor()
20 : fd(-1),
21 auto_close(false) { }
22
23 FileDescriptor(int ifd, bool iauto_close)
24 : fd(ifd),
25 auto_close(iauto_close) { }
26
27 int fd;
28 // If true, this file descriptor should be closed after it has been used. For
29 // example an IPC system might interpret this flag as indicating that the
30 // file descriptor it has been given should be closed after use.
31 bool auto_close;
32 };
33
34 } // namespace base
35
36 #endif // BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_

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