Alan Cox wrote:
> > close doesn't close. This would be a ``bug'', Linus.
>
> Nope. The fd can be closed and a new one opened while the poll sleeps on the
> existing one. The current code is compliant
So can you open enough files to crash a machine this way then?
(Because the _fd_ limit is never reached, but the open file limit may be).
-- Jamie
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