file_descriptor_posix.h revision c7f5f8508d98d5952d42ed7648c2a8f30a4da156 
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
8namespace 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 ipc/ipc_message_utils.h
16// above the template specialisation for this structure.
17// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18struct 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_
37