Issue in man page close.2

Issue in man page close.2

[Helge Kreutzmann]

Without further ado, the following was found:

Issue:    . the → . The

"On Linux (and possibly some other systems), the behavior is different: the "
"blocking I/O system call holds a reference to the underlying open file "
"description, and this reference keeps the description open until the I/O "
"system call completes.  (See B<open>(2)  for a discussion of open file "
"descriptions.)  Thus, the blocking system call in the first thread may "
"successfully complete after the B<close>()  in the second thread."

Re: Issue in man page close.2

[Alejandro Colomar]

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Hi Helge,

On 12/4/22 10:07, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
> 
> Issue:    . the → . The

I don't find that issue in the text quoted below.  Please check.

Cheers,

Alex

> 
> "On Linux (and possibly some other systems), the behavior is different: the"
> "blocking I/O system call holds a reference to the underlying open file"
> "description, and this reference keeps the description open until the I/O"
> "system call completes.  (See B<open>(2)  for a discussion of open file"
> "descriptions.)  Thus, the blocking system call in the first thread may"
> "successfully complete after the B<close>()  in the second thread."

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Re: Issue in man page close.2

[Helge Kreutzmann]

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Hello Alejandro,
On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 09:23:23PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> On 12/4/22 10:07, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Without further ado, the following was found:
> > 
> > Issue:    . the → . The
> 
> I don't find that issue in the text quoted below.  Please check.

Me neither. Apologies for the noise. I removed the FIXME.

Please disregard this report.

> > "On Linux (and possibly some other systems), the behavior is different: the"
> > "blocking I/O system call holds a reference to the underlying open file"
> > "description, and this reference keeps the description open until the I/O"
> > "system call completes.  (See B<open>(2)  for a discussion of open file"
> > "descriptions.)  Thus, the blocking system call in the first thread may"
> > "successfully complete after the B<close>()  in the second thread."

Greetings

           Helge

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Re: Issue in man page close.2

[Alejandro Colomar]

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On 12/5/22 17:57, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Hello Alejandro,
> On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 09:23:23PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>> On 12/4/22 10:07, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
>>> Without further ado, the following was found:
>>>
>>> Issue:    . the → . The
>>
>> I don't find that issue in the text quoted below.  Please check.
> 
> Me neither. Apologies for the noise. I removed the FIXME.

Oh, don't worry at all :)

Cheers,

Alex

> 
> Please disregard this report.
> 
>>> "On Linux (and possibly some other systems), the behavior is different: the"
>>> "blocking I/O system call holds a reference to the underlying open file"
>>> "description, and this reference keeps the description open until the I/O"
>>> "system call completes.  (See B<open>(2)  for a discussion of open file"
>>> "descriptions.)  Thus, the blocking system call in the first thread may"
>>> "successfully complete after the B<close>()  in the second thread."
> 
> Greetings
> 
>             Helge
> 

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