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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:45:29 +0200
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From: hugo rivera <uair00@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] 9p fids and references
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OK, thanks.

2009/7/30, roger peppe <rogpeppe@gmail.com>:
> 2009/7/30 hugo rivera <uair00@gmail.com>:
>  > [...] there's no way two different files point to the
>
> > same data structure (but maybe two different fids do?) so reference
>  > counting is unnecessary, am I right?
>
>
> no, because a file can be opened several times.
>  when you open a file you get a new fid.
>
>  so if you've got resources associated with the file,
>  as opposed to resources private to the fid,
>  you have to reference count them (or poison any
>  fids that point to the file, if you *really* want the
>  resource to go away)
>
>


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Hugo