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| author | Matthew Sackman <matthew@lshift.net> | 2010-01-19 16:02:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Sackman <matthew@lshift.net> | 2010-01-19 16:02:40 +0000 |
| commit | f46b71cf9d8b0c4f389cad5de80b8efc74cdade9 (patch) | |
| tree | fe5f193499885d6c39a4fcce1225734878c11421 /src | |
| parent | c28ca505c625bf19da0482432596b790f3618ddb (diff) | |
| download | rabbitmq-server-git-f46b71cf9d8b0c4f389cad5de80b8efc74cdade9.tar.gz | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | src/file_handle_cache.erl | 8 |
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diff --git a/src/file_handle_cache.erl b/src/file_handle_cache.erl index b289e8427a..723f05aec5 100644 --- a/src/file_handle_cache.erl +++ b/src/file_handle_cache.erl @@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ %% fully reopened again as soon as needed, thus users of this library %% do not need to worry about their handles being closed by the server %% - reopening them when necessary is handled transparently. +%% +%% The server also supports obtain and release_on_death. obtain/0 +%% blocks until a file descriptor is available. release_on_death/1 +%% takes a pid and monitors the pid, reducing the count by 1 when the +%% pid dies. Thus the assumption is that obtain/0 is called first, and +%% when that returns, release_on_death/1 is called with the pid who +%% "owns" the file descriptor. This is, for example, used to track the +%% use of file descriptors through network sockets. -behaviour(gen_server). |