31 Aug
2015
31 Aug
'15
4:05 a.m.
On 31/08/15 09:28, David Turner wrote:
Exactly. As I said earlier, if you forget to clear FD_CLOEXEC when you meant to then your program breaks loudly and obviously; if you forget to *set* FD_CLOEXEC then the bug is much quieter and more subtle.
I think the example given by Donn (a lock silently being cleared too early) is a case where it does not break loudly and obviously. I agree with the second part though that bugs related to leaking tend to be quieter and more subtle in general.