pub unsafe extern "C" fn fd_renumber(arg0: i32, arg1: i32) -> i32
Expand description
Atomically replace a file descriptor by renumbering another file descriptor.
Due to the strong focus on thread safety, this environment does not provide
a mechanism to duplicate or renumber a file descriptor to an arbitrary
number, like dup2()
. This would be prone to race conditions, as an actual
file descriptor with the same number could be allocated by a different
thread at the same time.
This function provides a way to atomically renumber file descriptors, which
would disappear if dup2()
were to be removed entirely.