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| -rw-r--r-- | include/io/channel-file.h | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | io/channel-file.c | 12 |
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/io/channel-file.h b/include/io/channel-file.h index 50e8eb1138..d373a4e44d 100644 --- a/include/io/channel-file.h +++ b/include/io/channel-file.h @@ -69,6 +69,24 @@ QIOChannelFile * qio_channel_file_new_fd(int fd); /** + * qio_channel_file_new_dupfd: + * @fd: the file descriptor + * @errp: pointer to initialized error object + * + * Create a new IO channel object for a file represented by the @fd + * parameter. Like qio_channel_file_new_fd(), but the @fd is first + * duplicated with dup(). + * + * The channel will own the duplicated file descriptor and will take + * responsibility for closing it, the original FD is owned by the + * caller. + * + * Returns: the new channel object + */ +QIOChannelFile * +qio_channel_file_new_dupfd(int fd, Error **errp); + +/** * qio_channel_file_new_path: * @path: the file path * @flags: the open flags (O_RDONLY|O_WRONLY|O_RDWR, etc) diff --git a/io/channel-file.c b/io/channel-file.c index a6ad7770c6..6436cfb6ae 100644 --- a/io/channel-file.c +++ b/io/channel-file.c @@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ qio_channel_file_new_fd(int fd) return ioc; } +QIOChannelFile * +qio_channel_file_new_dupfd(int fd, Error **errp) +{ + int newfd = dup(fd); + + if (newfd < 0) { + error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Could not dup FD %d", fd); + return NULL; + } + + return qio_channel_file_new_fd(newfd); +} QIOChannelFile * qio_channel_file_new_path(const char *path, |