package eio

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A safe wrapper around Unix.file_descr.

When FDs are shared between domains, there is the risk that one domain will try to use an FD just as another domain is closing it. Then this can happen:

  1. Domain A decides to write to FD 3, which it shares with domain B.
  2. Domain B closes FD 3.
  3. Domain C opens a new file, getting assigned FD 3 by the OS.
  4. Domain A writes to FD 3, corrupting domain C's file.

This would break modularity, since the fibers in domains A and C may have no connection with each other.

To prevent this, we keep a ref-count, tracking how many fibers are using the FD. Wrap uses of the FD in use to ensure that it won't be closed while you're using it.

Calling close while one or more operations are still in progress marks the wrapper as closing (so that no futher operations can start); the last operation to finish will close the underlying FD.

type t
val make : Unix.file_descr -> t

let t = make fd wraps fd.

t takes ownership of fd. The caller is responsible for ensuring that close (or remove) is called at least once in the future.

val use : if_closed:(unit -> 'a) -> t -> (Unix.file_descr -> 'a) -> 'a

use t fn ~if_closed calls fn fd, preventing fd from being closed until fn returns.

if_closed () is used if t is closed before we can increment the ref-count. use can be used in parallel from multiple domains at the same time.

This operation is lock-free and can be used safely from signal handlers, etc.

val is_open : t -> bool

is_open t returns true until t has been marked as closing, after which it returns false.

This is mostly useful inside the callback of use, to test whether another fiber has started closing t (in which case you may decide to stop early).

val close : t -> bool

close t marks t as closed and arranges for its FD to be closed.

If there are calls to use in progress, the last one to finish will close the underlying FD. Note that this function returns without waiting for the close to happen in that case.

Returns true after successfully marking t as closing, or false if it was already marked.

If you need to wait until the underlying FD is closed, use remove and then close the FD yourself instead.

val remove : t -> Unix.file_descr option

remove t closes t and returns the FD.

It immediately marks t as closing (so no further operations can start) and then waits until there are no further users.

This operation suspends the calling fiber and so must run from an Eio fiber. It does not allow itself to be cancelled, since it takes ownership of the FD and that would be leaked if it aborted.

If another fiber marks t as closing before remove can, it returns None immediately.

val peek : t -> Unix.file_descr

peek t returns the file-descriptor without updating the ref-count.

You must ensure that t isn't closed while using the result. This is a dangerous operation and may be removed in the future.

If t was closed, it instead raises an exception (if you're not sure when t might get closed, you shouldn't be using this function).

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