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-rw-r--r--ext/fcntl/fcntl.c14
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ext/fcntl/fcntl.c b/ext/fcntl/fcntl.c
index 311569c134..3538d94948 100644
--- a/ext/fcntl/fcntl.c
+++ b/ext/fcntl/fcntl.c
@@ -68,15 +68,19 @@ Init_fcntl()
#ifdef F_DUPFD
/* Document-const: F_DUPFD
*
- * Duplicate a close-on-exec file handle to a non-close-on-exec file
- * handle.
+ * Duplicate a file descriptor to the mimimum unused file descriptor
+ * greater than or equal to the argument.
+ *
+ * The close-on-exec flag of the duplicated file descriptor is set.
+ * (Ruby uses F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC internally if available to avoid race
+ * condition. F_SETFD is used if F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC is not available.)
*/
rb_define_const(mFcntl, "F_DUPFD", INT2NUM(F_DUPFD));
#endif
#ifdef F_GETFD
/* Document-const: F_GETFD
*
- * Read the close-on-exec flag of a file handle.
+ * Read the close-on-exec flag of a file descriptor.
*/
rb_define_const(mFcntl, "F_GETFD", INT2NUM(F_GETFD));
#endif
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ Init_fcntl()
#ifdef F_SETFD
/* Document-const: F_SETFD
*
- * Set the close-on-exec flag of a file handle.
+ * Set the close-on-exec flag of a file descriptor.
*/
rb_define_const(mFcntl, "F_SETFD", INT2NUM(F_SETFD));
#endif
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ Init_fcntl()
rb_define_const(mFcntl, "F_SETLKW", INT2NUM(F_SETLKW));
#endif
#ifdef FD_CLOEXEC
- /* Document-const: F_CLOEXEC
+ /* Document-const: FD_CLOEXEC
*
* the value of the close-on-exec flag.
*/