base/files/scoped_file.cc

// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "base/files/scoped_file.h"

#include "base/logging.h"

#if defined(OS_POSIX)
#include <unistd.h>

#include "base/posix/eintr_wrapper.h"
#endif

namespace base {
namespace internal {

#if defined(OS_POSIX)

// static
void ScopedFDCloseTraits::Free(int fd) {
  // It's important to crash here.
  // There are security implications to not closing a file descriptor
  // properly. As file descriptors are "capabilities", keeping them open
  // would make the current process keep access to a resource. Much of
  // Chrome relies on being able to "drop" such access.
  // It's especially problematic on Linux with the setuid sandbox, where
  // a single open directory would bypass the entire security model.
  PCHECK(0 == IGNORE_EINTR(close(fd)));
}

#endif  // OS_POSIX

}  // namespace internal
}  // namespace base