POSIX: Transfer network data using shared memory

base/file_descriptor_posix.h

+// Copyright (c) 2006-2009 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.
+
+#ifndef BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_
+#define BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_
+
+namespace base {
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// We introduct a special structure for file descriptors in order that we are
+// able to use template specialisation to special-case their handling.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+struct FileDescriptor {
+  FileDescriptor()
+      : fd(-1),
+        auto_close(false) { }
+
+  FileDescriptor(int ifd, bool iauto_close)
+      : fd(ifd),
+        auto_close(iauto_close) { }
+
+  int fd;
+  // If true, this file descriptor should be closed after it has been used. For
+  // example an IPC system might interpret this flag as indicating that the
+  // file descriptor it has been given should be closed after use.
+  bool auto_close;
+};
+
+}  // namespace base
+
+#endif  // BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_