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diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE index 4439ee6099..0b1f809e79 100644 --- a/CODING_STYLE +++ b/CODING_STYLE @@ -190,3 +190,8 @@ - Do not write functions that clobber call-by-reference variables on failure. Use temporary variables for these cases and change the passed in variables only on success. + +- When you allocate a file descriptor, it should be made O_CLOEXEC + right from the beginning, as none of our files should leak to forked + binaries by default. Hence, whenever you open a file, O_CLOEXEC must + be specified, right from the beginning. |