> > Fix your userspace applications to behave correctly. If _you_
> > require your userspace applications to not clear counters, then fix
> > the application.
>
> You are confused. What would you say if a close() by another,
No he isnt confused, you are trying to dictate policy.
> unrelated application closed all open descriptors for that file,
> including the one you just opened? Just fix your applications?
That would be a bug. The standards and common sense say so, but your argument
is more akin to 'if I delete a file in one app it hurts when I try and use
it in another'.
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