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authorRuss Cox <rsc@golang.org>2014-11-06 09:36:51 -0500
committerRuss Cox <rsc@golang.org>2014-11-06 09:36:51 -0500
commitc5c528a7ea701534b4e5d5590e46f69f2f893f43 (patch)
tree8282b8cc4eb8886e565ccd1bd81739f916009180 /src/os/file_plan9.go
parent87a8f70ba7cf934bf5e5f17f69f0a2203cc03563 (diff)
downloadgo-c5c528a7ea701534b4e5d5590e46f69f2f893f43.tar.gz
os: document that users of Fd should keep f alive
Fixes issue 9046. LGTM=r R=r CC=golang-codereviews https://codereview.appspot.com/162680043
Diffstat (limited to 'src/os/file_plan9.go')
-rw-r--r--src/os/file_plan9.go3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/os/file_plan9.go b/src/os/file_plan9.go
index 5efc2a4f1..132594eed 100644
--- a/src/os/file_plan9.go
+++ b/src/os/file_plan9.go
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ type file struct {
dirinfo *dirInfo // nil unless directory being read
}
-// Fd returns the integer Unix file descriptor referencing the open file.
+// Fd returns the integer Plan 9 file descriptor referencing the open file.
+// The file descriptor is valid only until f.Close is called or f is garbage collected.
func (f *File) Fd() uintptr {
if f == nil {
return ^(uintptr(0))