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Subject: [Bug 210288] File descriptors created by pipe are both read/write
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D210288

Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org> ---
The FreeBSD man page pipe(2) clearly documents that pipes are bidirectional=
 and
that this is not portable.

Bidirectional pipes were first introduced with STREAMS in System V release =
4,
one of POSIX's source implementations, so POSIX would not disallow them. Si=
nce
SUSv3 and POSIX.1-2001, there has been explicit allowance in the "pipe" pag=
e:

> It is unspecified whether fildes[0] is also open for writing and whether
> fildes[1] is also open for reading.

I agree that this feature is somewhat questionable. It may hide bugs and its
deliberate use is more prone to deadlocks than unidirectional pipes are, bu=
t I
don't think it should be removed.

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