Managing handles

Handles are managed by using functions of the Handle Manager and Notification Subsystem.

The Handle Manager is provided for the user in the following files:

• coresrv/handle/handle_api.h is a header file of the libkos library.
• services/handle/Handle.idl is an IDL description of the Handle Manager's IPC interface.

The Notification Subsystem is provided for the user in the following files:

• coresrv/handle/notice_api.h is a header file of the libkos library.
• services/handle/Notice.idl is an IDL description of the IPC interface of the Notification Subsystem.

In this section Handle permissions mask Creating handles Transferring handles Dereferencing handles Revoking handles Notifying about the state of resources Deleting handles OCap usage example

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