Channels.

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+#pragma once
+
+#include <token.h>
+#include <vfs.h>
+
+//  ---- Communication channels
+
+#define CHANNEL_BUFFER_SIZE 1000		// 1000 + other channel_t fields = 1024 - epsilon
+
+typedef struct {
+	fs_handle_t *a, *b;
+} fs_handle_pair_t;
+
+fs_handle_pair_t make_channel();
+
+//  ---- Tokens for sharing file descriptors between processes
+
+token_t gen_token_for(fs_handle_t *h);
+fs_handle_t *use_token(token_t tok);
+
+/* vim: set ts=4 sw=4 tw=0 noet :*/