changed close() method to take an l-value which is reset by it

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/inputdev.cc b/inputdev.cc
index 4ddf6e1..30a15af 100644
--- a/inputdev.cc
+++ b/inputdev.cc
@@ -580,10 +580,12 @@ char const *cInputDeviceController::plugin_name(void) const
 	return plugin_.Name();
 }
 
-void cInputDeviceController::close(int fd)
+void cInputDeviceController::close(int &fd)
 {
-	if (fd != -1)
+	if (fd != -1) {
 		::close(fd);
+		fd = -1;
+	}
 }
 
 bool cInputDeviceController::open_generic(int fd_udev)
@@ -980,6 +982,5 @@ void cInputDeviceController::stop(void)
 {
 	Cancel(-1);
 	this->close(fd_epoll_);
-	fd_epoll_ = -1;
 	Cancel(5);
 }
diff --git a/inputdev.h b/inputdev.h
index 56ed0b8..7038442 100644
--- a/inputdev.h
+++ b/inputdev.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public:
 	void		remove_device(char const *dev);
 	void		remove_device(class cInputDevice *dev);
 
-	static void	close(int fd);
+	static void	close(int &fd);
 
 	bool	Put(uint64_t Code, bool Repeat, bool Release) {
 		return cRemote::Put(Code, Repeat, Release);