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+/* Close a range of file descriptors.
+   Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <not-cancel.h>
+
+void
+__closefrom (int lowfd)
+{
+  int maxfd = __getdtablesize ();
+  if (maxfd == -1)
+    __fortify_fail ("closefrom failed to get the file descriptor table size");
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < maxfd; i++)
+    if (i >= lowfd)
+      __close_nocancel_nostatus (i);
+}
+weak_alias (__closefrom, closefrom)