golang.org/x/sys/unix.Close
third-partyThe 1337th most-called third-party function by production calls. Called 551 times across 67 modules; 461 of those run outside tests and generated code.
- prod calls
- 461
- non-test, non-generated
- all calls
- 551
- total callsites
- modules
- 67
- distinct callers
- in loop
- 8%
- of prod calls
- in tests
- 16%
- 90 calls
- resolved
- 100%
- to a known target
resolution mix
How each call resolves
How each call was attributed. Only resolved kinds, where the target function is known, count toward the ranking. Interface dispatch and unresolved receivers are reported separately and never guessed. Read the taxonomy →
- Package function97%A direct call to an exported package function, resolved by type.
- Package function (by syntax)3%A package function in a module outside the crawl, keyed by import path.
who calls this
Notable callers
Production calls into Close from notable Go projects. Open one on the map to see what else it hammers.
- containerd 25 5%
- Docker 16 3%
- Kubernetes 14 3%
- Istio 8 2%
- Cilium 4 <1%
where it's called
Callsites in the wild
12 representative callsites of 551, prioritizing in-loop and non-test usage. We link to source, never display it.
- in loop
-
docker/docker @v28.5.2+incompatible
in loop - in loop
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google/gvisor @v0.0.0-20260805052044-b67f1412986c
in loop -
microsoft/typescript-go @v0.0.0-20260804013739-12318e599d21
in loop - in loop
- in loop
- in loop
- in loop
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sagernet/gvisor @v0.0.0-20260727.0-sing-box-mod.1
in loop - in loop
- in loop
top callers
The modules that reach for it
The modules that call Close most in this snapshot.
- github.com/google/gvisor19836%
- golang.org/x/sys316%
- github.com/sagernet/gvisor214%
- github.com/opencontainers/runc173%
- github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah173%
siblings
More from golang.org/x/sys/unix
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