NAME¶

sys/shm.h - XSI shared memory facility

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <sys/shm.h>

DESCRIPTION¶

The <sys/shm.h> header shall define the following symbolic constants:

SHM_RDONLY

Attach read-only (else read-write).

SHM_RND

Round attach address to SHMLBA.

The <sys/shm.h> header shall define the following symbolic value:

SHMLBA

Segment low boundary address multiple.

The following data types shall be defined through typedef:

shmatt_t

Unsigned integer used for the number of current attaches that must be able to store values at least as large as a type unsigned short.

The shmid_ds structure shall contain the following members:

struct ipc_perm shm_perm   Operation permission structure. 
size_t          shm_segsz  Size of segment in bytes. 
pid_t           shm_lpid   Process ID of last shared memory operation. 
pid_t           shm_cpid   Process ID of creator. 
shmatt_t        shm_nattch Number of current attaches. 
time_t          shm_atime  Time of last shmat


 (). 
time_t          shm_dtime  Time of last shmdt


 (). 
time_t          shm_ctime  Time of last change by shmctl


 (). 

The pid_t, time_t, key_t, and size_t types shall be defined as described in <sys/types.h> .

The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.

void *shmat(int, const void *, int);
int   shmctl(int, int, struct shmid_ds *);
int   shmdt(const void *);
int   shmget(key_t, size_t, int);

In addition, all of the symbols from <sys/ipc.h> shall be defined when this header is included.

The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE¶

None.

RATIONALE¶

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS¶

None.

SEE ALSO¶

<sys/ipc.h>, <sys/types.h>, the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, shmat(), shmctl(), shmdt(), shmget()

COPYRIGHT¶

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .