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- SHMCTL(2) UNIX Programmer's Manual SHMCTL(2)
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- sshhmmccttll - shared memory control operations
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- _i_n_t
- sshhmmccttll(_i_n_t _s_h_m_i_d, _i_n_t _c_m_d, _s_t_r_u_c_t _s_h_m_i_d___d_s _*_b_u_f)
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- The sshhmmccttll() system call performs some control operations on the shared
- memory area specified by _s_h_m_i_d.
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- Each shared memory segment has a data structure associated with it, parts
- of which may be altered by sshhmmccttll() and parts of which determine the ac-
- tions of sshhmmccttll().
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- This structure is defined as follows in <_s_y_s_/_s_h_m_._h>:
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- struct shmid_ds {
- struct ipc_perm shm_perm; /* operation permissions */
- int shm_segsz; /* size of segment in bytes */
- pid_t shm_lpid; /* pid of last shm op */
- pid_t shm_cpid; /* pid of creator */
- short shm_nattch; /* # of current attaches */
- time_t shm_atime; /* last shmat() time*/
- time_t shm_dtime; /* last shmdt() time */
- time_t shm_ctime; /* last change by shmctl() */
- void *shm_internal; /* sysv stupidity */
- };
- The ipc_perm structure used inside the shmid_ds structure is defined in
- <_s_y_s_/_i_p_c_._h> and looks like this:
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- struct ipc_perm {
- ushort cuid; /* creator user id */
- ushort cgid; /* creator group id */
- ushort uid; /* user id */
- ushort gid; /* group id */
- ushort mode; /* r/w permission (see chmod(2)) */
- ushort seq; /* sequence # (to generate unique msg/sem/shm id) */
- key_t key; /* user specified msg/sem/shm key */
- };
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- The operation to be performed by sshhmmccttll() is specified in _c_m_d and is one
- of:
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- IPC_STAT Gather information about the shared memory segment and place
- it in the structure pointed to by _b_u_f.
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- IPC_SET Set the value of the _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._u_i_d, _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._g_i_d and
- _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._m_o_d_e fields in the structure associated with _s_h_m_i_d.
- The values are taken from the corresponding fields in the
- structure pointed to by _b_u_f. This operation can only be exe-
- cuted by the super-user, or a process that has an effective
- user id equal to either _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._c_u_i_d or _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._u_i_d in the
- data structure associated with the shared memory segment.
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- IPC_RMID Remove the shared memory segment specified by _s_h_m_i_d and de-
- stroy the data associated with it. Only the super-user or a
- process with an effective uid equal to the _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._c_u_i_d or
- _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._u_i_d values in the data structure associated with the
- queue can do this.
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- The read and write permissions on a shared memory identifier are deter-
- mined by the _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._m_o_d_e field in the same way as is done with files
- (see chmod(2)), but the effective uid can match either the _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._c_u_i_d
- field or the _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._u_i_d field, and the effective gid can match either
- _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._c_g_i_d or _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._g_i_d.
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- RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEESS
- Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is
- returned and the global variable _e_r_r_n_o is set to indicate the error.
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- EERRRROORRSS
- sshhmmccttll() will fail if:
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- [EPERM] _c_m_d is equal to IPC_SET or IPC_RMID and the caller is not
- the super-user, nor does the effective uid match either the
- _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._u_i_d or _s_h_m___p_e_r_m_._c_u_i_d fields of the data structure
- associated with the shared memory segment.
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- An attempt is made to increase the value of _s_h_m___q_b_y_t_e_s
- through IPC_SET but the caller is not the super-user.
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- [EACCESS] The command is IPC_STAT and the caller has no read permis-
- sion for this shared memory segment.
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- [EINVAL] _s_h_m_i_d is not a valid shared memory segment identifier.
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- _c_m_d is not a valid command.
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- [EFAULT] _b_u_f specifies an invalid address.
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- SSEEEE AALLSSOO
- shmat(2), shmdt(2), shmget(2)
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