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Top Forums Programming Shared Memory and String,Vector Post 302405461 by helpmeforlinux on Friday 19th of March 2010 12:40:17 AM
Old 03-19-2010
Code:
extern "C" {
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
}

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;


typedef struct sample{
        int iCount;
        string szName;
}sample;

int CreateSharedMem(key_t key) {
        int shmid=-1;
        if ((shmid = shmget(key,sizeof(sample),IPC_CREAT|0666)) < 0) {
                cout << "Unable to get value " << endl;
                perror("shmget");
                return -1;
        }
        return shmid;
}

int main() {
        pid_t pid;
        int shmid;
        key_t key;
        key = 1001;
        /* create shared memory */
        shmid = CreateSharedMem(key);

        sample *ostData;

        /* attach shared memory */
        if ( (ostData = (sample *) shmat(shmid,NULL,0)) == NULL) {
                cout << " Unable to attach to Shared region." << endl;
                exit(1);
        }

        sample *smp = new (ostData) sample();
        smp->szName = "abcxyz";
        /* doing above b'coz can't assign directly to szName */

        ostData->iCount = 0;

        if ( (pid = fork())< 0 ) {
                perror("pid");
                exit(1);
        }else if(pid == 0) { // child
                if((shmid = shmget(key,sizeof(sample),0666)) < 0) {
                        cout << "Faild to create shared segment." << endl;
                        exit(1);
                }
                sample *ostData =(sample *) shmat(shmid,NULL,0);
                cout << "---------------- child ------------------- " << endl;
                cout << "ostData->szName : " << ostData->szName <<endl;
                cout << "ostData->iCount : " << ostData->iCount <<endl;
                /* changing in child */
                ostData->szName = "xyzabc";
                ostData->iCount = 10;

                shmdt(ostData);
        }else { // parent
                int status;
                waitpid(pid,&status,WNOHANG);
                cout << "-------------- Parent ------------------- " << endl;
                cout << "ostData->szName : " << ostData->szName <<endl;
                cout << "ostData->iCount : " << ostData->iCount << endl;
                /* in parent the change of count is reflected but name doesn't */
        }
        ostData->~sample();
        shmdt(ostData);
        shmctl(shmid,IPC_RMID,NULL);
        return 0;
}

In above program i m able to assign name ins szName and able view it in child, but when i change szName in child it doesn't reflected in parent.

One thing might be because it is (szName) given space using new in parent process in shared memory that's why child process is not able to change value at that location. but still child is able to view that value then why can't it change the value at that location.

Last edited by vino; 03-19-2010 at 03:31 AM.. Reason: added code tags
 

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IPCRM(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  IPCRM(1)

NAME
ipcrm -- remove the specified message queues, semaphore sets, and shared memory segments SYNOPSIS
ipcrm [-M shmkey] [-m shmid] [-Q msgkey] [-q msqid] [-S semkey] [-s semid] ... DESCRIPTION
ipcrm removes the specified message queues, semaphores, and shared memory segments. These System V IPC objects can be specified by their creation ID or any associated key. The following options are used to specify which IPC objects will be removed. Any number and combination of these options can be used: -M shmkey Mark the shared memory segment associated with key shmkey for removal. This marked segment will be destroyed after the last detach. -m shmid Mark the shared memory segment associated with ID shmid for removal. This marked segment will be destroyed after the last detach. -Q msgkey Remove the message queue associated with key msgkey from the system. -q msqid Remove the message queue associated with the ID msqid from the system. -S semkey Remove the semaphore set associated with key semkey from the system. -s semid Removes the semaphore set associated with ID semid from the system. If the id or key argument is ``all'' then all entries of the appropriate type are removed. The identifiers and keys associated with these System V IPC objects can be determined by using ipcs(1). SEE ALSO
ipcs(1), shmat(2), shmctl(2), shmdt(2), shmget(2) BSD
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