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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users AIX: Finding processes attached to shared memory Post 302419127 by ygemici on Thursday 6th of May 2010 10:59:15 AM
Old 05-06-2010
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I think just do only a our write a code Smilie
Because Kernel is process management director and itself do it automatically..Smilie

For example let be we have two process and we share the same memory segment.
Firstly we use shmget() syscall for create memory portion
Code:
 
int shmget(key_t key, size_t size, int shmflg);

The key value in here "key" gives a identifier for memory portion
"size" gives a shared memory size
"shmflag" is used to choose "0700" .Because we want to create new memory portion..

If function success then return value gives to us "shared memory segment ID"..So Then return value from shmget gives shmid value..

For add to address space we use shmat()
Code:
 
void *shmat(int shmid,const *shmaddr,int shmflg);

let it be
shmaddr = NULL -- > let the kernel choose a suitable address at which to attach the our shared mem segment portion..
shmflg = 0 --> because of NULL no neccessary set the flag

And then if shmat is successfull it returns shared mem segment address..

So we get the SHR address Smilie


Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
 
 
#define SHMSIZE 4096 /* 4K for shared mem segment */
 
int shmid, *shmptr ;
key_t mykey ;
mykey=123
shmid = shmget(mykey, SHM_SIZE, 0700 | IPC_CREAT) /* create shr mem segment */
shmptr = (int *) shmat(shmid, NULL, 0);  /* attach segment mem to a pointer to it */

We create 4K SHR memory space..And we have a address pointer that called name shmptr..Then anyway we use it in our process (in c code..)
 

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SHMAT(2)						      BSD System Calls Manual							  SHMAT(2)

NAME
shmat, shmdt -- attach or detach shared memory LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS
#include <machine/param.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/ipc.h> #include <sys/shm.h> void * shmat(int shmid, const void *addr, int flag); int shmdt(const void *addr); DESCRIPTION
The shmat() system call attaches the shared memory segment identified by shmid to the calling process's address space. The address where the segment is attached is determined as follows: o If addr is 0, the segment is attached at an address selected by the kernel. o If addr is nonzero and SHM_RND is not specified in flag, the segment is attached the specified address. o If addr is specified and SHM_RND is specified, addr is rounded down to the nearest multiple of SHMLBA. The shmdt() system call detaches the shared memory segment at the address specified by addr from the calling process's address space. RETURN VALUES
Upon success, shmat() returns the address where the segment is attached; otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. The shmdt() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
The shmat() system call will fail if: [EINVAL] No shared memory segment was found corresponding to shmid. [EINVAL] The addr argument was not an acceptable address. The shmdt() system call will fail if: [EINVAL] The addr argument does not point to a shared memory segment. SEE ALSO
shmctl(2), shmget(2) BSD
August 2, 1995 BSD
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