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IPC_INIT(9)						       Kernel IPC facilities						       IPC_INIT(9)

NAME
       ipc_init - initialise IPC subsystem

SYNOPSIS
       int ipc_init(void);

ARGUMENTS
       void
	   no arguments

DESCRIPTION
       The various system5 IPC resources (semaphores, messages and shared memory) are initialised A callback routine is registered into the memory
       hotplug notifier

CHAIN
       since msgmni scales to lowmem this callback routine will be called upon successful memory add / remove to recompute msmgni.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010							       IPC_INIT(9)