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26 #ifndef ANDROID_SHARED_MEMORY_H
27 #define ANDROID_SHARED_MEMORY_H
31 /******************************************************************
35 * This file is part of Android's set of stable system headers
36 * exposed by the Android NDK (Native Development Kit).
38 * Third-party source AND binary code relies on the definitions
39 * here to be FROZEN ON ALL UPCOMING PLATFORM RELEASES.
41 * - DO NOT MODIFY ENUMS (EXCEPT IF YOU ADD NEW 32-BIT VALUES)
42 * - DO NOT MODIFY CONSTANTS OR FUNCTIONAL MACROS
43 * - DO NOT CHANGE THE SIGNATURE OF FUNCTIONS IN ANY WAY
44 * - DO NOT CHANGE THE LAYOUT OR SIZE OF STRUCTURES
48 * Structures and functions for a shared memory buffer that can be shared across process.
55 #if __ANDROID_API__ >= __ANDROID_API_O__
58 * Create a shared memory region.
60 * Create shared memory region and returns an file descriptor. The resulting file descriptor can be
61 * mmap'ed to process memory space with PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC. Access to shared memory
62 * region can be restricted with {@link ASharedMemory_setProt}.
64 * Use close() to release the shared memory region.
66 * \param name an optional name.
67 * \param size size of the shared memory region
68 * \return file descriptor that denotes the shared memory; error code on failure.
70 int ASharedMemory_create(const char *name, size_t size);
73 * Get the size of the shared memory region.
75 * \param fd file descriptor of the shared memory region
76 * \return size in bytes; 0 if fd is not a valid shared memory file descriptor.
78 size_t ASharedMemory_getSize(int fd);
81 * Restrict access of shared memory region.
83 * This function restricts access of a shared memory region. Access can only be removed. The effect
84 * applies globally to all file descriptors in all processes across the system that refer to this
85 * shared memory region. Existing memory mapped regions are not affected.
87 * It is a common use case to create a shared memory region, map it read/write locally to intialize
88 * content, and then send the shared memory to another process with read only access. Code example
89 * as below (error handling omited).
92 * int fd = ASharedMemory_create("memory", 128);
94 * // By default it has PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC.
95 * char *buffer = (char *) mmap(NULL, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
97 * strcpy(buffer, "This is an example."); // trivially initialize content
99 * // limit access to read only
100 * ASharedMemory_setProt(fd, PROT_READ);
102 * // share fd with another process here and the other process can only map with PROT_READ.
104 * \param fd file descriptor of the shared memory region.
105 * \param prot any bitwise-or'ed combination of PROT_READ, PROT_WRITE, PROT_EXEC denoting
106 * updated access. Note access can only be removed, but not added back.
107 * \return 0 for success, error code on failure.
109 int ASharedMemory_setProt(int fd, int prot);
117 #endif // ANDROID_SHARED_MEMORY_H