1 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 * Platform-independent API for shared memory support.
6 * Every port is expected to support shared memory with approximately
7 * SysV-ish semantics; in particular, a memory block is not anonymous
8 * but has an ID, and we must be able to tell whether there are any
9 * remaining processes attached to a block of a specified ID.
11 * To simplify life for the SysV implementation, the ID is assumed to
12 * consist of two unsigned long values (these are key and ID in SysV
13 * terms). Other platforms may ignore the second value if they need
17 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
18 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
20 * $Id: pg_shmem.h,v 1.4 2002/09/04 20:31:45 momjian Exp $
22 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
27 typedef struct PGShmemHeader /* standard header for all Postgres shmem */
29 int32 magic; /* magic # to identify Postgres segments */
30 #define PGShmemMagic 679834892
31 pid_t creatorPID; /* PID of creating process */
32 uint32 totalsize; /* total size of segment */
33 uint32 freeoffset; /* offset to first free space */
37 extern PGShmemHeader *PGSharedMemoryCreate(uint32 size, bool makePrivate,
39 extern bool PGSharedMemoryIsInUse(unsigned long id1, unsigned long id2);
41 #endif /* PG_SHMEM_H */