.\" .\" Copyright (c) 1995 David Hovemeyer .\" .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES .\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, .\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY .\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD: releng/12.0/lib/libc/sys/shmctl.2 289112 2015-10-10 09:29:47Z trasz $ .\" .Dd October 10, 2015 .Dt SHMCTL 2 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm shmctl .Nd shared memory control .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/types.h .In sys/ipc.h .In sys/shm.h .Ft int .Fn shmctl "int shmid" "int cmd" "struct shmid_ds *buf" .Sh DESCRIPTION Performs the action specified by .Fa cmd on the shared memory segment identified by .Fa shmid : .Bl -tag -width SHM_UNLOCKX .It Dv IPC_STAT Fetch the segment's .Fa "struct shmid_ds" , storing it in the memory pointed to by .Fa buf . .\" .\" XXX need to make sure that this is correct for FreeBSD .\" .It Dv IPC_SET Changes the .Fa shm_perm.uid , .Fa shm_perm.gid , and .Fa shm_perm.mode members of the segment's .Fa "struct shmid_ds" to match those of the struct pointed to by .Fa buf . The calling process's effective uid must match either .Fa shm_perm.uid or .Fa shm_perm.cuid , or it must have superuser privileges. .It Dv IPC_RMID Removes the segment from the system. The removal will not take effect until all processes having attached the segment have exited. For the operation to succeed, the calling process's effective uid must match .Fa shm_perm.uid or .Fa shm_perm.cuid , or the process must have superuser privileges. If the .Va kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed .Xr sysctl 3 variable is set to 0, once the IPC_RMID operation has taken place, no further processes will be allowed to attach the segment. .\" .It Dv SHM_LOCK .\" Locks the segment in memory. The calling process must have .\" superuser privileges. Not implemented in FreeBSD. .\" .It Dv SHM_UNLOCK .\" Unlocks the segment from memory. The calling process must .\" have superuser privileges. Not implemented in FreeBSD. .El .Pp The .Vt shmid_ds structure is defined as follows: .\" .\" I fiddled with the spaces a bit to make it fit well when viewed .\" with nroff, but otherwise it is straight from sys/shm.h .\" .Bd -literal struct shmid_ds { struct ipc_perm shm_perm; /* operation permission structure */ size_t shm_segsz; /* size of segment in bytes */ pid_t shm_lpid; /* process ID of last shared memory op */ pid_t shm_cpid; /* process ID of creator */ int shm_nattch; /* number of current attaches */ time_t shm_atime; /* time of last shmat() */ time_t shm_dtime; /* time of last shmdt() */ time_t shm_ctime; /* time of last change by shmctl() */ }; .Ed .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std shmctl .Sh ERRORS The .Fn shmctl system call will fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EINVAL Invalid operation, or no shared memory segment was found corresponding to .Fa shmid . .\" .\" XXX I think the following is right: ipcperm() only returns EPERM .\" when an attempt is made to modify (IPC_M) by a non-creator .\" non-owner .It Bq Er EPERM The calling process's effective uid does not match the uid of the shared memory segment's owner or creator. .It Bq Er EACCES Permission denied due to mismatch between operation and mode of shared memory segment. .El .Sh "SEE ALSO" .Xr shmat 2 , .Xr shmdt 2 , .Xr shmget 2 , .Xr ftok 3