'\" t .\" Title: ipc_init .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 .\" Date: January 2017 .\" Manual: Kernel IPC facilities .\" Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "IPC_INIT" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Kernel IPC facilities" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" ipc_init \- initialise ipc subsystem .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'int\ ipc_init('u .BI "int ipc_init(" "void" ");" .SH "ARGUMENTS" .PP \fIvoid\fR .RS 4 no arguments .RE .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP .PP The various sysv ipc resources (semaphores, messages and shared memory) are initialised\&. .PP 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\&. .SH "COPYRIGHT" .br