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26.\" $FreeBSD$
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28.Dd July 17, 1995
29.Dt SHMCTL 2
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm shmctl
33.Nd shared memory control
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libc
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In machine/param.h
38.In sys/types.h
39.In sys/ipc.h
40.In sys/shm.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn shmctl "int shmid" "int cmd" "struct shmid_ds *buf"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44Performs the action specified by
45.Fa cmd
46on the shared memory segment identified by
47.Fa shmid :
48.Bl -tag -width SHM_UNLOCKX
49.It Dv IPC_STAT
50Fetch the segment's
51.Fa "struct shmid_ds" ,
52storing it in the memory pointed to by
53.Fa buf .
54.\"
55.\" XXX need to make sure that this is correct for FreeBSD
56.\"
57.It Dv IPC_SET
58Changes the
59.Fa shm_perm.uid ,
60.Fa shm_perm.gid ,
61and
62.Fa shm_perm.mode
63members of the segment's
64.Fa "struct shmid_ds"
65to match those of the struct pointed to by
66.Fa buf .
67The calling process's effective uid must
68match either
69.Fa shm_perm.uid
70or
71.Fa shm_perm.cuid ,
72or it must have superuser privileges.
73.It Dv IPC_RMID
74Removes the segment from the system.
75The removal will not take
76effect until all processes having attached the segment have exited;
77however, once the IPC_RMID operation has taken place, no further
78processes will be allowed to attach the segment.
79For the operation
80to succeed, the calling process's effective uid must match
81.Fa shm_perm.uid
82or
83.Fa shm_perm.cuid ,
84or the process must have superuser privileges.
85.\" .It Dv SHM_LOCK
86.\" Locks the segment in memory.  The calling process must have
87.\" superuser privileges. Not implemented in FreeBSD.
88.\" .It Dv SHM_UNLOCK
89.\" Unlocks the segment from memory.  The calling process must
90.\" have superuser privileges.  Not implemented in FreeBSD.
91.El
92.Pp
93The
94.Vt shmid_ds
95structure is defined as follows:
96.\"
97.\" I fiddled with the spaces a bit to make it fit well when viewed
98.\" with nroff, but otherwise it's straight from sys/shm.h
99.\"
100.Bd -literal
101struct shmid_ds {
102    struct ipc_perm shm_perm;   /* operation permission structure */
103    int             shm_segsz;  /* size of segment in bytes */
104    pid_t           shm_lpid;   /* process ID of last shared memory op */
105    pid_t           shm_cpid;   /* process ID of creator */
106    short           shm_nattch; /* number of current attaches */
107    time_t          shm_atime;  /* time of last shmat() */
108    time_t          shm_dtime;  /* time of last shmdt() */
109    time_t          shm_ctime;  /* time of last change by shmctl() */
110    void           *shm_internal; /* sysv stupidity */
111};
112.Ed
113.Sh RETURN VALUES
114.Rv -std shmctl
115.Sh ERRORS
116The
117.Fn shmctl
118system call
119will fail if:
120.Bl -tag -width Er
121.It Bq Er EINVAL
122Invalid operation, or
123no shared memory segment was found corresponding to
124.Fa shmid .
125.\"
126.\" XXX I think the following is right: ipcperm() only returns EPERM
127.\"	when an attempt is made to modify (IPC_M) by a non-creator
128.\"	non-owner
129.It Bq Er EPERM
130The calling process's effective uid does not match the uid of
131the shared memory segment's owner or creator.
132.It Bq Er EACCES
133Permission denied due to mismatch between operation and mode of
134shared memory segment.
135.El
136.Sh "SEE ALSO"
137.Xr shmat 2 ,
138.Xr shmdt 2 ,
139.Xr shmget 2 ,
140.Xr ftok 3
141