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