[linux-audio-dev] shared memory tools?

[Steve Harris]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 02:33:46PM -0500, rm wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 09:12:03PM +0200, Juhana Sadeharju wrote:
> > Hello. I need two functions:
> > 
> > make_shm(int size, char *key)
> >  -run by root
> >  -creates a locked shared memory segment
> >  -returns a key (preferably a string) which is used to
> >   access the shared memory
> 
> shm segments are identified by key id (key_t), use ftok on a file to turn 
> a string (the path to the file) into a key.

Or you can use Posix SHM shm_open(3), which is more portable, in theory.

POSIX shm segments are identified by a string.

- Steve