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26.Dd October 10, 2015
27.Dt SHMCTL 2
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm shmctl
31.Nd shared memory control
32.Sh LIBRARY
33.Lb libc
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/types.h
36.In sys/ipc.h
37.In sys/shm.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn shmctl "int shmid" "int cmd" "struct shmid_ds *buf"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41Performs the action specified by
42.Fa cmd
43on the shared memory segment identified by
44.Fa shmid :
45.Bl -tag -width SHM_UNLOCKX
46.It Dv IPC_STAT
47Fetch the segment's
48.Fa "struct shmid_ds" ,
49storing it in the memory pointed to by
50.Fa buf .
51.\"
52.\" XXX need to make sure that this is correct for FreeBSD
53.\"
54.It Dv IPC_SET
55Changes the
56.Fa shm_perm.uid ,
57.Fa shm_perm.gid ,
58and
59.Fa shm_perm.mode
60members of the segment's
61.Fa "struct shmid_ds"
62to match those of the struct pointed to by
63.Fa buf .
64The calling process's effective uid must
65match either
66.Fa shm_perm.uid
67or
68.Fa shm_perm.cuid ,
69or it must have superuser privileges.
70.It Dv IPC_RMID
71Removes the segment from the system.
72The removal will not take
73effect until all processes having attached the segment have exited.
74For the operation
75to succeed, the calling process's effective uid must match
76.Fa shm_perm.uid
77or
78.Fa shm_perm.cuid ,
79or the process must have superuser privileges.
80If the
81.Va kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed
82.Xr sysctl 3
83variable is set to 0, once the IPC_RMID operation has taken place,
84no further processes will be allowed to attach the segment.
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 is straight from sys/shm.h
99.\"
100.Bd -literal
101struct shmid_ds {
102    struct ipc_perm shm_perm;   /* operation permission structure */
103    size_t          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    int             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};
111.Ed
112.Sh RETURN VALUES
113.Rv -std shmctl
114.Sh ERRORS
115The
116.Fn shmctl
117system call
118will fail if:
119.Bl -tag -width Er
120.It Bq Er EINVAL
121Invalid operation, or
122no shared memory segment was found corresponding to
123.Fa shmid .
124.\"
125.\" XXX I think the following is right: ipcperm() only returns EPERM
126.\"	when an attempt is made to modify (IPC_M) by a non-creator
127.\"	non-owner
128.It Bq Er EPERM
129The calling process's effective uid does not match the uid of
130the shared memory segment's owner or creator.
131.It Bq Er EACCES
132Permission denied due to mismatch between operation and mode of
133shared memory segment.
134.El
135.Sh "SEE ALSO"
136.Xr shmat 2 ,
137.Xr shmdt 2 ,
138.Xr shmget 2 ,
139.Xr ftok 3
140