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16 
17 /**
18  * @addtogroup Memory
19  * @{
20  */
21 
22 /**
23  * @file sharedmem.h
24  * @brief Shared memory buffers that can be shared between processes.
25  */
26 
27 #ifndef ANDROID_SHARED_MEMORY_H
28 #define ANDROID_SHARED_MEMORY_H
29 
30 #include <stddef.h>
31 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
32 
33 /******************************************************************
34  *
35  * IMPORTANT NOTICE:
36  *
37  *   This file is part of Android's set of stable system headers
38  *   exposed by the Android NDK (Native Development Kit).
39  *
40  *   Third-party source AND binary code relies on the definitions
41  *   here to be FROZEN ON ALL UPCOMING PLATFORM RELEASES.
42  *
43  *   - DO NOT MODIFY ENUMS (EXCEPT IF YOU ADD NEW 32-BIT VALUES)
44  *   - DO NOT MODIFY CONSTANTS OR FUNCTIONAL MACROS
45  *   - DO NOT CHANGE THE SIGNATURE OF FUNCTIONS IN ANY WAY
46  *   - DO NOT CHANGE THE LAYOUT OR SIZE OF STRUCTURES
47  */
48 
49 #ifdef __cplusplus
50 extern "C" {
51 #endif
52 
53 /**
54  * Create a shared memory region.
55  *
56  * Create a shared memory region and returns a file descriptor.  The resulting file descriptor can be
57  * mapped into the process' memory using mmap(2) with `PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC`.
58  * Access to shared memory regions can be restricted with {@link ASharedMemory_setProt}.
59  *
60  * Use close(2) to release the shared memory region.
61  *
62  * Use <a href="/reference/android/os/ParcelFileDescriptor">android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor</a>
63  * to pass the file descriptor to another process. File descriptors may also be sent to other
64  * processes over a Unix domain socket with sendmsg(2) and `SCM_RIGHTS`. See sendmsg(3) and
65  * cmsg(3) man pages for more information.
66  *
67  * If you intend to share this file descriptor with a child process after
68  * calling exec(3), note that you will need to use fcntl(2) with `F_SETFD`
69  * to clear the `FD_CLOEXEC` flag for this to work on all versions of Android.
70  *
71  * Available since API level 26.
72  *
73  * \param name an optional name.
74  * \param size size of the shared memory region
75  * \return file descriptor that denotes the shared memory;
76  *         -1 and sets `errno` on failure, or `-EINVAL` if the error is that size was 0.
77  */
78 int ASharedMemory_create(const char *name, size_t size) __INTRODUCED_IN(26);
79 
80 /**
81  * Get the size of the shared memory region.
82  *
83  * Available since API level 26.
84  *
85  * \param fd file descriptor of the shared memory region
86  * \return size in bytes; 0 if `fd` is not a valid shared memory file descriptor.
87  */
88 size_t ASharedMemory_getSize(int fd) __INTRODUCED_IN(26);
89 
90 /**
91  * Restrict access of shared memory region.
92  *
93  * This function restricts access of a shared memory region. Access can only be removed. The effect
94  * applies globally to all file descriptors in all processes across the system that refer to this
95  * shared memory region. Existing memory mapped regions are not affected.
96  *
97  * It is a common use case to create a shared memory region, map it read/write locally to intialize
98  * content, and then send the shared memory to another process with read only access. Code example
99  * as below (error handling omited).
100  *
101  *
102  *     int fd = ASharedMemory_create("memory", 128);
103  *
104  *     // By default it has PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC.
105  *     size_t memSize = ASharedMemory_getSize(fd);
106  *     char *buffer = (char *) mmap(NULL, memSize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
107  *
108  *     strcpy(buffer, "This is an example."); // trivially initialize content
109  *
110  *     // limit access to read only
111  *     ASharedMemory_setProt(fd, PROT_READ);
112  *
113  *     // share fd with another process here and the other process can only map with PROT_READ.
114  *
115  * Available since API level 26.
116  *
117  * \param fd   file descriptor of the shared memory region.
118  * \param prot any bitwise-or'ed combination of `PROT_READ`, `PROT_WRITE`, `PROT_EXEC` denoting
119  *             updated access. Note access can only be removed, but not added back.
120  * \return 0 for success, -1 and sets `errno` on failure.
121  */
122 int ASharedMemory_setProt(int fd, int prot) __INTRODUCED_IN(26);
123 
124 #ifdef __cplusplus
125 };
126 #endif
127 
128 #endif // ANDROID_SHARED_MEMORY_H
129 
130 /** @} */
131