/* * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ /** * @addtogroup Memory * @{ */ /** * @file sharedmem.h * @brief Shared memory buffers that can be shared between processes. */ #ifndef ANDROID_SHARED_MEMORY_H #define ANDROID_SHARED_MEMORY_H #include #include /****************************************************************** * * IMPORTANT NOTICE: * * This file is part of Android's set of stable system headers * exposed by the Android NDK (Native Development Kit). * * Third-party source AND binary code relies on the definitions * here to be FROZEN ON ALL UPCOMING PLATFORM RELEASES. * * - DO NOT MODIFY ENUMS (EXCEPT IF YOU ADD NEW 32-BIT VALUES) * - DO NOT MODIFY CONSTANTS OR FUNCTIONAL MACROS * - DO NOT CHANGE THE SIGNATURE OF FUNCTIONS IN ANY WAY * - DO NOT CHANGE THE LAYOUT OR SIZE OF STRUCTURES */ #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /** * Create a shared memory region. * * Create shared memory region and returns an file descriptor. The resulting file descriptor can be * mmap'ed to process memory space with PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC. Access to shared memory * region can be restricted with {@link ASharedMemory_setProt}. * * Use close() to release the shared memory region. * * Use android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor * to pass the file descriptor to another process. File descriptors may also be sent to other * processes over a Unix domain socket with sendmsg and SCM_RIGHTS. See sendmsg(3) and * cmsg(3) man pages for more information. * * If you intend to share this file descriptor with a child process after * calling exec(3), note that you will need to use fcntl(2) with FD_SETFD * to clear the FD_CLOEXEC flag for this to work on all versions of Android. * * Available since API level 26. * * \param name an optional name. * \param size size of the shared memory region * \return file descriptor that denotes the shared memory; * -1 and sets errno on failure, or -EINVAL if the error is that size was 0. */ int ASharedMemory_create(const char *name, size_t size) __INTRODUCED_IN(26); /** * Get the size of the shared memory region. * * Available since API level 26. * * \param fd file descriptor of the shared memory region * \return size in bytes; 0 if fd is not a valid shared memory file descriptor. */ size_t ASharedMemory_getSize(int fd) __INTRODUCED_IN(26); /** * Restrict access of shared memory region. * * This function restricts access of a shared memory region. Access can only be removed. The effect * applies globally to all file descriptors in all processes across the system that refer to this * shared memory region. Existing memory mapped regions are not affected. * * It is a common use case to create a shared memory region, map it read/write locally to intialize * content, and then send the shared memory to another process with read only access. Code example * as below (error handling omited). * * * int fd = ASharedMemory_create("memory", 128); * * // By default it has PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC. * size_t memSize = ASharedMemory_getSize(fd); * char *buffer = (char *) mmap(NULL, memSize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0); * * strcpy(buffer, "This is an example."); // trivially initialize content * * // limit access to read only * ASharedMemory_setProt(fd, PROT_READ); * * // share fd with another process here and the other process can only map with PROT_READ. * * Available since API level 26. * * \param fd file descriptor of the shared memory region. * \param prot any bitwise-or'ed combination of PROT_READ, PROT_WRITE, PROT_EXEC denoting * updated access. Note access can only be removed, but not added back. * \return 0 for success, -1 and sets errno on failure. */ int ASharedMemory_setProt(int fd, int prot) __INTRODUCED_IN(26); #ifdef __cplusplus }; #endif #endif // ANDROID_SHARED_MEMORY_H /** @} */