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32.Dd August 17, 1995
33.Dt SHMAT 2
34.Os NetBSD
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm shmat ,
37.Nm shmdt
38.Nd map/unmap shared memory
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
41.Fd #include <sys/ipc.h>
42.Fd #include <sys/shm.h>
43.Ft void *
44.Fn shmat "int shmid" "void *shmaddr" "int shmflg"
45.Ft int
46.Fn shmdt "void *shmaddr"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48.Fn shmat
49maps the shared memory segment associated with the shared memory identifier
50.Fa shmid
51into the address space of the calling process. The address at which the
52segment is mapped is determined by the
53.Fa shmaddr
54parameter. If it is equal to 0, the system will pick an address itself.
55Otherwise, an attempt is made to map the shared memory segment at the
56address
57.Fa shmaddr
58specifies. If SHM_RND is set in
59.Fa shmflg ,
60the system will round the address down to a multiple of SHMLBA bytes
61(SHMLBA is defined in
62.Aq Pa sys/shm.h
63).
64
65A shared memory segment can be mapped read-only by specifying the
66SHM_RDONLY flag in
67.Fa shmflg .
68
69.Fn shmdt
70unmaps the shared memory segment that is currently mapped at
71.Fa shmaddr
72from the calling process' address space.
73.Fa shmaddr
74must be a value returned by a prior
75.Fn shmat
76call. A shared memory segment will remain existant until it is removed by
77a call to
78.Xr shmctl 2
79with the IPC_RMID command.
80.Sh RETURN VALUES
81.Fn shmat
82returns the address at which the shared memory segment has been mapped into
83the calling process' address space when successful,
84.Fn shmdt
85returns 0 on successful completion. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned,
86and the global variable
87.Va errno
88is set to indicate the error.
89.Sh ERRORS
90.Fn shmat
91will fail if:
92.Bl -tag -width Er
93.It Bq Er EACCESS
94The calling process has no permission to access this shared memory segment.
95.It Bq Er ENOMEM
96There is not enough available data space for the calling process to
97map the shared memory segment.
98.It Bq Er EINVAL
99.Fa shmid
100is not a valid shared memory identifier.
101
102.Fa shmaddr
103specifies an illegal address.
104.It Bq Er EMFILE
105The number of shared memory segments has reached the system-wide limit.
106.El
107
108.Fn shmdt
109will fail if:
110.Bl -tag -width Er
111.It Bq Er EINVAL
112.Fa shmaddr
113is not the start address of a mapped shared memory segment.
114.Sh SEE ALSO
115.Xr shmctl 2 ,
116.Xr shmget 2 ,
117.Xr mmap 2
118