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