#shared-memory #ipc #file-descriptor #shm-anon #shm #memfd #file-io

shmemfdrs2

Creates anonymous shared memory file descriptors for IPC on Unix platforms, using memfd/SHM_ANON/shm_open

1 stable release

1.0.0 Feb 25, 2024

#805 in Unix APIs

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shmemfdrs2

Fork of shmemfdrs.

Provides a single function

pub fn create_shmem<T: AsRef<CStr>>(name: T) -> io::Result<File>;
  • On Linux memfd_create is used.
  • On FreeBSD shm_open with SHM_ANON is used.
  • Other platform use shm_open followed by shm_unlink.

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 < LICENSE-APACHE or https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > or the MIT license < LICENSE-MIT or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT >, at your option.

Dependencies

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