shmemfdrs

This tiny little crate provides a function that creates anonymous shared memory file descriptors for IPC, using the best available platform-specific method:

• on Linux, unless the memfd Cargo feature is disabled: memfd (requires kernel >= 3.17)
• on FreeBSD: shm_open(SHM_ANON)
• otherwise: shm_open with a name, instantly unlinked

memfd and SHM_ANON are actually anonymous from the start, i.e. they don't need access the filesystem at all, so they work well with process sandboxes like Capsicum. (memfd actually uses the provided name, but only for debugging purposes.)

Usage

There's just one function exported from this crate:

fn create_shmem<T: AsRef<CStr>>(name: T, length: usize) -> c_int

Should be easy to figure out :)

The name should start with / and shouldn't be very long (255 characters max).

Contributing

Please feel free to submit pull requests!

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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.