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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */
+// Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef BASE_SHARED_MEMORY_H_
+#define BASE_SHARED_MEMORY_H_
+
+#include "build/build_config.h"
+
+#if defined(OS_POSIX)
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <semaphore.h>
+#include "base/file_descriptor_posix.h"
+#endif
+#include <string>
+
+#include "base/basictypes.h"
+#include "base/process.h"
+
+namespace base {
+
+// SharedMemoryHandle is a platform specific type which represents
+// the underlying OS handle to a shared memory segment.
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+typedef HANDLE SharedMemoryHandle;
+typedef HANDLE SharedMemoryLock;
+#elif defined(OS_POSIX)
+// A SharedMemoryId is sufficient to identify a given shared memory segment on a
+// system, but insufficient to map it.
+typedef FileDescriptor SharedMemoryHandle;
+typedef ino_t SharedMemoryId;
+// On POSIX, the lock is implemented as a lockf() on the mapped file,
+// so no additional member (or definition of SharedMemoryLock) is
+// needed.
+#endif
+
+// Platform abstraction for shared memory. Provides a C++ wrapper
+// around the OS primitive for a memory mapped file.
+class SharedMemory {
+ public:
+ // Create a new SharedMemory object.
+ SharedMemory();
+
+ // Create a new SharedMemory object from an existing, open
+ // shared memory file.
+ SharedMemory(SharedMemoryHandle init_handle, bool read_only)
+ : SharedMemory() {
+ SetHandle(init_handle, read_only);
+ }
+
+ // Destructor. Will close any open files.
+ ~SharedMemory();
+
+ // Initialize a new SharedMemory object from an existing, open
+ // shared memory file.
+ bool SetHandle(SharedMemoryHandle handle, bool read_only);
+
+ // Return true iff the given handle is valid (i.e. not the distingished
+ // invalid value; NULL for a HANDLE and -1 for a file descriptor)
+ static bool IsHandleValid(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle);
+
+ // Return invalid handle (see comment above for exact definition).
+ static SharedMemoryHandle NULLHandle();
+
+ // Creates or opens a shared memory segment based on a name.
+ // If read_only is true, opens the memory as read-only.
+ // If open_existing is true, and the shared memory already exists,
+ // opens the existing shared memory and ignores the size parameter.
+ // If name is the empty string, use a unique name.
+ // Returns true on success, false on failure.
+ bool Create(const std::string& name, bool read_only, bool open_existing,
+ size_t size);
+
+ // Deletes resources associated with a shared memory segment based on name.
+ // Not all platforms require this call.
+ bool Delete(const std::wstring& name);
+
+ // Opens a shared memory segment based on a name.
+ // If read_only is true, opens for read-only access.
+ // If name is the empty string, use a unique name.
+ // Returns true on success, false on failure.
+ bool Open(const std::wstring& name, bool read_only);
+
+ // Maps the shared memory into the caller's address space.
+ // Returns true on success, false otherwise. The memory address
+ // is accessed via the memory() accessor.
+ bool Map(size_t bytes);
+
+ // Unmaps the shared memory from the caller's address space.
+ // Returns true if successful; returns false on error or if the
+ // memory is not mapped.
+ bool Unmap();
+
+ // Get the size of the opened shared memory backing file.
+ // Note: This size is only available to the creator of the
+ // shared memory, and not to those that opened shared memory
+ // created externally.
+ // Returns 0 if not opened or unknown.
+ size_t max_size() const { return max_size_; }
+
+ // Gets a pointer to the opened memory space if it has been
+ // Mapped via Map(). Returns NULL if it is not mapped.
+ void *memory() const { return memory_; }
+
+ // Get access to the underlying OS handle for this segment.
+ // Use of this handle for anything other than an opaque
+ // identifier is not portable.
+ SharedMemoryHandle handle() const;
+
+#if defined(OS_POSIX)
+ // Return a unique identifier for this shared memory segment. Inode numbers
+ // are technically only unique to a single filesystem. However, we always
+ // allocate shared memory backing files from the same directory, so will end
+ // up on the same filesystem.
+ SharedMemoryId id() const { return inode_; }
+#endif
+
+ // Closes the open shared memory segment.
+ // It is safe to call Close repeatedly.
+ void Close(bool unmap_view = true);
+
+ // Share the shared memory to another process. Attempts
+ // to create a platform-specific new_handle which can be
+ // used in a remote process to access the shared memory
+ // file. new_handle is an ouput parameter to receive
+ // the handle for use in the remote process.
+ // Returns true on success, false otherwise.
+ bool ShareToProcess(base::ProcessId target_pid,
+ SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle) {
+ return ShareToProcessCommon(target_pid, new_handle, false);
+ }
+
+ // Logically equivalent to:
+ // bool ok = ShareToProcess(process, new_handle);
+ // Close();
+ // return ok;
+ // Note that the memory is unmapped by calling this method, regardless of the
+ // return value.
+ bool GiveToProcess(ProcessId target_pid,
+ SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle) {
+ return ShareToProcessCommon(target_pid, new_handle, true);
+ }
+
+ // Lock the shared memory.
+ // This is a cross-process lock which may be recursively
+ // locked by the same thread.
+ // TODO(port):
+ // WARNING: on POSIX the lock only works across processes, not
+ // across threads. 2 threads in the same process can both grab the
+ // lock at the same time. There are several solutions for this
+ // (futex, lockf+anon_semaphore) but none are both clean and common
+ // across Mac and Linux.
+ void Lock();
+
+ // Release the shared memory lock.
+ void Unlock();
+
+ private:
+#if defined(OS_POSIX)
+ bool CreateOrOpen(const std::wstring &name, int posix_flags, size_t size);
+ bool FilenameForMemoryName(const std::wstring &memname,
+ std::wstring *filename);
+ void LockOrUnlockCommon(int function);
+
+#endif
+ bool ShareToProcessCommon(ProcessId target_pid,
+ SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle,
+ bool close_self);
+
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+ std::wstring name_;
+ HANDLE mapped_file_;
+#elif defined(OS_POSIX)
+ int mapped_file_;
+ ino_t inode_;
+#endif
+ void* memory_;
+ bool read_only_;
+ size_t max_size_;
+#if !defined(OS_POSIX)
+ SharedMemoryLock lock_;
+#endif
+
+ DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(SharedMemory);
+};
+
+// A helper class that acquires the shared memory lock while
+// the SharedMemoryAutoLock is in scope.
+class SharedMemoryAutoLock {
+ public:
+ explicit SharedMemoryAutoLock(SharedMemory* shared_memory)
+ : shared_memory_(shared_memory) {
+ shared_memory_->Lock();
+ }
+
+ ~SharedMemoryAutoLock() {
+ shared_memory_->Unlock();
+ }
+
+ private:
+ SharedMemory* shared_memory_;
+ DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(SharedMemoryAutoLock);
+};
+
+} // namespace base
+
+#endif // BASE_SHARED_MEMORY_H_