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+/* Function CreateShm: Create a shared memory segment mapping it */
+void * CreateShm(char * shm_name, off_t shm_size, mode_t perm, int fill)
+{
+ void * shm_ptr;
+ int fd;
+ int flag;
+ /* first open the object, creating it if not existent */
+ flag = O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_RDWR;
+ fd = shm_open(shm_name, flag, perm); /* get object file descriptor */
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ /* set the object size */
+ if (ftruncate(fd, shm_size)) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ /* map it in the process address space */
+ shm_ptr = mmap(NULL, shm_size, PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+ if (shm_ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ memset((void *) shm_ptr, fill, shm_size); /* fill segment */
+ return shm_ptr;
+}
+/* Function FindShm: Find a POSIX shared memory segment */
+void * FindShm(char * shm_name, off_t shm_size)
+{
+ void * shm_ptr;
+ int fd; /* ID of the IPC shared memory segment */
+ /* find shared memory ID */
+ if ((fd = shm_open(shm_name, O_RDWR|O_EXCL, 0)) < 0) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ /* take the pointer to it */
+ shm_ptr = mmap(NULL, shm_size, PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+ if (shm_ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ return shm_ptr;
+}
+/* Function RemoveShm: Remove a POSIX shared memory segment */
+int RemoveShm(char * shm_name)
+{
+ return shm_unlink(shm_name);
+}