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authorevan@chromium.org <evan@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98>2010-01-08 23:03:27 +0000
committerevan@chromium.org <evan@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98>2010-01-08 23:03:27 +0000
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linux: provide a hint to people with misconfigured shm
BUG=24213 Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/539003 git-svn-id: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src@35838 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98
Diffstat (limited to 'base')
-rw-r--r--base/shared_memory_posix.cc7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/base/shared_memory_posix.cc b/base/shared_memory_posix.cc
index 34e7b72..5fff095 100644
--- a/base/shared_memory_posix.cc
+++ b/base/shared_memory_posix.cc
@@ -188,8 +188,13 @@ bool SharedMemory::CreateOrOpen(const std::wstring &name,
}
if (fp == NULL) {
- if (posix_flags & O_CREAT)
+ if (posix_flags & O_CREAT) {
PLOG(ERROR) << "Creating shared memory in " << path.value() << " failed";
+#if !defined(OS_MACOSX)
+ LOG(ERROR) << "This is frequently caused by incorrect permissions on "
+ << "/dev/shm. Try 'sudo chmod 777 /dev/shm' to fix.";
+#endif
+ }
return false;
}