3 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/base/shared_memory.h b/base/shared_memory.h
index a368d9f..ea72069 100644
--- a/base/shared_memory.h
+++ b/base/shared_memory.h
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ class SharedMemory {
   // Return invalid handle (see comment above for exact definition).
   static SharedMemoryHandle NULLHandle();
 
+  // Close a shared memory handle.
+  static void CloseHandle(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle);
+
   // 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,
diff --git a/base/shared_memory_posix.cc b/base/shared_memory_posix.cc
index 2f0fe22..fe4b225 100644
--- a/base/shared_memory_posix.cc
+++ b/base/shared_memory_posix.cc
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ SharedMemoryHandle SharedMemory::NULLHandle() {
   return SharedMemoryHandle();
 }
 
+// static
+void SharedMemory::CloseHandle(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle) {
+  DCHECK(handle.fd >= 0);
+  close(handle.fd);
+}
+
 bool SharedMemory::Create(const std::wstring &name, bool read_only,
                           bool open_existing, size_t size) {
   read_only_ = read_only;
diff --git a/base/shared_memory_win.cc b/base/shared_memory_win.cc
index 66f8fb6..dd4c73b 100644
--- a/base/shared_memory_win.cc
+++ b/base/shared_memory_win.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ SharedMemoryHandle SharedMemory::NULLHandle() {
   return NULL;
 }
 
+// static
+void SharedMemory::CloseHandle(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle) {
+  DCHECK(handle != NULL);
+  ::CloseHandle(handle);
+}
+
 bool SharedMemory::Create(const std::wstring &name, bool read_only,
                           bool open_existing, size_t size) {
   DCHECK(mapped_file_ == NULL);