// 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 #endif #include #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) typedef int SharedMemoryHandle; typedef sem_t* SharedMemoryLock; #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 handle, bool read_only); // Create a new SharedMemory object from an existing, open // shared memory file that was created by a remote process and not shared // to the current process. SharedMemory(SharedMemoryHandle handle, bool read_only, base::ProcessHandle process); // Destructor. Will close any open files. ~SharedMemory(); // 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. // Returns true on success, false on failure. bool Create(const std::wstring& name, bool read_only, bool open_existing, size_t size); // Opens a shared memory segment based on a name. // If read_only is true, opens for read-only access. // 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 { return mapped_file_; } // Closes the open shared memory segment. // It is safe to call Close repeatedly. void Close(); // 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::ProcessHandle process, SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle) { return ShareToProcessCommon(process, new_handle, false); } // Logically equivalent to: // bool ok = ShareToProcess(process, new_handle); // Close(); // return ok; bool GiveToProcess(ProcessHandle process, SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle) { return ShareToProcessCommon(process, new_handle, true); } // Lock the shared memory. // This is a cross-process lock which may be recursively // locked by the same thread. void Lock(); // Release the shared memory lock. void Unlock(); private: #if defined(OS_POSIX) bool CreateOrOpen(const std::wstring &name, int posix_flags); #endif bool ShareToProcessCommon(ProcessHandle process, SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle, bool close_self); std::wstring name_; SharedMemoryHandle mapped_file_; void* memory_; bool read_only_; size_t max_size_; SharedMemoryLock lock_; 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_