1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 #ifndef BASE_SHARED_MEMORY_H_
6 #define BASE_SHARED_MEMORY_H_
8 #include "build/build_config.h"
14 #include <sys/types.h>
15 #include <semaphore.h>
18 #include "base/base_export.h"
19 #include "base/basictypes.h"
20 #include "base/process.h"
23 #include "base/file_descriptor_posix.h"
30 // SharedMemoryHandle is a platform specific type which represents
31 // the underlying OS handle to a shared memory segment.
33 typedef HANDLE SharedMemoryHandle
;
34 typedef HANDLE SharedMemoryLock
;
35 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
36 // A SharedMemoryId is sufficient to identify a given shared memory segment on a
37 // system, but insufficient to map it.
38 typedef FileDescriptor SharedMemoryHandle
;
39 typedef ino_t SharedMemoryId
;
40 // On POSIX, the lock is implemented as a lockf() on the mapped file,
41 // so no additional member (or definition of SharedMemoryLock) is
45 // Options for creating a shared memory object.
46 struct SharedMemoryCreateOptions
{
47 SharedMemoryCreateOptions() : name(NULL
), size(0), open_existing(false),
50 // If NULL, the object is anonymous. This pointer is owned by the caller
51 // and must live through the call to Create().
52 const std::string
* name
;
54 // Size of the shared memory object to be created.
55 // When opening an existing object, this has no effect.
58 // If true, and the shared memory already exists, Create() will open the
59 // existing shared memory and ignore the size parameter. If false,
60 // shared memory must not exist. This flag is meaningless unless name is
64 // If true, mappings might need to be made executable later.
68 // Platform abstraction for shared memory. Provides a C++ wrapper
69 // around the OS primitive for a memory mapped file.
70 class BASE_EXPORT SharedMemory
{
75 // Similar to the default constructor, except that this allows for
76 // calling Lock() to acquire the named mutex before either Create or Open
77 // are called on Windows.
78 explicit SharedMemory(const std::wstring
& name
);
81 // Create a new SharedMemory object from an existing, open
82 // shared memory file.
83 SharedMemory(SharedMemoryHandle handle
, bool read_only
);
85 // Create a new SharedMemory object from an existing, open
86 // shared memory file that was created by a remote process and not shared
87 // to the current process.
88 SharedMemory(SharedMemoryHandle handle
, bool read_only
,
89 ProcessHandle process
);
91 // Closes any open files.
94 // Return true iff the given handle is valid (i.e. not the distingished
95 // invalid value; NULL for a HANDLE and -1 for a file descriptor)
96 static bool IsHandleValid(const SharedMemoryHandle
& handle
);
98 // Returns invalid handle (see comment above for exact definition).
99 static SharedMemoryHandle
NULLHandle();
101 // Closes a shared memory handle.
102 static void CloseHandle(const SharedMemoryHandle
& handle
);
104 // Creates a shared memory object as described by the options struct.
105 // Returns true on success and false on failure.
106 bool Create(const SharedMemoryCreateOptions
& options
);
108 // Creates and maps an anonymous shared memory segment of size size.
109 // Returns true on success and false on failure.
110 bool CreateAndMapAnonymous(size_t size
);
112 // Creates an anonymous shared memory segment of size size.
113 // Returns true on success and false on failure.
114 bool CreateAnonymous(size_t size
) {
115 SharedMemoryCreateOptions options
;
117 return Create(options
);
120 // Creates or opens a shared memory segment based on a name.
121 // If open_existing is true, and the shared memory already exists,
122 // opens the existing shared memory and ignores the size parameter.
123 // If open_existing is false, shared memory must not exist.
124 // size is the size of the block to be created.
125 // Returns true on success, false on failure.
126 bool CreateNamed(const std::string
& name
, bool open_existing
, size_t size
) {
127 SharedMemoryCreateOptions options
;
128 options
.name
= &name
;
129 options
.open_existing
= open_existing
;
131 return Create(options
);
134 // Deletes resources associated with a shared memory segment based on name.
135 // Not all platforms require this call.
136 bool Delete(const std::string
& name
);
138 // Opens a shared memory segment based on a name.
139 // If read_only is true, opens for read-only access.
140 // Returns true on success, false on failure.
141 bool Open(const std::string
& name
, bool read_only
);
143 // Maps the shared memory into the caller's address space.
144 // Returns true on success, false otherwise. The memory address
145 // is accessed via the memory() accessor. The mapped address is guaranteed to
146 // have an alignment of at least MAP_MINIMUM_ALIGNMENT.
147 bool Map(size_t bytes
) {
148 return MapAt(0, bytes
);
151 // Same as above, but with |offset| to specify from begining of the shared
152 // memory block to map.
153 // |offset| must be alignent to value of |SysInfo::VMAllocationGranularity()|.
154 bool MapAt(off_t offset
, size_t bytes
);
155 enum { MAP_MINIMUM_ALIGNMENT
= 32 };
157 // Unmaps the shared memory from the caller's address space.
158 // Returns true if successful; returns false on error or if the
159 // memory is not mapped.
162 // Get the size of the shared memory backing file.
163 // Note: This size is only available to the creator of the
164 // shared memory, and not to those that opened shared memory
165 // created externally.
166 // Returns 0 if not created or unknown.
167 // Deprecated method, please keep track of the size yourself if you created
169 // http://crbug.com/60821
170 size_t created_size() const { return created_size_
; }
172 // Gets a pointer to the opened memory space if it has been
173 // Mapped via Map(). Returns NULL if it is not mapped.
174 void *memory() const { return memory_
; }
176 // Returns the underlying OS handle for this segment.
177 // Use of this handle for anything other than an opaque
178 // identifier is not portable.
179 SharedMemoryHandle
handle() const;
181 #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_NACL)
182 // Returns a unique identifier for this shared memory segment. Inode numbers
183 // are technically only unique to a single filesystem. However, we always
184 // allocate shared memory backing files from the same directory, so will end
185 // up on the same filesystem.
186 SharedMemoryId
id() const { return inode_
; }
189 // Closes the open shared memory segment.
190 // It is safe to call Close repeatedly.
193 // Shares the shared memory to another process. Attempts
194 // to create a platform-specific new_handle which can be
195 // used in a remote process to access the shared memory
196 // file. new_handle is an ouput parameter to receive
197 // the handle for use in the remote process.
198 // Returns true on success, false otherwise.
199 bool ShareToProcess(ProcessHandle process
,
200 SharedMemoryHandle
* new_handle
) {
201 return ShareToProcessCommon(process
, new_handle
, false);
204 // Logically equivalent to:
205 // bool ok = ShareToProcess(process, new_handle);
208 // Note that the memory is unmapped by calling this method, regardless of the
210 bool GiveToProcess(ProcessHandle process
,
211 SharedMemoryHandle
* new_handle
) {
212 return ShareToProcessCommon(process
, new_handle
, true);
215 // Locks the shared memory.
217 // WARNING: on POSIX the memory locking primitive only works across
218 // processes, not across threads. The Lock method is not currently
219 // used in inner loops, so we protect against multiple threads in a
220 // critical section using a class global lock.
224 // A Lock() implementation with a timeout that also allows setting
225 // security attributes on the mutex. sec_attr may be NULL.
226 // Returns true if the Lock() has been acquired, false if the timeout was
228 bool Lock(uint32 timeout_ms
, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
* sec_attr
);
231 // Releases the shared memory lock.
235 #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_NACL)
236 bool PrepareMapFile(FILE *fp
);
237 bool FilePathForMemoryName(const std::string
& mem_name
, FilePath
* path
);
238 void LockOrUnlockCommon(int function
);
240 bool ShareToProcessCommon(ProcessHandle process
,
241 SharedMemoryHandle
* new_handle
,
247 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
254 size_t created_size_
;
255 #if !defined(OS_POSIX)
256 SharedMemoryLock lock_
;
259 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(SharedMemory
);
262 // A helper class that acquires the shared memory lock while
263 // the SharedMemoryAutoLock is in scope.
264 class SharedMemoryAutoLock
{
266 explicit SharedMemoryAutoLock(SharedMemory
* shared_memory
)
267 : shared_memory_(shared_memory
) {
268 shared_memory_
->Lock();
271 ~SharedMemoryAutoLock() {
272 shared_memory_
->Unlock();
276 SharedMemory
* shared_memory_
;
277 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(SharedMemoryAutoLock
);
282 #endif // BASE_SHARED_MEMORY_H_