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8 ipc_namespaces \- overview of Linux IPC namespaces
10 IPC namespaces isolate certain IPC resources,
11 namely, System V IPC objects (see
13 and (since Linux 2.6.30)
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16 POSIX message queues (see
18 The common characteristic of these IPC mechanisms is that IPC
19 objects are identified by mechanisms other than filesystem
22 Each IPC namespace has its own set of System V IPC identifiers and
23 its own POSIX message queue filesystem.
24 Objects created in an IPC namespace are visible to all other processes
25 that are members of that namespace,
26 but are not visible to processes in other IPC namespaces.
30 interfaces are distinct in each IPC namespace:
32 The POSIX message queue interfaces in
33 .IR /proc/sys/fs/mqueue .
35 The System V IPC interfaces in
36 .IR /proc/sys/kernel ,
48 The System V IPC interfaces in
51 When an IPC namespace is destroyed
52 (i.e., when the last process that is a member of the namespace terminates),
53 all IPC objects in the namespace are automatically destroyed.
55 Use of IPC namespaces requires a kernel that is configured with the