/*
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2011 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2014 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
*
* Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
*/
#include "para.h"
#include "error.h"
#include "ipc.h"
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <sys/sem.h>
int ret = shmdt(addr);
return ret < 0? -ERRNO_TO_PARA_ERROR(errno) : 1;
}
+
+# if defined __FreeBSD__ || defined __NetBSD__
+# define SYSCTL_SHMMAX_VARIABLE "kern.ipc.shmmax"
+# elif defined __APPLE__
+# define SYSCTL_SHMMAX_VARIABLE "kern.sysv.shmmax"
+# else
+# undef SYSCTL_SHMMAX_VARIABLE
+# endif
+
+/**
+ * Get the maximal size of a shared memory area.
+ *
+ * The value is only computed once when the function is called for the first
+ * time. Subsequent calls return the number which was computed during the
+ * first call.
+ *
+ * \return A number suitable as an argument to \ref shm_new().
+ */
+size_t shm_get_shmmax(void)
+{
+ static size_t shmmax;
+
+ if (shmmax > 0) /* only dance once */
+ return shmmax;
+#ifdef __linux__ /* get it from proc fs */
+ {
+ int fd = open("/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax", O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd >= 0) {
+ char buf[100] = "";
+ int ret = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+ if (ret > 0) {
+ buf[ret] = '\0';
+ shmmax = strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
+ }
+ close(fd);
+ }
+ }
+#elif defined SYSCTL_SHMMAX_VARIABLE
+ {
+ size_t len = sizeof(shmmax);
+ sysctlbyname(SYSCTL_SHMMAX_VARIABLE, &shmmax, &len, NULL, 0);
+ }
+#elif defined SHMMAX
+ shmmax = SHMMAX;
+#endif
+ if (shmmax == 0) {
+ PARA_WARNING_LOG("unable to determine shmmax\n");
+ shmmax = 65535; /* last resort */
+ }
+ PARA_INFO_LOG("shmmax: %zu\n", shmmax);
+ return shmmax;
+}