Re: shm_open

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:02 AM, Felix von Leitner
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
> If I needed to use shared memory, I'd use a file and mmap.
> The semantics of that are well defined and well known.
> Use mkstemp to create the file name, if you need to generate one.
> Also, please don't put the files in /tmp, put them in some special dir
> your app creates at program start time, with the permissions on in
> locked down so nobody else can write to it.
>
I decided not to use shared memory. I disliked using /dev/shm and
hated the idea of wasting 4096B just to share 6 bytes... Anyway, I
wanted to use a file just to provide an entry point for client
programs (similar to a named pipe)

Jorge