shminfo

Overview

Related Modules:

MEM

Description:

Describes limitations and attributes of system-level shared memory.

Summary

Data Fields

Variable Name

Description

shmmax

unsigned long 

shmmin

unsigned long 

shmmni

unsigned long 

shmseg

unsigned long 

shmall

unsigned long 

__unused [4]

unsigned long 

Details

Field Documentation

__unused

  1. unsigned long shminfo::__unused[4]

Description:

Reserved

shmall

  1. unsigned long shminfo::shmall

Description:

Maximum size of all shared memory segments allowed by the system

shmmax

  1. unsigned long shminfo::shmmax

Description:

Maximum size of a shared memory segment allowed by the system

shmmin

  1. unsigned long shminfo::shmmin

Description:

Minimum size of a shared memory segment allowed by the system

shmmni

  1. unsigned long shminfo::shmmni

Description:

Maximum number of shared memory segments allowed by the system

shmseg

  1. unsigned long shminfo::shmseg

Description:

Maximum number of shared memory segments that can be attached by a process