IPCGET_PUBLIC

Section: Kernel IPC facilities (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

ipcget_public - get an ipc object or create a new one  

SYNOPSIS

int ipcget_public(struct ipc_namespace * ns, struct ipc_ids * ids, struct ipc_ops * ops, struct ipc_params * params);
 

ARGUMENTS

ns

namespace

ids

IPC identifer set

ops

the actual creation routine to call

params

its parameters
 

DESCRIPTION

This routine is called by sys_msgget, sys_semget and sys_shmget when the key is not IPC_PRIVATE. It adds a new entry if the key is not found and does some permission / security checkings if the key is found.

On success, the ipc id is returned.  

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