ipcget_public (9) Linux Manual Page
ipcget_public – get an ipc object or create a new one
Synopsis
int ipcget_public(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_ids *ids, const struct ipc_ops *ops, struct ipc_params *params);Arguments
ns
-
- ipc namespace
ids
- ipc identifier 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.