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+/* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef APR_SHM_H
+#define APR_SHM_H
+
+/**
+ * @file apr_shm.h
+ * @brief APR Shared Memory Routines
+ */
+
+#include "apr.h"
+#include "apr_pools.h"
+#include "apr_errno.h"
+#include "apr_perms_set.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup apr_shm Shared Memory Routines
+ * @ingroup APR
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Private, platform-specific data struture representing a shared memory
+ * segment.
+ */
+typedef struct apr_shm_t apr_shm_t;
+
+/**
+ * Create and make accessible a shared memory segment with default
+ * properties.
+ * @param m The shared memory structure to create.
+ * @param reqsize The desired size of the segment.
+ * @param filename The file to use for shared memory on platforms that
+ * require it.
+ * @param pool the pool from which to allocate the shared memory
+ * structure.
+ * @remark A note about Anonymous vs. Named shared memory segments:
+ * Not all plaforms support anonymous shared memory segments, but in
+ * some cases it is prefered over other types of shared memory
+ * implementations. Passing a NULL 'file' parameter to this function
+ * will cause the subsystem to use anonymous shared memory segments.
+ * If such a system is not available, APR_ENOTIMPL is returned.
+ * @remark A note about allocation sizes:
+ * On some platforms it is necessary to store some metainformation
+ * about the segment within the actual segment. In order to supply
+ * the caller with the requested size it may be necessary for the
+ * implementation to request a slightly greater segment length
+ * from the subsystem. In all cases, the apr_shm_baseaddr_get()
+ * function will return the first usable byte of memory.
+ *
+ */
+APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_shm_create(apr_shm_t **m,
+ apr_size_t reqsize,
+ const char *filename,
+ apr_pool_t *pool);
+
+/**
+ * Special processing flags for apr_shm_create_ex() and apr_shm_attach_ex().
+ */
+#define APR_SHM_NS_LOCAL 1 /* Create or attach to named shared memory
+ * segment in the "Local" namespace on
+ * Windows. (Ignored on other platforms.)
+ * By default, the "Global" namespace is
+ * used for privileged processes and the
+ * "Local" namespace is used otherwise.
+ */
+#define APR_SHM_NS_GLOBAL 2 /* Create or attach to named shared memory
+ * segment in the "Global" namespace on
+ * Windows. (Ignored on other platforms.)
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Create and make accessible a shared memory segment with platform-
+ * specific processing.
+ * @param m The shared memory structure to create.
+ * @param reqsize The desired size of the segment.
+ * @param filename The file to use for shared memory on platforms that
+ * require it.
+ * @param pool the pool from which to allocate the shared memory
+ * structure.
+ * @param flags mask of APR_SHM_* (defined above)
+ * @remark A note about Anonymous vs. Named shared memory segments:
+ * Not all plaforms support anonymous shared memory segments, but in
+ * some cases it is prefered over other types of shared memory
+ * implementations. Passing a NULL 'file' parameter to this function
+ * will cause the subsystem to use anonymous shared memory segments.
+ * If such a system is not available, APR_ENOTIMPL is returned.
+ * @remark A note about allocation sizes:
+ * On some platforms it is necessary to store some metainformation
+ * about the segment within the actual segment. In order to supply
+ * the caller with the requested size it may be necessary for the
+ * implementation to request a slightly greater segment length
+ * from the subsystem. In all cases, the apr_shm_baseaddr_get()
+ * function will return the first usable byte of memory.
+ *
+ */
+APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_shm_create_ex(apr_shm_t **m,
+ apr_size_t reqsize,
+ const char *filename,
+ apr_pool_t *pool,
+ apr_int32_t flags);
+
+/**
+ * Remove named resource associated with a shared memory segment,
+ * preventing attachments to the resource, but not destroying it.
+ * @param filename The filename associated with shared-memory segment which
+ * needs to be removed
+ * @param pool The pool used for file operations
+ * @remark This function is only supported on platforms which support
+ * name-based shared memory segments, and will return APR_ENOTIMPL on
+ * platforms without such support. Removing the file while the shm
+ * is in use is not entirely portable, caller may use this to enhance
+ * obscurity of the resource, but be prepared for the call to fail,
+ * and for concurrent attempts to create a resource of the same name
+ * to also fail. The pool cleanup of apr_shm_create (apr_shm_destroy)
+ * also removes the named resource.
+ */
+APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_shm_remove(const char *filename,
+ apr_pool_t *pool);
+
+/**
+ * Delete named resource associated with a shared memory segment,
+ * preventing attachments to the resource.
+ * @param m The shared memory segment structure to delete.
+ * @remark This function is only supported on platforms which support
+ * name-based shared memory segments, and will return APR_ENOTIMPL on
+ * platforms without such support. Removing the file while the shm
+ * is in use is not entirely portable, caller may use this to enhance
+ * obscurity of the resource, but be prepared for the call to fail,
+ * and for concurrent attempts to create a resource of the same name
+ * to also fail. The pool cleanup of apr_shm_create (apr_shm_destroy)
+ * also removes the named resource.
+ */
+APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_shm_delete(apr_shm_t *m);
+
+/**
+ * Destroy a shared memory segment and associated memory.
+ * @param m The shared memory segment structure to destroy.
+ */
+APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_shm_destroy(apr_shm_t *m);
+
+/**
+ * Attach to a shared memory segment that was created
+ * by another process.
+ * @param m The shared memory structure to create.
+ * @param filename The file used to create the original segment.
+ * (This MUST match the original filename.)
+ * @param pool the pool from which to allocate the shared memory
+ * structure for this process.
+ */
+APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_shm_attach(apr_shm_t **m,
+ const char *filename,
+ apr_pool_t *pool);
+
+/**
+ * Attach to a shared memory segment that was created
+ * by another process, with platform-specific processing.
+ * @param m The shared memory structure to create.
+ * @param filename The file used to create the original segment.
+ * (This MUST match the original filename.)
+ * @param pool the pool from which to allocate the shared memory
+ * structure for this process.
+ * @param flags mask of APR_SHM_* (defined above)
+ */
+APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_shm_attach_ex(apr_shm_t **m,
+ const char *filename,
+ apr_pool_t *pool,
+ apr_int32_t flags);
+
+/**
+ * Detach from a shared memory segment without destroying it.
+ * @param m The shared memory structure representing the segment
+ * to detach from.
+ */
+APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_shm_detach(apr_shm_t *m);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the base address of the shared memory segment.
+ * NOTE: This address is only usable within the callers address
+ * space, since this API does not guarantee that other attaching
+ * processes will maintain the same address mapping.
+ * @param m The shared memory segment from which to retrieve
+ * the base address.
+ * @return address, aligned by APR_ALIGN_DEFAULT.
+ */
+APR_DECLARE(void *) apr_shm_baseaddr_get(const apr_shm_t *m);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the length of a shared memory segment in bytes.
+ * @param m The shared memory segment from which to retrieve
+ * the segment length.
+ */
+APR_DECLARE(apr_size_t) apr_shm_size_get(const apr_shm_t *m);
+
+/**
+ * Set shared memory permissions.
+ */
+APR_PERMS_SET_IMPLEMENT(shm);
+
+/**
+ * Get the pool used by this shared memory segment.
+ */
+APR_POOL_DECLARE_ACCESSOR(shm);
+
+/** @} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* APR_SHM_T */