/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * shmem.h * shared memory management structures * * Historical note: * A long time ago, Postgres' shared memory region was allowed to be mapped * at a different address in each process, and shared memory "pointers" were * passed around as offsets relative to the start of the shared memory region. * That is no longer the case: each process must map the shared memory region * at the same address. This means shared memory pointers can be passed * around directly between different processes. * * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2023, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * * src/include/storage/shmem.h * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #ifndef SHMEM_H #define SHMEM_H #include "utils/hsearch.h" /* shmem.c */ extern void InitShmemAccess(void *seghdr); extern void InitShmemAllocation(void); extern void *ShmemAlloc(Size size); extern void *ShmemAllocNoError(Size size); extern void *ShmemAllocUnlocked(Size size); extern bool ShmemAddrIsValid(const void *addr); extern void InitShmemIndex(void); extern HTAB *ShmemInitHash(const char *name, long init_size, long max_size, HASHCTL *infoP, int hash_flags); extern void *ShmemInitStruct(const char *name, Size size, bool *foundPtr); extern Size add_size(Size s1, Size s2); extern Size mul_size(Size s1, Size s2); /* ipci.c */ extern void RequestAddinShmemSpace(Size size); /* size constants for the shmem index table */ /* max size of data structure string name */ #define SHMEM_INDEX_KEYSIZE (48) /* estimated size of the shmem index table (not a hard limit) */ #define SHMEM_INDEX_SIZE (64) /* this is a hash bucket in the shmem index table */ typedef struct { char key[SHMEM_INDEX_KEYSIZE]; /* string name */ void *location; /* location in shared mem */ Size size; /* # bytes requested for the structure */ Size allocated_size; /* # bytes actually allocated */ } ShmemIndexEnt; #endif /* SHMEM_H */