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/* ====================================================================
 * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2000 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
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#ifndef APR_SHMEM_H
#define APR_SHMEM_H

/**
 * @package Shared Memory library
 */

#include "apr.h"
#include "apr_pools.h"
#include "apr_errno.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif /* __cplusplus */

#if   APR_USES_FILEBASED_SHM
typedef   char *         apr_shm_name_t;
#elif APR_USES_KEYBASED_SHM
typedef   key_t          apr_shm_name_t;
#else
/* If APR_USES_ANONYMOUS_SHM or any other case...
 * we can't leave apr_shm_name_t entirely undefined.
 */
typedef   void           apr_shm_name_t;
#endif

typedef   struct shmem_t apr_shmem_t;

/**
 * Create a pool of shared memory for use later.
 * @param m The shared memory block.
 * @param reqsize The size of the shared memory pool.
 * @param file The file to use for the shared memory on platforms 
 *        that require it.
 * @param cont The pool to use
 */
apr_status_t apr_shm_init(apr_shmem_t **m, apr_size_t reqsize, const char *file, apr_pool_t *cont);

/**
 * Destroy the shared memory block.
 * @param m The shared memory block to destroy. 
 */
apr_status_t apr_shm_destroy(apr_shmem_t *m);

/**
 * allocate memory from the block of shared memory.
 * @param c The shared memory block to destroy. 
 * @param reqsize How much memory to allocate
 */
void *apr_shm_malloc(apr_shmem_t *c, apr_size_t reqsize);

/**
 * allocate memory from the block of shared memory and initialize it to zero.
 * @param shared The shared memory block to destroy. 
 * @param size How much memory to allocate
 */
void *apr_shm_calloc(apr_shmem_t *shared, apr_size_t size);

/**
 * free shared memory previously allocated.
 * @param shared The shared memory block to destroy. 
 * @param entity The actual data to free. 
 */
apr_status_t apr_shm_free(apr_shmem_t *shared, void *entity);

/**
 * Get the name of the shared memory segment if not using anonymous 
 * shared memory.
 * @param  c The shared memory block to destroy. 
 * @param  name The name of the shared memory block, NULL if anonymous 
 *              shared memory.
 * @return APR_USES_ANONYMOUS_SHM if we are using anonymous shared
 *         memory.  APR_USES_FILEBASED_SHM if our shared memory is
 *         based on file access.  APR_USES_KEYBASED_SHM if shared
 *         memory is based on a key value such as shmctl.  If the
 *         shared memory is anonymous, the name is NULL.
 */
apr_status_t apr_get_shm_name(apr_shmem_t *c, apr_shm_name_t **name);

/**
 * Set the name of the shared memory segment if not using anonymous 
 * shared memory.  This is to allow processes to open shared memory 
 * created by another process.
 * @param c The shared memory block to destroy. 
 * @param name The name of the shared memory block, NULL if anonymous 
 *             shared memory.
 * @return APR_USES_ANONYMOUS_SHM if we are using anonymous shared
 *         memory.  APR_SUCCESS if we are using named shared memory
 *         and we were able to assign the name correctly. 
 */
apr_status_t apr_set_shm_name(apr_shmem_t *c, apr_shm_name_t *name);

/**
 * Open the shared memory block in a child process.
 * @param  The shared memory block to open in the child. 
 */
apr_status_t apr_open_shmem(apr_shmem_t *c);

/**
 * Determine how much memory is available in the specified shared memory block
 * @param c The shared memory block to open in the child. 
 * @param avail The amount of space available in the shared memory block.
 */
apr_status_t apr_shm_avail(apr_shmem_t *c, apr_size_t *avail);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif  /* ! APR_SHMEM_H */