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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 #ifndef BASE_MEMORY_SHARED_MEMORY_H_
6 #define BASE_MEMORY_SHARED_MEMORY_H_
8 #include "build/build_config.h"
10 #include <string>
12 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
13 #include <stdio.h>
14 #include <sys/types.h>
15 #include <semaphore.h>
16 #endif
18 #include "base/base_export.h"
19 #include "base/basictypes.h"
20 #include "base/memory/shared_memory_handle.h"
21 #include "base/process/process_handle.h"
23 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
24 #include "base/file_descriptor_posix.h"
25 #include "base/files/file_util.h"
26 #include "base/files/scoped_file.h"
27 #endif
29 namespace base {
31 class FilePath;
33 // Options for creating a shared memory object.
34 struct SharedMemoryCreateOptions {
35 SharedMemoryCreateOptions()
36 : name_deprecated(NULL),
37 size(0),
38 open_existing_deprecated(false),
39 executable(false),
40 share_read_only(false) {}
42 // DEPRECATED (crbug.com/345734):
43 // If NULL, the object is anonymous. This pointer is owned by the caller
44 // and must live through the call to Create().
45 const std::string* name_deprecated;
47 // Size of the shared memory object to be created.
48 // When opening an existing object, this has no effect.
49 size_t size;
51 // DEPRECATED (crbug.com/345734):
52 // If true, and the shared memory already exists, Create() will open the
53 // existing shared memory and ignore the size parameter. If false,
54 // shared memory must not exist. This flag is meaningless unless
55 // name_deprecated is non-NULL.
56 bool open_existing_deprecated;
58 // If true, mappings might need to be made executable later.
59 bool executable;
61 // If true, the file can be shared read-only to a process.
62 bool share_read_only;
65 // Platform abstraction for shared memory. Provides a C++ wrapper
66 // around the OS primitive for a memory mapped file.
67 class BASE_EXPORT SharedMemory {
68 public:
69 SharedMemory();
71 #if defined(OS_WIN)
72 // Similar to the default constructor, except that this allows for
73 // calling LockDeprecated() to acquire the named mutex before either Create or
74 // Open are called on Windows.
75 explicit SharedMemory(const std::wstring& name);
76 #endif
78 // Create a new SharedMemory object from an existing, open
79 // shared memory file.
81 // WARNING: This does not reduce the OS-level permissions on the handle; it
82 // only affects how the SharedMemory will be mmapped. Use
83 // ShareReadOnlyToProcess to drop permissions. TODO(jln,jyasskin): DCHECK
84 // that |read_only| matches the permissions of the handle.
85 SharedMemory(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle, bool read_only);
87 // Create a new SharedMemory object from an existing, open
88 // shared memory file that was created by a remote process and not shared
89 // to the current process.
90 SharedMemory(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle,
91 bool read_only,
92 ProcessHandle process);
94 // Closes any open files.
95 ~SharedMemory();
97 // Return true iff the given handle is valid (i.e. not the distingished
98 // invalid value; NULL for a HANDLE and -1 for a file descriptor)
99 static bool IsHandleValid(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle);
101 // Returns invalid handle (see comment above for exact definition).
102 static SharedMemoryHandle NULLHandle();
104 // Closes a shared memory handle.
105 static void CloseHandle(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle);
107 // Returns the maximum number of handles that can be open at once per process.
108 static size_t GetHandleLimit();
110 // Duplicates The underlying OS primitive. Returns NULLHandle() on failure.
111 // The caller is responsible for destroying the duplicated OS primitive.
112 static SharedMemoryHandle DuplicateHandle(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle);
114 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
115 // This method requires that the SharedMemoryHandle is backed by a POSIX fd.
116 static int GetFdFromSharedMemoryHandle(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle);
117 #endif
119 #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_ANDROID)
120 // Returns the size of the shared memory region referred to by |handle|.
121 // Returns '-1' on a failure to determine the size.
122 static int GetSizeFromSharedMemoryHandle(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle);
123 #endif // defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_ANDROID)
125 // Creates a shared memory object as described by the options struct.
126 // Returns true on success and false on failure.
127 bool Create(const SharedMemoryCreateOptions& options);
129 // Creates and maps an anonymous shared memory segment of size size.
130 // Returns true on success and false on failure.
131 bool CreateAndMapAnonymous(size_t size);
133 // Creates an anonymous shared memory segment of size size.
134 // Returns true on success and false on failure.
135 bool CreateAnonymous(size_t size) {
136 SharedMemoryCreateOptions options;
137 options.size = size;
138 return Create(options);
141 // DEPRECATED (crbug.com/345734):
142 // Creates or opens a shared memory segment based on a name.
143 // If open_existing is true, and the shared memory already exists,
144 // opens the existing shared memory and ignores the size parameter.
145 // If open_existing is false, shared memory must not exist.
146 // size is the size of the block to be created.
147 // Returns true on success, false on failure.
148 bool CreateNamedDeprecated(
149 const std::string& name, bool open_existing, size_t size) {
150 SharedMemoryCreateOptions options;
151 options.name_deprecated = &name;
152 options.open_existing_deprecated = open_existing;
153 options.size = size;
154 return Create(options);
157 // Deletes resources associated with a shared memory segment based on name.
158 // Not all platforms require this call.
159 bool Delete(const std::string& name);
161 // Opens a shared memory segment based on a name.
162 // If read_only is true, opens for read-only access.
163 // Returns true on success, false on failure.
164 bool Open(const std::string& name, bool read_only);
166 // Maps the shared memory into the caller's address space.
167 // Returns true on success, false otherwise. The memory address
168 // is accessed via the memory() accessor. The mapped address is guaranteed to
169 // have an alignment of at least MAP_MINIMUM_ALIGNMENT. This method will fail
170 // if this object is currently mapped.
171 bool Map(size_t bytes) {
172 return MapAt(0, bytes);
175 // Same as above, but with |offset| to specify from begining of the shared
176 // memory block to map.
177 // |offset| must be alignent to value of |SysInfo::VMAllocationGranularity()|.
178 bool MapAt(off_t offset, size_t bytes);
179 enum { MAP_MINIMUM_ALIGNMENT = 32 };
181 // Unmaps the shared memory from the caller's address space.
182 // Returns true if successful; returns false on error or if the
183 // memory is not mapped.
184 bool Unmap();
186 // The size requested when the map is first created.
187 size_t requested_size() const { return requested_size_; }
189 // The actual size of the mapped memory (may be larger than requested).
190 size_t mapped_size() const { return mapped_size_; }
192 // Gets a pointer to the opened memory space if it has been
193 // Mapped via Map(). Returns NULL if it is not mapped.
194 void *memory() const { return memory_; }
196 // Returns the underlying OS handle for this segment.
197 // Use of this handle for anything other than an opaque
198 // identifier is not portable.
199 SharedMemoryHandle handle() const;
201 // Closes the open shared memory segment. The memory will remain mapped if
202 // it was previously mapped.
203 // It is safe to call Close repeatedly.
204 void Close();
206 // Shares the shared memory to another process. Attempts to create a
207 // platform-specific new_handle which can be used in a remote process to read
208 // the shared memory file. new_handle is an output parameter to receive the
209 // handle for use in the remote process.
211 // |*this| must have been initialized using one of the Create*() or Open()
212 // methods with share_read_only=true. If it was constructed from a
213 // SharedMemoryHandle, this call will CHECK-fail.
215 // Returns true on success, false otherwise.
216 bool ShareReadOnlyToProcess(ProcessHandle process,
217 SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle) {
218 return ShareToProcessCommon(process, new_handle, false, SHARE_READONLY);
221 // Logically equivalent to:
222 // bool ok = ShareReadOnlyToProcess(process, new_handle);
223 // Close();
224 // return ok;
225 // Note that the memory is unmapped by calling this method, regardless of the
226 // return value.
227 bool GiveReadOnlyToProcess(ProcessHandle process,
228 SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle) {
229 return ShareToProcessCommon(process, new_handle, true, SHARE_READONLY);
232 // Shares the shared memory to another process. Attempts
233 // to create a platform-specific new_handle which can be
234 // used in a remote process to access the shared memory
235 // file. new_handle is an output parameter to receive
236 // the handle for use in the remote process.
237 // Returns true on success, false otherwise.
238 bool ShareToProcess(ProcessHandle process,
239 SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle) {
240 return ShareToProcessCommon(process, new_handle, false, SHARE_CURRENT_MODE);
243 // Logically equivalent to:
244 // bool ok = ShareToProcess(process, new_handle);
245 // Close();
246 // return ok;
247 // Note that the memory is unmapped by calling this method, regardless of the
248 // return value.
249 bool GiveToProcess(ProcessHandle process,
250 SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle) {
251 return ShareToProcessCommon(process, new_handle, true, SHARE_CURRENT_MODE);
254 private:
255 #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_NACL) && !defined(OS_ANDROID)
256 bool PrepareMapFile(ScopedFILE fp, ScopedFD readonly);
257 bool FilePathForMemoryName(const std::string& mem_name, FilePath* path);
258 #endif // defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_NACL) && !defined(OS_ANDROID)
259 enum ShareMode {
260 SHARE_READONLY,
261 SHARE_CURRENT_MODE,
263 bool ShareToProcessCommon(ProcessHandle process,
264 SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle,
265 bool close_self,
266 ShareMode);
268 #if defined(OS_WIN)
269 std::wstring name_;
270 HANDLE mapped_file_;
271 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
272 int mapped_file_;
273 int readonly_mapped_file_;
274 #endif
275 size_t mapped_size_;
276 void* memory_;
277 bool read_only_;
278 size_t requested_size_;
280 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(SharedMemory);
282 } // namespace base
284 #endif // BASE_MEMORY_SHARED_MEMORY_H_