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      1 // Copyright (c) 2011 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.
      4 
      5 #ifndef BASE_SHARED_MEMORY_H_
      6 #define BASE_SHARED_MEMORY_H_
      7 #pragma once
      8 
      9 #include "build/build_config.h"
     10 
     11 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
     12 #include <sys/types.h>
     13 #include <semaphore.h>
     14 #include "base/file_descriptor_posix.h"
     15 #endif
     16 #include <string>
     17 
     18 #include "base/base_api.h"
     19 #include "base/basictypes.h"
     20 #include "base/process.h"
     21 
     22 class FilePath;
     23 
     24 namespace base {
     25 
     26 // SharedMemoryHandle is a platform specific type which represents
     27 // the underlying OS handle to a shared memory segment.
     28 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     29 typedef HANDLE SharedMemoryHandle;
     30 typedef HANDLE SharedMemoryLock;
     31 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
     32 // A SharedMemoryId is sufficient to identify a given shared memory segment on a
     33 // system, but insufficient to map it.
     34 typedef FileDescriptor SharedMemoryHandle;
     35 typedef ino_t SharedMemoryId;
     36 // On POSIX, the lock is implemented as a lockf() on the mapped file,
     37 // so no additional member (or definition of SharedMemoryLock) is
     38 // needed.
     39 #endif
     40 
     41 // Platform abstraction for shared memory.  Provides a C++ wrapper
     42 // around the OS primitive for a memory mapped file.
     43 class BASE_API SharedMemory {
     44  public:
     45   SharedMemory();
     46 
     47 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     48   // Similar to the default constructor, except that this allows for
     49   // calling Lock() to acquire the named mutex before either Create or Open
     50   // are called on Windows.
     51   explicit SharedMemory(const std::wstring& name);
     52 #endif
     53 
     54   // Create a new SharedMemory object from an existing, open
     55   // shared memory file.
     56   SharedMemory(SharedMemoryHandle handle, bool read_only);
     57 
     58   // Create a new SharedMemory object from an existing, open
     59   // shared memory file that was created by a remote process and not shared
     60   // to the current process.
     61   SharedMemory(SharedMemoryHandle handle, bool read_only,
     62                ProcessHandle process);
     63 
     64   // Closes any open files.
     65   ~SharedMemory();
     66 
     67   // Return true iff the given handle is valid (i.e. not the distingished
     68   // invalid value; NULL for a HANDLE and -1 for a file descriptor)
     69   static bool IsHandleValid(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle);
     70 
     71   // Returns invalid handle (see comment above for exact definition).
     72   static SharedMemoryHandle NULLHandle();
     73 
     74   // Closes a shared memory handle.
     75   static void CloseHandle(const SharedMemoryHandle& handle);
     76 
     77   // Creates and maps an anonymous shared memory segment of size size.
     78   // Returns true on success and false on failure.
     79   bool CreateAndMapAnonymous(uint32 size);
     80 
     81   // Creates an anonymous shared memory segment of size size.
     82   // Returns true on success and false on failure.
     83   bool CreateAnonymous(uint32 size);
     84 
     85   // Creates or opens a shared memory segment based on a name.
     86   // If open_existing is true, and the shared memory already exists,
     87   // opens the existing shared memory and ignores the size parameter.
     88   // If open_existing is false, shared memory must not exist.
     89   // size is the size of the block to be created.
     90   // Returns true on success, false on failure.
     91   bool CreateNamed(const std::string& name, bool open_existing, uint32 size);
     92 
     93   // Deletes resources associated with a shared memory segment based on name.
     94   // Not all platforms require this call.
     95   bool Delete(const std::string& name);
     96 
     97   // Opens a shared memory segment based on a name.
     98   // If read_only is true, opens for read-only access.
     99   // Returns true on success, false on failure.
    100   bool Open(const std::string& name, bool read_only);
    101 
    102   // Maps the shared memory into the caller's address space.
    103   // Returns true on success, false otherwise.  The memory address
    104   // is accessed via the memory() accessor.
    105   bool Map(uint32 bytes);
    106 
    107   // Unmaps the shared memory from the caller's address space.
    108   // Returns true if successful; returns false on error or if the
    109   // memory is not mapped.
    110   bool Unmap();
    111 
    112   // Get the size of the shared memory backing file.
    113   // Note:  This size is only available to the creator of the
    114   // shared memory, and not to those that opened shared memory
    115   // created externally.
    116   // Returns 0 if not created or unknown.
    117   // Deprecated method, please keep track of the size yourself if you created
    118   // it.
    119   // http://crbug.com/60821
    120   uint32 created_size() const { return created_size_; }
    121 
    122   // Gets a pointer to the opened memory space if it has been
    123   // Mapped via Map().  Returns NULL if it is not mapped.
    124   void *memory() const { return memory_; }
    125 
    126   // Returns the underlying OS handle for this segment.
    127   // Use of this handle for anything other than an opaque
    128   // identifier is not portable.
    129   SharedMemoryHandle handle() const;
    130 
    131 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
    132   // Returns a unique identifier for this shared memory segment. Inode numbers
    133   // are technically only unique to a single filesystem. However, we always
    134   // allocate shared memory backing files from the same directory, so will end
    135   // up on the same filesystem.
    136   SharedMemoryId id() const { return inode_; }
    137 #endif
    138 
    139   // Closes the open shared memory segment.
    140   // It is safe to call Close repeatedly.
    141   void Close();
    142 
    143   // Shares the shared memory to another process.  Attempts
    144   // to create a platform-specific new_handle which can be
    145   // used in a remote process to access the shared memory
    146   // file.  new_handle is an ouput parameter to receive
    147   // the handle for use in the remote process.
    148   // Returns true on success, false otherwise.
    149   bool ShareToProcess(ProcessHandle process,
    150                       SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle) {
    151     return ShareToProcessCommon(process, new_handle, false);
    152   }
    153 
    154   // Logically equivalent to:
    155   //   bool ok = ShareToProcess(process, new_handle);
    156   //   Close();
    157   //   return ok;
    158   // Note that the memory is unmapped by calling this method, regardless of the
    159   // return value.
    160   bool GiveToProcess(ProcessHandle process,
    161                      SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle) {
    162     return ShareToProcessCommon(process, new_handle, true);
    163   }
    164 
    165   // Locks the shared memory.
    166   // This is a cross-process lock which may be recursively
    167   // locked by the same thread.
    168   // TODO(port):
    169   // WARNING: on POSIX the lock only works across processes, not
    170   // across threads.  2 threads in the same process can both grab the
    171   // lock at the same time.  There are several solutions for this
    172   // (futex, lockf+anon_semaphore) but none are both clean and common
    173   // across Mac and Linux.
    174   void Lock();
    175 
    176 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    177   // A Lock() implementation with a timeout that also allows setting
    178   // security attributes on the mutex. sec_attr may be NULL.
    179   // Returns true if the Lock() has been acquired, false if the timeout was
    180   // reached.
    181   bool Lock(uint32 timeout_ms, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES* sec_attr);
    182 #endif
    183 
    184   // Releases the shared memory lock.
    185   void Unlock();
    186 
    187  private:
    188 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
    189   bool PrepareMapFile(FILE *fp);
    190   bool FilePathForMemoryName(const std::string& mem_name, FilePath* path);
    191   void LockOrUnlockCommon(int function);
    192 #endif
    193   bool ShareToProcessCommon(ProcessHandle process,
    194                             SharedMemoryHandle* new_handle,
    195                             bool close_self);
    196 
    197 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    198   std::wstring       name_;
    199   HANDLE             mapped_file_;
    200 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
    201   int                mapped_file_;
    202   uint32             mapped_size_;
    203   ino_t              inode_;
    204 #endif
    205   void*              memory_;
    206   bool               read_only_;
    207   uint32             created_size_;
    208 #if !defined(OS_POSIX)
    209   SharedMemoryLock   lock_;
    210 #endif
    211 
    212   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(SharedMemory);
    213 };
    214 
    215 // A helper class that acquires the shared memory lock while
    216 // the SharedMemoryAutoLock is in scope.
    217 class SharedMemoryAutoLock {
    218  public:
    219   explicit SharedMemoryAutoLock(SharedMemory* shared_memory)
    220       : shared_memory_(shared_memory) {
    221     shared_memory_->Lock();
    222   }
    223 
    224   ~SharedMemoryAutoLock() {
    225     shared_memory_->Unlock();
    226   }
    227 
    228  private:
    229   SharedMemory* shared_memory_;
    230   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(SharedMemoryAutoLock);
    231 };
    232 
    233 }  // namespace base
    234 
    235 #endif  // BASE_SHARED_MEMORY_H_
    236