ipc — System V IPC system calls
int ipc( |
unsigned int call, |
| int first, | |
| int second, | |
| int third, | |
| void *ptr, | |
long fifth); |
ipc() is a common kernel
entry point for the System V IPC calls for messages,
semaphores, and shared memory. call determines which IPC
function to invoke; the other arguments are passed through to
the appropriate call.
User programs should call the appropriate functions by
their usual names. Only standard library implementors and
kernel hackers need to know about ipc().
On a few architectures, for example ia64, there is no
ipc() system call; instead
msgctl(2), semctl(2), shmctl(2), and so on really
are implemented as separate system calls.
msgctl(2), msgget(2), msgrcv(2), msgsnd(2), semctl(2), semget(2), semop(2), semtimedop(2), shmat(2), shmctl(2), shmdt(2), shmget(2)
This page is part of release 3.24 of the Linux man-pages project. A
description of the project, and information about reporting
bugs, can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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