Added (brief) description of SHM_HUGETLB.

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Michael Kerrisk 2005-10-26 10:31:14 +00:00
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@ -109,7 +109,12 @@ meaning, as the
argument of
.BR open (2).
Presently, the execute permissions are not used by the system.
.\" FIXME -- document SHM_HUGETLB -- see Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
.TP
.B SHM_HUGETLB
Allocate the segment using "huge pages."
See the kernel source file
.I Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
for further information.
.PP
If a new shared memory segment is created,
then its associated data structure
@ -212,6 +217,13 @@ or allocating a segment of the requested
.I size
would cause the system to exceed the system-wide limit on shared memory
.RB ( SHMALL ).
.TP
.B EPERM
The
.B SHM_HUGETLB
flag was specified, but the caller was not privileged (did not have the
.B CAP_IPC_LOCK
capability).
.SH NOTES
.B IPC_PRIVATE
isn't a flag field but a
@ -261,6 +273,9 @@ SVr4, SVID. SVr4 documents an additional error condition EEXIST.
Until version 2.3.30 Linux would return EIDRM for a
.BR shmget ()
on a shared memory segment scheduled for deletion.
.B SHM_HUGETLB
is a non-portable Linux extension.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR shmat (2),
.BR shmctl (2),