Attaches a memory segment previously opened with PR_OpenSharedMemory and maps it into the process memory space.

Syntax

#include <prshm.h>

NSPR_API( void * )
  PR_AttachSharedMemory(
     PRSharedMemory *shm,
     PRIntn flags
);

/* Define values for PR_AttachSharedMemory(...,flags) */
#define PR_SHM_READONLY 0x01

Parameters

The function has these parameters:

shm

The handle returned from PR_OpenSharedMemory.

flags

Options for mapping the shared memory. PR_SHM_READONLY causes the memory to be attached read-only.

Returns

Address where shared memory is mapped, or NULL if an error occurs. Retrieve the reason for the failure by calling PR_GetError and PR_GetOSError.