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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @addtogroup Memory
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file sharedmem.h
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_SHARED_MEMORY_H
+#define ANDROID_SHARED_MEMORY_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/******************************************************************
+ *
+ * IMPORTANT NOTICE:
+ *
+ *   This file is part of Android's set of stable system headers
+ *   exposed by the Android NDK (Native Development Kit).
+ *
+ *   Third-party source AND binary code relies on the definitions
+ *   here to be FROZEN ON ALL UPCOMING PLATFORM RELEASES.
+ *
+ *   - DO NOT MODIFY ENUMS (EXCEPT IF YOU ADD NEW 32-BIT VALUES)
+ *   - DO NOT MODIFY CONSTANTS OR FUNCTIONAL MACROS
+ *   - DO NOT CHANGE THE SIGNATURE OF FUNCTIONS IN ANY WAY
+ *   - DO NOT CHANGE THE LAYOUT OR SIZE OF STRUCTURES
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Structures and functions for a shared memory buffer that can be shared across process.
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#if __ANDROID_API__ >= __ANDROID_API_O__
+
+/**
+ * Create a shared memory region.
+ *
+ * Create shared memory region and returns an file descriptor.  The resulting file descriptor can be
+ * mmap'ed to process memory space with PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC. Access to shared memory
+ * region can be restricted with {@link ASharedMemory_setProt}.
+ *
+ * Use close() to release the shared memory region.
+ *
+ * \param name an optional name.
+ * \param size size of the shared memory region
+ * \return file descriptor that denotes the shared memory; error code on failure.
+ */
+int ASharedMemory_create(const char *name, size_t size);
+
+/**
+ * Get the size of the shared memory region.
+ *
+ * \param fd file descriptor of the shared memory region
+ * \return size in bytes; 0 if fd is not a valid shared memory file descriptor.
+ */
+size_t ASharedMemory_getSize(int fd);
+
+/**
+ * Restrict access of shared memory region.
+ *
+ * This function restricts access of a shared memory region. Access can only be removed. The effect
+ * applies globally to all file descriptors in all processes across the system that refer to this
+ * shared memory region. Existing memory mapped regions are not affected.
+ *
+ * It is a common use case to create a shared memory region, map it read/write locally to intialize
+ * content, and then send the shared memory to another process with read only access. Code example
+ * as below (error handling ommited).
+ *
+ * \code{.c}
+ *   int fd = ASharedMemory_create("memory", 128);
+ *
+ *   // By default it has PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC.
+ *   char *buffer = (char *) mmap(NULL, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+ *
+ *   strcpy(buffer, "This is an example."); // trivially initialize content
+ *
+ *   // limit access to read only
+ *   ASharedMemory_setProt(fd, PROT_READ);
+ *
+ *   // share fd with another process here and the other process can only map with PROT_READ.
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * \param fd   file descriptor of the shared memory region.
+ * \param prot any bitwise-or'ed combination of PROT_READ, PROT_WRITE, PROT_EXEC denoting
+ *             updated access. Note access can only be removed, but not added back.
+ * \return 0 for success, error code on failure.
+ */
+int ASharedMemory_setProt(int fd, int prot);
+
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+};
+#endif
+
+#endif // ANDROID_SHARED_MEMORY_H
+
+/** @} */