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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
created_size()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.
memory()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.
id()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.
ShareToProcess(ProcessHandle process,SharedMemoryHandle * new_handle)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.
GiveToProcess(ProcessHandle process,SharedMemoryHandle * new_handle)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:
SharedMemoryAutoLock(SharedMemory * shared_memory)219   explicit SharedMemoryAutoLock(SharedMemory* shared_memory)
220       : shared_memory_(shared_memory) {
221     shared_memory_->Lock();
222   }
223 
~SharedMemoryAutoLock()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