Re: Shared memory
"SD" <sd@nospamgroup.com> wrote in message
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No, it can ONLY be in the address space of the processes that are using
it!
Otherwise,
they could not use it! That's where it is allocated: in the address
space of each of the
processes that use it. Note that it does not have to be in the *same
address* in each of
the processes! This means you cannot store pointers in it, unless you
used __based
pointers.
So then the memory isn't really shared, is it? And how could multiple
processes using it achieve synchronization of data in the shared memory?
I don't know why you would conclude it isn't really shared. It is. But, of
necessity, the physical-to-virtual address mapping can be different in each
process that uses the shared memory. So pointers, if used at all, must be
relative (__based) if they point within the shared memory.
Data synchronization between processes must be provided by your code. Use
mutexes that have a unique name known to all processes that need the mutex.
(see CreateMutex and related functions.)
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