ipc − System V IPC system calls
Standard C library (libc, −lc)
#include
<linux/ipc.h> /* Definition of needed constants */
#include <sys/syscall.h> /* Definition of
SYS_* constants */
#include <unistd.h>
int
syscall(SYS_ipc, unsigned int call, int
first,
unsigned long second, unsigned long
third, void *ptr,
long fifth);
Note: glibc provides no wrapper for ipc(), necessitating the use of syscall(2).
ipc() is a common kernel entry point for the System V IPC calls for messages, semaphores, and shared memory. call determines which IPC function to invoke; the other arguments are passed through to the appropriate call.
User-space programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual names. Only standard library implementors and kernel hackers need to know about ipc().
On some architectures—for example x86-64 and ARM—there is no ipc() system call; instead, msgctl(2), semctl(2), shmctl(2), and so on really are implemented as separate system calls.
Linux.
msgctl(2), msgget(2), msgrcv(2), msgsnd(2), semctl(2), semget(2), semop(2), semtimedop(2), shmat(2), shmctl(2), shmdt(2), shmget(2), sysvipc(7)