ipc_init (9) - Linux Manuals

ipc_init: initialise ipc subsystem

Command to display ipc_init manual in Linux: $ man 9 ipc_init

NAME

ipc_init - initialise ipc subsystem

SYNOPSIS

int ipc_init(void);

ARGUMENTS

void

: no arguments

DESCRIPTION

The various sysv ipc resources (semaphores, messages and shared memory) are initialised.

A callback routine is registered into the memory hotplug notifier chain: since msgmni scales to lowmem this callback routine will be called upon successful memory add / remove to recompute msmgni.