IPC(2)                    Linux Programmer's Manual                   IPC(2)

NAME         top

       ipc - System V IPC system calls

SYNOPSIS         top

       int ipc(unsigned int call, int first, int second, int third,
               void *ptr, long fifth);

DESCRIPTION         top

       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().

CONFORMING TO         top

       ipc() is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs intended
       to be portable.

NOTES         top

       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.

SEE ALSO         top

       msgctl(2), msgget(2), msgrcv(2), msgsnd(2), semctl(2), semget(2),
       semop(2), semtimedop(2), shmat(2), shmctl(2), shmdt(2), shmget(2),
       svipc(7)

COLOPHON         top

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Linux                            2017-09-15                           IPC(2)

Pages that refer to this page: semctl(2),  syscalls(2),  unimplemented(2),  seccomp_syscall_resolve_name(3),  svipc(7)

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