System V Shared Memory in Linux
1.0 Shared Memory Shared memory is one of the three inter process communication (IPC) mechanisms available under Linux and other Unix-like systems. The other two IPC mechanisms are the message…
System V Semaphores in Linux
1.0 Semaphores A semaphore is a mechanism for synchronizing processes and threads. Semaphore, in Unix-like systems, are provided under interprocess communication (IPC) facilities along with message queues and shared memory.…
System V message queues in Linux
1.0 Message queues Message queues are one of the interprocess communication mechanisms available under Linux. Message queues, shared memory and semaphores are normally listed as the three interprocess communication mechanisms…