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authorwblock <wblock@FreeBSD.org>2017-01-27 17:54:24 +0000
committerwblock <wblock@FreeBSD.org>2017-01-27 17:54:24 +0000
commite4632580321a32da8868f0307f9284dbef33f906 (patch)
tree6cdfe07518298edf0d216e0a4448b6e7c5a918bd /lib
parent2e4d87b44d4c7e3eef53d671ebaba9175f21da11 (diff)
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MFC r312547: Mention sendfile(2) by popular demand.
Sponsored by: iXsystems
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/shm_open.210
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/shm_open.2 b/lib/libc/sys/shm_open.2
index f77eb49..0855c07 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/shm_open.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/shm_open.2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 13, 2017
+.Dd January 20, 2017
.Dt SHM_OPEN 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ kernel implementation explicitly includes support for
and
.Xr write 2 .
.Pp
+.Fx
+also supports zero-copy transmission of data from shared memory
+objects with
+.Xr sendfile 2 .
+.Pp
Neither shared memory objects nor their contents persist across reboots.
.Pp
Writes do not extend shared memory objects, so
@@ -281,7 +286,8 @@ requires write permission to the shared memory object.
.Xr fstat 2 ,
.Xr ftruncate 2 ,
.Xr mmap 2 ,
-.Xr munmap 2
+.Xr munmap 2 ,
+.Xr sendfile 2
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn shm_open
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