Ideas for Shared Memory in Linux

Oct 13, 2013 · Comments
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I have been doing extensive research today regarding shared memory in linux before I embark on a new project in which shaving time off process communication latency is extremely important. I found some very interesting links as well. Let’s break them down:

Topic	Description	Link
Theory/Explanation	Some articles that explain how to get started	open-std
Content in the first column	Content in the second column	lkd
	IPC Mechanisms – some recommendations. Mainly talks about softwares like Boost, dBus dBus used to work using kernel levels but lately have come up with a patch that bypasses kernels	Stackoverflow
	What every programmer should know about memory	LWN
	Linux IPC	TLDP
	Cache Friendly Code	Stackoverflow
	Helpful Articles Which linux IPC technique to use?	Stackoverflow
	Inter process communication – talks about shared memory	ALP
	Linux Poll Events on Shared Memory	Stackoverflow
	Using semaphores in Shared Memory	Stackoverflow
	Sharing semaphores between Shared Memory	Stackoverflow
	Sharing memory between processes	Stackoverflow
	Reserving memory at kernel boot up (DMA)	Stackoverflow
Extra	IPC Shared memory samples	linuxgazette