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IPC_INIT(9) Kernel IPC facilities IPC_INIT(9)

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.

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February 2017 Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16