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Sandeep
Sandeep

Reputation: 19462

How to use shared memory in android native code?

I am porting an existing linux application to android. The application is using shared memory API's like shm_open() etc.

Checking bionic in android source, I see that these API's are not supported. Hence I get a linking error during build.

external/l2/avbtp.c:138: error: undefined reference to 'shm_open'
external/l2/avbtp.c:151: error: undefined reference to 'shm_unlink'
external/l2/avbtp.c:186: error: undefined reference to 'shm_unlink'

How to resolve this correctly?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 6127

Answers (1)

Sergio
Sergio

Reputation: 8209

Android intentionally doesn't provide SysV IPC. Try to avoid using of shared memory or, if you really want, look for examples of using ashmem.

Upvotes: 5

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