Re: [boost] [Review] Shmem

From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-15 11:59:00

Hi Andy,

> One thing about shmem concerns me greatly. AFAIK shared memory is accessed by a 
> string handle. What then, when using open _or_create, is to stop two totally 
> unrelated applications accessing the same shared memory area by accident, or 
> malice because they used the same string handle?

There is no way to stop this. Is the same as if two unrelated processes 
open and write the same file. What can you do to stop this?

Regards,

Ion