[boost] boost shmem with file descriptors

From: Ryan, Paul L. (PAUL.L.RYAN_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-18 15:15:23

Ion,
 
We've spoken earlier about a couple of bugs an associate and I found in the
shmem library and I was wondering if you had any suggestions for an
interesting problem I've encounterd. My current project requires that my use
of the shared memory segment that we're using be selectable with either
select or poll, which in effect means that the segment (or portions of it)
need to have file descriptor associated with it. I know of ways that I can
hack this by sending the file descriptor outside of the shmem segment and
maintaing a fake file for each portion of shmem that I need to access but I
was wondering if you (or any other boost list members) know of a better way
to do this using the boost::shmem functionality.
 
Thank you for your time,
 
Paul Ryan
SAIC - Tactical Systems