Re: [Boost-users] [interprocess] windows_shared_memory implementation

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [interprocess] windows_shared_memory implementation
From: Andrew Holden (aholden_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-07 09:17:01

Brent Arias wrote:
>
> The documentation repeatedly states that "windows_shared_memory
> has no kernel persistence and is destroyed when all processes
> using that shared memory are gone."
>
> But I'm trying to find out what exactly is used for the
> implementation of winows_shared_memory?  Is it implemented
> internally as a Windows named pipe?  Is it based on using
> ReadProcessMemory?  Anyone know?

I believe it's based on CreateFileMapping.