Chapter 6. Kernel IPC facilities

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IPC utilities

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ipc_init - initialise IPC subsystem
ipc_init_ids - initialise IPC identifiers
ipc_init_proc_interface - Create a proc interface for sysipc types using a seq_file interface.
ipc_findkey - find a key in an ipc identifier set
ipc_addid - add an IPC identifier
ipc_rmid - remove an IPC identifier
ipc_alloc - allocate ipc space
ipc_free - free ipc space
ipc_rcu_alloc - allocate ipc and rcu space
ipc_schedule_free - free ipc + rcu space
ipc_immediate_free - free ipc + rcu space
ipcperms - check IPC permissions
kernel_to_ipc64_perm - convert kernel ipc permissions to user
ipc64_perm_to_ipc_perm - convert old ipc permissions to new
ipc_parse_version - IPC call version