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process_shared
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process_shared
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Concurrency primitives that may be used in a cross-process way to
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Cross-process concurrency primitives that may be used to coordinate
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coordinate share memory between processes.
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shared memory between processes.
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```ruby
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require 'process_shared'
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mutex = ProcessShared::Mutex.new
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cond = ProcessShared::ConditionVariable.new
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mem = ProcessShared::SharedMemory.new(:int32, 2) # extends FFI::Pointer
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pid1 = fork do
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nums = mutex.synchronize do
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cond.wait(mutex)
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mem.get_array_of_int(0, 2)
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end
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puts "process #{Process.pid} received #{nums}"
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end
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pid2 = fork do
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nums = [12345, 67890]
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mutex.synchronize do
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puts "process #{Process.pid} sending #{nums}"
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mem.put_array_of_int(0, nums)
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cond.signal
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end
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end
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Process.waitall
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```
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[API Documentation](http://www.rubydoc.info/github/pmahoney/process_shared/master)
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FFI is used to access POSIX semaphore on Linux or Mach semaphores on
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FFI is used to access POSIX semaphore on Linux or Mach semaphores on
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Mac. Atop these semaphores are implemented ProcessShared::Semaphore,
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Mac. Atop these semaphores are implemented `ProcessShared::Semaphore`,
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ProcessShared::Mutex. POSIX shared memory is used to implement
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`ProcessShared::Mutex`. POSIX shared memory is used to implement
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ProcessShared::SharedMemory.
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`ProcessShared::SharedMemory`.
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On Linux, POSIX semaphores support `sem_timedwait()` which can wait on
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On Linux, POSIX semaphores support `sem_timedwait()` which can wait on
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a semaphore but stop waiting after a timeout.
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a semaphore but stop waiting after a timeout.
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Mac OS X's implementation of POSIX semaphores does not support
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Mac OS X's implementation of POSIX semaphores does not support
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timeouts. But, the Mach layer in Mac OS X has its own semaphores that
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timeouts. But, the Mach layer in Mac OS X has its own semaphores that
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do support timeouts. Thus, process_shared implements a moderate
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do support timeouts. Thus, process_shared implements a moderate subset
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subset of the Mach API, which is quite a bit different from POSIX.
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of the Mach API, which is quite a bit different from POSIX. Namely,
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Namely, semaphores created in one process are not available in child
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semaphores created in one process are not available in child processes
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processes created via `fork()`. Mach does provide the means to copy
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created via `fork()`. Mach does provide the means to copy capabilities
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capabilities between tasks (Mach equivalent to processes).
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between tasks (Mach equivalent to processes). In a giant hack, **on OS
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process_shared overrides Ruby's `fork` methods so that semaphores are
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X, `process_shared` overrides Ruby's `fork`** methods so that
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copied from parent to child to emulate the POSIX behavior.
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semaphores are copied from parent to child to emulate the POSIX
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behavior.
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This is an incomplete work in progress.
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This is an incomplete work in progress.
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