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From: Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>
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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-core] Native skin: user space handles sharable between
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To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@domain.hid>
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Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> what is the policy for the user space handles the native skin generates:
> Can the user share them between processes via putting them into shared
> memory (like it is allowed for some POSIX objects)?
> 
> I'm wondering if I have to use the POSIX pattern to resolve the address
> of a fast mutex: If shared, look to global heap, otherwise use
> process-local heap.

The posix skin does only this only the first time. If the address is
local, it is computed and stored locally and never recomputed again.

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                                                 Gilles.