Shared memory segment manager in userland

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/include/gc/shm.h b/src/include/gc/shm.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a3f0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/gc/shm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef DEF_SHM_H
+#define DEF_SHM_H
+
+#include <gc/syscall.h>
+
+/*
+ * This file contains headers for the shared segment mapping manager.
+ */
+
+void* shm_alloc(size_t size);	//allocates a spot in shared memory space
+void shm_free(void* p);			//frees a spot
+
+void* shm_allocNew(size_t size);	//calls shm_alloc, and maps a new segment there
+void shm_freeDel(void* p);			//unmaps segment and calls shm_free
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/include/gc/syscall.h b/src/include/gc/syscall.h
index f731e10..c93a523 100644
--- a/src/include/gc/syscall.h
+++ b/src/include/gc/syscall.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ typedef char		int8_t;
 typedef unsigned size_t;
 
 struct user_request {
-	uint32_t func, params[3];
+	uint32_t func, params[3], shmsize[3];
 	int isBlocking;		// 1 : blocking request, 0 : nonblocking request (message)
 };