Reading Other Process' Memory in OS X / BSD

// Create shared memory block
void* sharedMemory = NULL;
size_t shmemSize = 123456;
const char* shmName = "mySharedMemPath";
int shFD = shm_open(shmName, (O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_RDWR), 0600);
if (shFD >= 0) {
    if (ftruncate(shFD, shmemSize) == 0) {
    	sharedMemory = mmap(NULL, shmemSize, (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE), MAP_SHARED, shFD, 0);
    	if (sharedMemory != MAP_FAILED) {
    		// Initialize shared memory if needed
    		// Send 'shmemSize' & 'shmemSize' to other process(es)
    	} else handle error
    } else handle error
    close(shFD);		// Note: sharedMemory still valid until munmap() called
} else handle error

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Do stuff with shared memory
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// Tear down shared memory
if (sharedMemory != NULL) munmap(sharedMemory, shmemSize);
if (shFD >= 0) shm_unlink(shmName);





// Get the shared memory block from another process
void* sharedMemory = NULL;
size_t shmemSize = 123456;  			// Or fetched via some other form of IPC
const char* shmName = "mySharedMemPath";// Or fetched via some other form of IPC
int shFD = shm_open(shmName, (O_RDONLY), 0600); // Can be R/W if you want
if (shFD >= 0) {
    data = mmap(NULL, shmemSize, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, shFD, 0);
    if (data != MAP_FAILED) {
    	// Check shared memory for validity
    } else handle error
    close(shFD);		// Note: sharedMemory still valid until munmap() called
} else handle error


...
Do stuff with shared memory
...

// Tear down shared memory
if (sharedMemory != NULL) munmap(sharedMemory, shmemSize);
// Only the creator should shm_unlink()