管道通信在我之前的博客文章《进程间通信(1):匿名管道》和《进程间通信(2):命名管道》中进行了讲述,管道通信有其自身的缺点,管道的缓冲区是受限的,封装的网络操作,也会影响通信的速度,操作不当很容易阻塞。
共享内存操作一般被认为是最快的进程间通信方式,在系统内存中开辟一块内存区,分别映射到各个进程的虚拟地址空间中,任何一个进程操作了内存区都会反映到其他进程中。这种方式可以像访问自己的私有空间一样访问共享内存区。要说缺点,就是共享内存的数据同步比较困难,编程难度较大,不注意的话会造成数据的混乱。
结合例子进行讲解,例程如下。在服务器端通过CreateFileMapping函数创建文件映射,此处映射文件的名称作为共享内存区域的唯一标识,供其他进程索引。通过MapViewOfFile函数获得内存区域的首地址,然后就可以将数据拷贝到共享内存区域,通知给其他进程。显而易见,要首先启动服务器端程序。
文章中示例代码的完整工程文件可在http://download.csdn.net/download/ezhchai/9895833中下载
服务器端代码:
// SharedMemorySrv.cpp : 定义控制台应用程序的入口点。
//
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
HANDLE hMapFile = NULL;
char* pStr;
// Create the file mapping object.
hMapFile = CreateFileMapping(
INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, // Use paging file - shared memory
NULL, // Default security attributes
PAGE_READWRITE, // Allow read and write access
0, // High-order DWORD of file mapping max size
256, // Low-order DWORD of file mapping max size
(LPCWSTR)"MapTrans" // Name of the file mapping object
);
if (NULL == hMapFile)
{
cout << "CreateFileMapping failed! Error: " << GetLastError() << endl;
return 1;
}
cout << "The file mapping MapTrans is created! " << endl;
// Map a view of the file mapping into the address space of the current process.
pStr = (char*)MapViewOfFile(
hMapFile, // Handle of the map object
FILE_MAP_WRITE, // Read access
0, // High-order DWORD of the file offset
0, // Low-order DWORD of the file offset
256 // The number of bytes to map to view
);
if (NULL == pStr)
{
cout << "MapViewOfFile failed! Error: " << GetLastError() << endl;
return 2;
}
cout << "The file view is mapped!" << endl;
strcpy_s(pStr, 20, "ezhchai"); //write data to the shared memory
cout << "This message is written to the view: " << "ezhchai" << endl;
getchar();
UnmapViewOfFile(pStr);
CloseHandle(hMapFile);
return 0;
}
客户端程序在服务器程序建立共享内存区域后,通过OpenFileMapping函数以共享内存文件名为标识,打开映射文件区域,同样通过MapViewOfFile函数获得内存区域的首地址,也就可以操作共享内存区域,实现进程间通信了。
客户端代码:
// SharedMemoryClt.cpp : 定义控制台应用程序的入口点。
//
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
HANDLE hMapFile = NULL;
char* pStr;
// Try to open the named file mapping identified by the map name.
hMapFile = OpenFileMapping(
FILE_MAP_READ, // Read access
FALSE, // Do not inherit the name
(LPCWSTR)"MapTrans" // File mapping name
);
if (NULL == hMapFile)
{
cout << "OpenFileMapping failed! Error: " << GetLastError() << endl;
return 1;
}
cout << "The file mapping MapTrans is opened! " << endl;
// Map a view of the file mapping into the address space of the current process.
pStr = (char*)MapViewOfFile(
hMapFile, // Handle of the map object
FILE_MAP_READ, // Read access
0, // High-order DWORD of the file offset
0, // Low-order DWORD of the file offset
256 // The number of bytes to map to view
);
if (NULL == pStr)
{
cout << "MapViewOfFile failed! Error: " << GetLastError() << endl;
return 2;
}
cout << "The file view is mapped!" << endl;
puts(pStr); // Read sdata from the shared memory
getchar();
UnmapViewOfFile(pStr);
CloseHandle(hMapFile);
return 0;
}