DosGiveSeg

This call allows another process to access shared memory allocated by a DosAllocSeg or DosAllocHuge call.

Syntax
DosGiveSeg (CallerSegSelector, ProcessID, RecipientSegSelector)

Parameters

 * CallerSegSelector (SEL) - input : Segment selector of the shared memory segment.
 * ProcessID (PID) - input : Process ID of the process to receive access to the shared memory segment.
 * RecipientSegSelector (PSEL) - output : Address of the recipient's segment selector.

Return Code

 * rc (USHORT) - return:Return code descriptions are:
 * 0 NO_ERROR
 * 5 ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
 * 8 ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY

Remarks
DosGiveSeg returns a selector that can be given to another process to access shared memory the giver has allocated by a DosAllocSeg or DosAllocHuge call. The giving process passes the recipient's selector to the intended sharer by some means of interprocess communication. If the recipient has created a queue with DosCreateQueue, the giver can issue DosWriteQueue, specifying the queue name, and pass the selector in this manner.

If the memory being given was allocated by a DosAllocHuge request, the CallerSegSelector must be the base selector returned by DosAllocHuge. When the caller passes the selector returned in RecipientSegSelector to the intended sharer, this selector has addressability only to the first segment in the sharer's address space of the huge allocation. However, the recipient can call DosGetHugeShift and use the shift count returned to calculate the selectors for the remaining segments.

C

 * 1) define INCL_DOSMEMMGR

USHORT rc = DosGiveSeg(CallerSegSelector, ProcessID, RecipientSegSelector);

SEL    CallerSegSelector;    /* Caller's segment selector */ PID    ProcessID;            /* Process ID of recipient */ PSEL   RecipientSegSelector; /* Recipient's segment selector (returned) */

USHORT rc;                   /* return code */ 

MASM
 EXTRN DosGiveSeg:FAR INCL_DOSMEMMGR     EQU 1

PUSH  WORD    CallerSegSelector    ;Caller's segment selector PUSH  WORD    ProcessID            ;Process ID of recipient PUSH@ WORD    RecipientSegSelector ;Recipient's segment selector (returned) CALL  DosGiveSeg

Returns WORD 