Linux IPC Explained: Anonymous Pipes, FIFOs, and System V Shared Memory, Message Queues, and Semaphores
The core of Linux IPC is not simply “moving data.” It starts by making the same resource visible to multiple processes, then enabling data exchange, event notification, synchronization, and mutual exclusion. This article covers five mechanisms: anonymous pipes, named pipes, System V shared memory, message queues, and semaphores, to address process coordination, performance, and isolation. … Read more