void randname(char *buf) { struct timespec ts; clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts); long r = ts.tv_nsec; for (int i = 0; i < 6; ++i) { buf[i] = 'A'+(r&15)+(r&16)*2; r >>= 5; } } int anonymous_shm_open(void) { char name[] = "/shm-XXXXXX"; int retries = 100; do { randname(name + strlen(name) - 6); --retries; int fd = shm_open(name, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0600); if (fd >= 0) { shm_unlink(name); return fd; } } while (retries > 0 && errno == EEXIST); return -1; } int create_shm_file(off_t size) { int fd = anonymous_shm_open(); if (fd < 0) { return fd; } if (ftruncate(fd, size) < 0) { close(fd); return -1; } return fd; }