PPT Slide
IPC in Mach
- Mach is object-oriented.
- A Mach port represents an object.
- You perform operations on an object by sending messages to the port that represents the object.
IPC and Synchronization Examples
- UNIX signals are used to indicate many possible events between processes; see “man -s 5 signal” on xi for a complete list of events.
- Users can install their own signal handlers via the signal() system call.