Shm: fix region init with external regions

shm: add some debug output
region example: add options for testing with externally-created regions
2025-10-15 17:41:45 +00:00 · 2022-09-09 15:40:33 +02:00 · 2022-09-09 15:40:33 +02:00 · 2022-09-09 15:40:33 +02:00 · 2022-09-06 08:09:47 +02:00 · 2022-09-06 08:08:42 +02:00
34 changed files with 932 additions and 351 deletions
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+{
+    "creators": [
+        {
+            "name": "Al-Turany, Mohammad"
+        },
+        {
+            "orcid": "0000-0003-3787-1910",
+            "name": "Klein, Dennis"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Kollegger, Thorsten"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Rybalchenko, Alexey"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Winckler, Nicolas"
+        }
+    ],
+    "contributors": [
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "name": "Aphecetche, Laurent"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "name": "Binet, Sebastien"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "name": "Eulisse, Giulio"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "name": "Karabowicz, Radoslaw"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "name": "Kretz, Matthias"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "name": "Krzewicki, Mikolaj"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "name": "Lebedev, Andrey"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "name": "Mrnjavac, Teo"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "name": "Neskovic, Gvozden"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "name": "Richter, Matthias"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "orcid": "0000-0002-5321-8404",
+            "name": "Tacke, Christian"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "name": "Uhlig, Florian"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Other",
+            "name": "Wenzel, Sandro"
+        }
+    ],
+    "description": "<p>C++ Message Queuing Library and Framework</p>",
+    "related_identifiers": [
+        {
+            "identifier": "https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ/",
+            "relation": "isSupplementTo",
+            "resource_type": "software",
+            "scheme": "url"
+        }
+    ],
+    "title": "FairMQ",
+    "license": "LGPL-3.0-only"
+}
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Al-Turany, Mohammad
-Klein, Dennis
+Klein, Dennis [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3787-1910]
 Kollegger, Thorsten
 Rybalchenko, Alexey
 Winckler, Nicolas
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ################################################################################
-# Copyright (C) 2018-2021 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  #
+# Copyright (C) 2018-2022 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  #
 #                                                                              #
 #              This software is distributed under the terms of the             #
 #              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             #
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

 # Project ######################################################################
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15 FATAL_ERROR)
-cmake_policy(VERSION 3.15...3.20)
+cmake_policy(VERSION 3.15...3.22)

 list(PREPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 include(GitHelper)
--- a/4
+++ b/4
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ Binet, Sebastien
 Eulisse, Giulio
 Karabowicz, Radoslaw
 Kretz, Matthias <kretz@kde.org>
-Krzewicki, Mikolaj 
+Krzewicki, Mikolaj
 Lebedev, Andrey
 Mrnjavac, Teo <teo.m@cern.ch>
 Neskovic, Gvozden
 Richter, Matthias
-Tacke, Christian
+Tacke, Christian [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5321-8404]
 Uhlig, Florian
 Wenzel, Sandro
--- a/10
+++ b/10
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ Upstream-Contact: Mohammad Al-Turany <m.al-turany@gsi.de>
 Source: https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ

 Files: *
-Copyright: 2012-2021, GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH
-Copyright: 2012-2021, [see AUTHORS file]
-Copyright: 2012-2021, [see CONTRIBUTORS file]
+Copyright: 2012-2022, GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH
+Copyright: 2012-2022, [see AUTHORS file]
+Copyright: 2012-2022, [see CONTRIBUTORS file]
 Comment: The copyright of individual contributors is documented in the
  Git history.
 License: LGPL-3.0-only

 Files: extern/googletest
-Copyright: 2008-2021, Google Inc.
+Copyright: 2008-2022, Google Inc.
 License: GOOGLE

 Files: extern/asio
-Copyright: 2003-2021, Christopher M. Kohlhoff (chris at kohlhoff dot com)
+Copyright: 2003-2022, Christopher M. Kohlhoff (chris at kohlhoff dot com)
 License: BSL-1.0

 Files: extern/PicoSHA2
--- a/FairMQTest.cmake
+++ b/FairMQTest.cmake
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ endif()
 if(ENABLE_SANITIZER_THREAD)
  list(APPEND options "-DENABLE_SANITIZER_THREAD=ON")
 endif()
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER)
+  list(APPEND options "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
+endif()
 if(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
  list(APPEND options "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 endif()
--- a/6
+++ b/6
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ def jobMatrix(String type, List specs) {
      ver = spec.ver
    } else { // == 'check'
      job = "${spec.name}"
-      selector = 'fedora-34-x86_64'
+      selector = 'fedora-35-x86_64'
      os = 'fedora'
-      ver = '34'
+      ver = '35'
    }

    def label = "${job}"
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ pipeline{
            [os: 'fedora', ver: '32',    arch: 'x86_64', compiler: 'gcc-10', extra: all],
            [os: 'fedora', ver: '33',    arch: 'x86_64', compiler: 'gcc-10', extra: all],
            [os: 'fedora', ver: '34',    arch: 'x86_64', compiler: 'gcc-11', extra: all],
+            [os: 'fedora', ver: '35',    arch: 'x86_64', compiler: 'gcc-11', extra: all],
            [os: 'macos',  ver: '11',    arch: 'x86_64', compiler: 'apple-clang-12', extra: '-DHAS_ASIO=ON'],
            [os: 'macos',  ver: '11',    arch: 'arm64', compiler: 'apple-clang-13', extra: '-DHAS_ASIO=ON'],
          ])
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ pipeline{
            [name: 'static-analyzers', extra: "${all_debug} -DRUN_STATIC_ANALYSIS=ON"],
            [name: '{address,leak,ub}-sanitizers',
             extra: "${all_debug} -DENABLE_SANITIZER_ADDRESS=ON -DENABLE_SANITIZER_LEAK=ON -DENABLE_SANITIZER_UNDEFINED_BEHAVIOUR=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-O1 -fno-omit-frame-pointer'"],
+            [name: 'thread-sanitizer', extra: "${all_debug} -DENABLE_SANITIZER_THREAD=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++"],
          ])

          parallel(builds + checks)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 <!-- {#mainpage} -->
-# FairMQ [![license](https://alfa-ci.gsi.de/shields/badge/license-LGPL--3.0-orange.svg)](COPYRIGHT) [![build status](https://alfa-ci.gsi.de/buildStatus/icon?job=FairRootGroup/FairMQ/dev)](https://alfa-ci.gsi.de/blue/organizations/jenkins/FairRootGroup%2FFairMQ/branches) [![Coverity Badge](https://alfa-ci.gsi.de/shields/coverity/scan/fairrootgroup-fairmq.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/fairrootgroup-fairmq)
+# FairMQ [![license](https://alfa-ci.gsi.de/shields/badge/license-LGPL--3.0-orange.svg)](COPYRIGHT)

 C++ Message Queuing Library and Framework

-| Release | Version | Docs |
-| :---: | :--- | :--- |
-| `stable` | [![release](https://alfa-ci.gsi.de/shields/github/release/FairRootGroup/FairMQ.svg)](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ/releases/latest) | [API](https://fairrootgroup.github.io/FairMQ/latest), [Book](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ/blob/master/README.md#documentation) |
-| `testing` | [![dev tag](https://alfa-ci.gsi.de/shields/github/tag/FairRootGroup/FairMQ.svg)](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ/tags) | [Book](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ/blob/dev/README.md#documentation) |
+Docs: [Book](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ/blob/dev/README.md#documentation)

 Find all FairMQ releases [here](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ/releases).

@@ -24,11 +21,13 @@ FairMQ provides multiple implementations for its API (so-called "transports",
 e.g. `zeromq`, `shmem` and `ofi` (in development)) to cover a variety of use cases
 (e.g. inter-thread, inter-process, inter-node communication) and machines (e.g. Ethernet, Infiniband).
 In addition to this core functionality FairMQ provides a framework for creating "devices" - actors which
-are communicating through message passing. FairMQ does not only allow the user to use different transport but also to mix them; i.e: A Device can communicate using different transport on different channels at the same time. Device execution is modelled as a simple state machine that
-shapes the integration points for the user task. Devices also incorporate a plugin system for runtime configuration and control.
-Next to the provided devices and plugins (e.g. [DDS](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/DDS))
-the user can extend FairMQ by developing his own plugins to integrate his devices with external
-configuration and control services.
+are communicating through message passing. FairMQ does not only allow the user to use different transport
+but also to mix them; i.e: A Device can communicate using different transport on different channels at the
+same time. Device execution is modelled as a simple state machine that shapes the integration points for
+the user task. Devices also incorporate a plugin system for runtime configuration and control.
+Next to the provided [devices](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ/tree/master/fairmq/devices) and
+[plugins](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ/tree/master/fairmq/plugins) the user can extend FairMQ
+by developing his own plugins to integrate his devices with external configuration and control services.

 FairMQ has been developed in the context of its mother project [FairRoot](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairRoot) -
 a simulation, reconstruction and analysis framework.
@@ -47,14 +46,15 @@ cmake --build fairmq_build --target install

 Please consult the [manpages of your CMake version](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake.1.html) for more options.

-If dependencies are not installed in standard system directories, you can hint the installation location via `-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=...` or per dependency via `-D{DEPENDENCY}_ROOT=...`. `{DEPENDENCY}` can be `GTEST`, `BOOST`, `FAIRLOGGER`, `ZEROMQ`, `OFI`, `PMIX`, `ASIO`, `ASIOFI` or `DDS` (`*_ROOT` variables can also be environment variables).
+If dependencies are not installed in standard system directories, you can hint the installation location via
+`-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=...` or per dependency via `-D{DEPENDENCY}_ROOT=...` (`*_ROOT` variables can also be environment variables).

 ## Usage

 FairMQ ships as a CMake package, so in your `CMakeLists.txt` you can discover it like this:

 ```cmake
-find_package(FairCMakeModules 0.2 REQUIRED)
+find_package(FairCMakeModules 1.0 REQUIRED)
 include(FairFindPackage2)
 find_package2(FairMQ)
 find_package2_implicit_dependencies()
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ list(PREPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH /path/to/fairmq_install)
 Optionally, you can require certain FairMQ package components and a minimum version:

 ```cmake
-find_package(FairMQ 1.4.0 COMPONENTS dds_plugin)
+find_package(FairMQ 1.4.50 COMPONENTS ofi_transport)
 ```

 When building FairMQ, CMake will print a summary table of all available package components.

 ## Dependencies

-  * [asio](https://github.com/chriskohlhoff/asio) (optionally bundled)
+  * [asio](https://github.com/chriskohlhoff/asio)
  * [asiofi](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/asiofi)
  * [Boost](https://www.boost.org/)
  * [CMake](https://cmake.org/)
@@ -86,13 +86,14 @@ When building FairMQ, CMake will print a summary table of all available package
  * [Doxygen](http://www.doxygen.org/)
  * [FairCMakeModules](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairCMakeModules) (optionally bundled)
  * [FairLogger](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairLogger)
+  * [Flatbuffers](https://google.github.io/flatbuffers/)
  * [GTest](https://github.com/google/googletest) (optionally bundled)
  * [PMIx](https://pmix.org/)
  * [ZeroMQ](http://zeromq.org/)

  Which dependencies are required depends on which components are built.

-  Supported platforms: Linux and MacOS.
+  Supported platform is Linux. macOS is supported on a best-effort basis.

 ## CMake options

@@ -102,7 +103,6 @@ On command line:
  * `-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF` disables building of tests.
  * `-DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF` disables building of examples.
  * `-DBUILD_OFI_TRANSPORT=ON` enables building of the experimental OFI transport.
-  * `-DBUILD_DDS_PLUGIN=ON` enables building of the DDS plugin.
  * `-DBUILD_PMIX_PLUGIN=ON` enables building of the PMIx plugin.
  * `-DBUILD_DOCS=ON` enables building of API docs.
  * You can hint non-system installations for dependent packages, see the #installation-from-source section above
--- a/cmake/FairMQSummary.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FairMQSummary.cmake
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ macro(fairmq_summary_components)
  endif()
  message(STATUS "  ${BWhite}ofi_transport${CR}      ${ofi_summary}")
  if(BUILD_DDS_PLUGIN)
-    set(dds_summary "${BGreen}YES${CR}    (disable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_DDS_PLUGIN=OFF${CR})")
+    set(dds_summary "${BGreen}YES${CR}    DEPRECATED (disable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_DDS_PLUGIN=OFF${CR})")
  else()
-    set(dds_summary "${BRed} NO${CR}    (default, enable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_DDS_PLUGIN=ON${CR})")
+    set(dds_summary "${BRed} NO${CR}    DEPRECATED (default, enable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_DDS_PLUGIN=ON${CR})")
  endif()
  message(STATUS "  ${BWhite}dds_plugin${CR}         ${dds_summary}")
  if(BUILD_PMIX_PLUGIN)
@@ -58,15 +58,15 @@ macro(fairmq_summary_components)
  endif()
  message(STATUS "  ${BWhite}docs${CR}               ${docs_summary}")
  if(BUILD_SDK)
-    set(sdk_summary "${BGreen}YES${CR}    EXPERIMENTAL (disable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_SDK=OFF${CR})")
+    set(sdk_summary "${BGreen}YES${CR}    DEPRECATED (disable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_SDK=OFF${CR})")
  else()
-    set(sdk_summary "${BRed} NO${CR}    EXPERIMENTAL (default, enable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_SDK=ON${CR})")
+    set(sdk_summary "${BRed} NO${CR}    DEPRECATED (default, enable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_SDK=ON${CR})")
  endif()
  message(STATUS "  ${BWhite}sdk${CR}                ${sdk_summary}")
  if(BUILD_SDK_COMMANDS)
-    set(sdk_commands_summary "${BGreen}YES${CR}    (disable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_SDK_COMMANDS=OFF${CR})")
+    set(sdk_commands_summary "${BGreen}YES${CR}    DEPRECATED (disable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_SDK_COMMANDS=OFF${CR})")
  else()
-    set(sdk_commands_summary "${BRed} NO${CR}    (default, enable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_SDK_COMMANDS=ON${CR})")
+    set(sdk_commands_summary "${BRed} NO${CR}    DEPRECATED (default, enable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_SDK_COMMANDS=ON${CR})")
  endif()
  message(STATUS "  ${BWhite}sdk_commands${CR}       ${sdk_commands_summary}")
  if(BUILD_TIDY_TOOL)
@@ -75,6 +75,21 @@ macro(fairmq_summary_components)
    set(sdk_tidy_summary "${BRed} NO${CR}    (default, enable with ${BMagenta}-DBUILD_TIDY_TOOL=ON${CR})")
  endif()
  message(STATUS "  ${BWhite}tidy_tool${CR}          ${sdk_tidy_summary}")
+
+  set(_deprecated)
+  if(BUILD_SDK)
+    list(APPEND _deprecated sdk)
+  endif()
+  if(BUILD_SDK_COMMANDS)
+    list(APPEND _deprecated sdk_commands)
+  endif()
+  if(BUILD_DDS_PLUGIN)
+    list(APPEND _deprecated dds_plugin)
+  endif()
+  list(JOIN _deprecated ", " _deprecated)
+  if(_deprecated)
+    message(DEPRECATION "You have selected to build deprecated components '${_deprecated}' which will be removed in a future release. See https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ/discussions/392 for more information. Use '-Wno-deprecated' to silence deprecation warnings.")
+  endif()
 endmacro()

 macro(fairmq_summary_static_analysis)
--- a/codemeta.json
+++ b/codemeta.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
    {
      "@type": "Person",
      "givenName": "Dennis",
-      "familyName": "Klein"
+      "familyName": "Klein",
+      "@id": "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3787-1910"
    },
    {
      "@type": "Person",
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@
    {
      "@type": "Person",
      "givenName": "Christian",
-      "familyName": "Tacke"
+      "familyName": "Tacke",
+      "@id": "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5321-8404"
    },
    {
      "@type": "Person",
--- a/docs/Configuration.md
+++ b/docs/Configuration.md
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Here is an overview of the device/channel options and when they are applied:
 | `transport` | at the end of `fair::mq::State::InitializingDevice` |
 | `network-interface` | at the end of `fair::mq::State::InitializingDevice` |
 | `init-timeout` | at the end of `fair::mq::State::InitializingDevice` |
-| `max-run-time` | at the end of `fair::mq::State::InitializingDevice` |
 | `shm-segment-size` | at the end of `fair::mq::State::InitializingDevice` |
 | `shm-monitor` | at the end of `fair::mq::State::InitializingDevice` |
 | `ofi-size-hint` | at the end of `fair::mq::State::InitializingDevice` |
--- a/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region.sh.in
+++ b/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region.sh.in
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ SAMPLER+=" --severity debug"
 SAMPLER+=" --msg-size $msgSize"
 # SAMPLER+=" --rate 10"
 SAMPLER+=" --transport $transport"
+# SAMPLER+=" --external-region true"
+# SAMPLER+=" --shm-no-cleaup true"
+# SAMPLER+=" --shm-monitor false"
+# SAMPLER+=" --shmid 1"
 SAMPLER+=" --channel-config name=data,type=push,method=bind,address=tcp://127.0.0.1:7777,sndKernelSize=212992"
 xterm -geometry 120x60+0+0 -hold -e @EX_BIN_DIR@/$SAMPLER &

@@ -26,5 +30,8 @@ SINK="fairmq-ex-region-sink"
 SINK+=" --id sink1"
 SINK+=" --severity debug"
 SINK+=" --transport $transport"
+# SINK+=" --shm-no-cleaup true"
+# SINK+=" --shm-monitor false"
+# SINK+=" --shmid 1"
 SINK+=" --channel-config name=data,type=pull,method=connect,address=tcp://127.0.0.1:7777,rcvKernelSize=212992"
 xterm -geometry 120x60+750+0 -hold -e @EX_BIN_DIR@/$SINK &
--- a/examples/region/keep-alive.cxx
+++ b/examples/region/keep-alive.cxx
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 *                  copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE"                       *
 ********************************************************************************/
 #include <fairmq/shmem/Common.h>
-#include <fairmq/shmem/UnmanagedRegion.h>
-#include <fairmq/shmem/Segment.h>
 #include <fairmq/shmem/Monitor.h>
-
+#include <fairmq/shmem/Segment.h>
+#include <fairmq/shmem/UnmanagedRegion.h>
 #include <fairmq/tools/Unique.h>

 #include <fairlogger/Logger.h>
@@ -17,9 +16,8 @@
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/program_options.hpp>

-#include <csignal>
-
 #include <chrono>
+#include <csignal>
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 #include <thread>
@@ -27,65 +25,117 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace boost::program_options;

-namespace
-{
-    volatile sig_atomic_t gStopping = 0;
-}
+namespace {
+volatile sig_atomic_t gStopping = 0;
+volatile sig_atomic_t gResetContent = 0;
+}   // namespace

-void signalHandler(int /* signal */)
-{
-    gStopping = 1;
-}
+void signalHandler(int /* signal */) { gStopping = 1; }
+
+void resetContentHandler(int /* signal */) { gResetContent = 1; }

 struct ShmManager
 {
-    ShmManager(uint64_t _shmId, const vector<string>& _segments, const vector<string>& _regions)
+    ShmManager(uint64_t _shmId, const vector<string>& _segments, const vector<string>& _regions, bool zero = true)
        : shmId(fair::mq::shmem::makeShmIdStr(_shmId))
+    {
+        LOG(info) << "Starting ShmManager for shmId: " << shmId;
+        LOG(info) << "Performing full reset...";
+        FullReset();
+        LOG(info) << "Done.";
+        LOG(info) << "Adding managed segments...";
+        AddSegments(_segments, zero);
+        LOG(info) << "Done.";
+        LOG(info) << "Adding unmanaged regions...";
+        AddRegions(_regions, zero);
+        LOG(info) << "Done.";
+        LOG(info) << "Shared memory is ready for use.";
+    }
+
+    void AddSegments(const vector<string>& _segments, bool zero)
    {
        for (const auto& s : _segments) {
-            vector<string> segmentConf;
-            boost::algorithm::split(segmentConf, s, boost::algorithm::is_any_of(","));
-            if (segmentConf.size() != 2) {
-                LOG(error) << "incorrect format for --segments. Expecting pairs of <id>,<size>.";
+            vector<string> conf;
+            boost::algorithm::split(conf, s, boost::algorithm::is_any_of(","));
+            if (conf.size() != 3) {
+                LOG(error) << "incorrect format for --segments. Expecting pairs of <id>,<size><numaid>.";
                fair::mq::shmem::Monitor::Cleanup(fair::mq::shmem::ShmId{shmId});
-                throw runtime_error("incorrect format for --segments. Expecting pairs of <id>,<size>.");
+                throw runtime_error("incorrect format for --segments. Expecting pairs of <id>,<size>,<numaid>.");
            }
-            uint16_t id = stoi(segmentConf.at(0));
-            uint64_t size = stoull(segmentConf.at(1));
+            uint16_t id = stoi(conf.at(0));
+            uint64_t size = stoull(conf.at(1));
+            segmentCfgs.emplace_back(fair::mq::shmem::SegmentConfig{id, size, "rbtree_best_fit"});
+
            auto ret = segments.emplace(id, fair::mq::shmem::Segment(shmId, id, size, fair::mq::shmem::rbTreeBestFit));
            fair::mq::shmem::Segment& segment = ret.first->second;
-            LOG(info) << "Created segment " << id << " of size " << segment.GetSize() << ", starting at " << segment.GetData() << ". Locking...";
+            LOG(info) << "Created segment " << id << " of size " << segment.GetSize()
+                      << ", starting at " << segment.GetData() << ". Locking...";
            segment.Lock();
            LOG(info) << "Done.";
-            LOG(info) << "Zeroing...";
-            segment.Zero();
-            LOG(info) << "Done.";
-        }
-
-        for (const auto& r : _regions) {
-            vector<string> regionConf;
-            boost::algorithm::split(regionConf, r, boost::algorithm::is_any_of(","));
-            if (regionConf.size() != 2) {
-                LOG(error) << "incorrect format for --regions. Expecting pairs of <id>,<size>.";
-                fair::mq::shmem::Monitor::Cleanup(fair::mq::shmem::ShmId{shmId});
-                throw runtime_error("incorrect format for --regions. Expecting pairs of <id>,<size>.");
+            if (zero) {
+                LOG(info) << "Zeroing...";
+                segment.Zero();
+                LOG(info) << "Done.";
            }
-            uint16_t id = stoi(regionConf.at(0));
-            uint64_t size = stoull(regionConf.at(1));
+        }
+    }
+
+    void AddRegions(const vector<string>& _regions, bool zero)
+    {
+        for (const auto& r : _regions) {
+            vector<string> conf;
+            boost::algorithm::split(conf, r, boost::algorithm::is_any_of(","));
+            if (conf.size() != 3) {
+                LOG(error) << "incorrect format for --regions. Expecting pairs of <id>,<size>,<numaid>.";
+                fair::mq::shmem::Monitor::Cleanup(fair::mq::shmem::ShmId{shmId});
+                throw runtime_error("incorrect format for --regions. Expecting pairs of <id>,<size>,<numaid>.");
+            }
+            uint16_t id = stoi(conf.at(0));
+            uint64_t size = stoull(conf.at(1));
+            fair::mq::RegionConfig cfg;
+            cfg.id = id;
+            cfg.size = size;
+            regionCfgs.push_back(cfg);
+
            auto ret = regions.emplace(id, make_unique<fair::mq::shmem::UnmanagedRegion>(shmId, id, size));
            fair::mq::shmem::UnmanagedRegion& region = *(ret.first->second);
-            LOG(info) << "Created unamanged region " << id << " of size " << region.GetSize() << ", starting at " << region.GetData() << ". Locking...";
+            LOG(info) << "Created unamanged region " << id << " of size " << region.GetSize()
+                      << ", starting at " << region.GetData() << ". Locking...";
            region.Lock();
            LOG(info) << "Done.";
-            LOG(info) << "Zeroing...";
-            region.Zero();
-            LOG(info) << "Done.";
+            if (zero) {
+                LOG(info) << "Zeroing...";
+                region.Zero();
+                LOG(info) << "Done.";
+            }
        }
    }

+    bool CheckPresence()
+    {
+        for (const auto& sc : segmentCfgs) {
+            if (!(fair::mq::shmem::Monitor::SegmentIsPresent(fair::mq::shmem::ShmId{shmId}, sc.id))) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        for (const auto& rc : regionCfgs) {
+            if (!(fair::mq::shmem::Monitor::RegionIsPresent(fair::mq::shmem::ShmId{shmId}, rc.id.value()))) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
    void ResetContent()
    {
-        fair::mq::shmem::Monitor::ResetContent(fair::mq::shmem::ShmId{shmId});
+        fair::mq::shmem::Monitor::ResetContent(fair::mq::shmem::ShmId{shmId}, segmentCfgs, regionCfgs);
+    }
+
+    void FullReset()
+    {
+        segments.clear();
+        regions.clear();
+        fair::mq::shmem::Monitor::Cleanup(fair::mq::shmem::ShmId{shmId});
    }

    ~ShmManager()
@@ -97,6 +147,8 @@ struct ShmManager
    std::string shmId;
    map<uint16_t, fair::mq::shmem::Segment> segments;
    map<uint16_t, unique_ptr<fair::mq::shmem::UnmanagedRegion>> regions;
+    std::vector<fair::mq::shmem::SegmentConfig> segmentCfgs;
+    std::vector<fair::mq::RegionConfig> regionCfgs;
 };

 int main(int argc, char** argv)
@@ -105,8 +157,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)

    signal(SIGINT, signalHandler);
    signal(SIGTERM, signalHandler);
+    signal(SIGUSR1, resetContentHandler);

    try {
+        bool nozero = false;
+        bool checkPresence = true;
        uint64_t shmId = 0;
        vector<string> segments;
        vector<string> regions;
@@ -114,8 +169,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
        options_description desc("Options");
        desc.add_options()
            ("shmid", value<uint64_t>(&shmId)->required(), "Shm id")
-            ("segments", value<vector<string>>(&segments)->multitoken()->composing(), "Segments, as <id>,<size> <id>,<size> <id>,<size> ...")
-            ("regions",  value<vector<string>>(&regions)->multitoken()->composing(), "Regions, as <id>,<size> <id>,<size> <id>,<size> ...")
+            ("segments", value<vector<string>>(&segments)->multitoken()->composing(), "Segments, as <id>,<size>,<numaid> <id>,<size>,<numaid> <id>,<size>,<numaid> ... (numaid: -2 disabled, -1 interleave, >=0 node)")
+            ("regions", value<vector<string>>(&regions)->multitoken()->composing(), "Regions, as <id>,<size> <id>,<size>,<numaid> <id>,<size>,<numaid> ...")
+            ("nozero", value<bool>(&nozero)->default_value(false)->implicit_value(true), "Do not zero segments after initialization")
+            ("check-presence", value<bool>(&checkPresence)->default_value(true)->implicit_value(true), "Check periodically if configured segments/regions are still present, and cleanup and leave if they are not")
            ("help,h", "Print help");

        variables_map vm;
@@ -128,15 +185,35 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)

        notify(vm);

-        ShmManager shmManager(shmId, segments, regions);
+        ShmManager shmManager(shmId, segments, regions, !nozero);

-        while (!gStopping) {
-            std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(50));
+        std::thread resetContentThread([&shmManager]() {
+            while (!gStopping) {
+                std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(50));
+                if (gResetContent == 1) {
+                    LOG(info) << "Resetting content for shmId " << shmManager.shmId;
+                    shmManager.ResetContent();
+                    gResetContent = 0;
+                    LOG(info) << "Done resetting content for shmId " << shmManager.shmId;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        if (checkPresence) {
+            while (!gStopping) {
+                if (shmManager.CheckPresence() == false) {
+                    LOG(error) << "Failed to find segments, exiting.";
+                    gStopping = true;
+                }
+                std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(500));
+            }
        }

+        resetContentThread.join();
+
        LOG(info) << "stopping.";
    } catch (exception& e) {
-        LOG(error) << "Unhandled Exception reached the top of main: " << e.what() << ", application will now exit";
+        LOG(error) << "Exception reached the top of main: " << e.what() << ", exiting";
        return 2;
    }

--- a/examples/region/sampler.cxx
+++ b/examples/region/sampler.cxx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct Sampler : fair::mq::Device
 {
    void InitTask() override
    {
+        fExternalRegion = fConfig->GetProperty<bool>("external-region");
        fMsgSize = fConfig->GetProperty<int>("msg-size");
        fLinger = fConfig->GetProperty<uint32_t>("region-linger");
        fMaxIterations = fConfig->GetProperty<uint64_t>("max-iterations");
@@ -34,18 +35,29 @@ struct Sampler : fair::mq::Device

        fair::mq::RegionConfig regionCfg;
        regionCfg.linger = fLinger; // delay in ms before region destruction to collect outstanding events
-        regionCfg.lock = true; // mlock region after creation
-        regionCfg.zero = true; // zero region content after creation
-        fRegion = fair::mq::UnmanagedRegionPtr(NewUnmanagedRegionFor("data", // region is created using the transport of this channel...
-                                                                0,      // ... and this sub-channel
-                                                                10000000, // region size
-                                                                [this](const std::vector<fair::mq::RegionBlock>& blocks) { // callback to be called when message buffers no longer needed by transport
-                                                                    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(fMtx);
-                                                                    fNumUnackedMsgs -= blocks.size();
-                                                                    if (fMaxIterations > 0) {
-                                                                        LOG(info) << "Received " << blocks.size() << " acks";
-                                                                    }
-                                                                }, regionCfg));
+        // options for testing with an externally-created -region
+        if (fExternalRegion) {
+            regionCfg.id = 1;
+            regionCfg.removeOnDestruction = false;
+            regionCfg.lock = false; // mlock region after creation
+            regionCfg.lock = false; // mlock region after creation
+        } else {
+            regionCfg.lock = true; // mlock region after creation
+            regionCfg.zero = true; // zero region content after creation
+        }
+        fRegion = fair::mq::UnmanagedRegionPtr(NewUnmanagedRegionFor(
+            "data", // region is created using the transport of this channel...
+            0,      // ... and this sub-channel
+            10000000, // region size
+            [this](const std::vector<fair::mq::RegionBlock>& blocks) { // callback to be called when message buffers no longer needed by transport
+                std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(fMtx);
+                fNumUnackedMsgs -= blocks.size();
+                if (fMaxIterations > 0) {
+                    LOG(info) << "Received " << blocks.size() << " acks";
+                }
+            },
+            regionCfg
+        ));
    }

    bool ConditionalRun() override
@@ -76,6 +88,8 @@ struct Sampler : fair::mq::Device

    void ResetTask() override
    {
+        // give some time for acks to be received
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(250));
        fRegion.reset();
        {
            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(fMtx);
@@ -89,6 +103,7 @@ struct Sampler : fair::mq::Device
    }

  private:
+    int fExternalRegion = false;
    int fMsgSize = 10000;
    uint32_t fLinger = 100;
    uint64_t fMaxIterations = 0;
@@ -103,7 +118,8 @@ void addCustomOptions(bpo::options_description& options)
    options.add_options()
        ("msg-size", bpo::value<int>()->default_value(1000), "Message size in bytes")
        ("region-linger", bpo::value<uint32_t>()->default_value(100), "Linger period for regions")
-        ("max-iterations", bpo::value<uint64_t>()->default_value(0), "Maximum number of iterations of Run/ConditionalRun/OnData (0 - infinite)");
+        ("max-iterations", bpo::value<uint64_t>()->default_value(0), "Maximum number of iterations of Run/ConditionalRun/OnData (0 - infinite)")
+        ("external-region", bpo::value<bool>()->default_value(false), "Use region created by another process");
 }

 std::unique_ptr<fair::mq::Device> getDevice(fair::mq::ProgOptions& /*config*/)
--- a/fairmq/Device.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/Device.cxx
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2012-2021 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2022 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
 *                                                                              *
 *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
 *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
 *                  copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE"                       *
 ********************************************************************************/

-#include <algorithm>                    // std::max
+#include <algorithm>                    // std::max, std::any_of
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>   // join/split
 #include <chrono>
 #include <fairmq/Device.h>
 #include <fairmq/Tools.h>
-#include <future>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <list>
+#include <memory>                       // std::make_unique
 #include <mutex>
 #include <thread>

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ constexpr const char* Device::DefaultTransportName;
 constexpr mq::Transport Device::DefaultTransportType;
 constexpr const char* Device::DefaultNetworkInterface;
 constexpr int Device::DefaultInitTimeout;
-constexpr uint64_t Device::DefaultMaxRunTime;
 constexpr float Device::DefaultRate;
 constexpr const char* Device::DefaultSession;

@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ Device::Device(ProgOptions* config, tools::Version version)
    , fMultitransportProceed(false)
    , fVersion(version)
    , fRate(DefaultRate)
-    , fMaxRunRuntimeInS(DefaultMaxRunTime)
    , fInitializationTimeoutInS(DefaultInitTimeout)
    , fTransitioning(false)
 {
@@ -215,7 +213,6 @@ void Device::InitWrapper()
    Init();

    fRate = fConfig->GetProperty<float>("rate", DefaultRate);
-    fMaxRunRuntimeInS = fConfig->GetProperty<uint64_t>("max-run-time", DefaultMaxRunTime);
    fInitializationTimeoutInS = fConfig->GetProperty<int>("init-timeout", DefaultInitTimeout);

    try {
@@ -293,7 +290,9 @@ void Device::BindWrapper()

    Bind();

-    ChangeState(Transition::Auto);
+    if (!NewStatePending()) {
+        ChangeState(Transition::Auto);
+    }
 }

 void Device::ConnectWrapper()
@@ -330,7 +329,9 @@ void Device::ConnectWrapper()

    Connect();

-    ChangeState(Transition::Auto);
+    if (!NewStatePending()) {
+        ChangeState(Transition::Auto);
+    }
 }

 void Device::AttachChannels(vector<Channel*>& chans)
@@ -430,15 +431,28 @@ void Device::InitTaskWrapper()
 {
    InitTask();

-    ChangeState(Transition::Auto);
+    if (!NewStatePending()) {
+        ChangeState(Transition::Auto);
+    }
 }

 void Device::RunWrapper()
 {
    LOG(info) << "fair::mq::Device running...";

-    // start the rate logger thread
-    future<void> rateLogger = async(launch::async, &Device::LogSocketRates, this);
+    unique_ptr<thread> rateLogger;
+    // Check if rate logging thread is needed
+    const bool rateLogging = any_of(fChannels.cbegin(), fChannels.cend(), [](auto ch) {
+        return any_of(ch.second.cbegin(), ch.second.cend(), [](auto sub) { return sub.fRateLogging > 0; });
+    });
+
+    if (rateLogging) {
+        rateLogger = make_unique<thread>(&Device::LogSocketRates, this);
+    }
+    tools::CallOnDestruction joinRateLogger([&](){
+        if (rateLogging && rateLogger->joinable()) { rateLogger->join(); }
+    });
+

    // notify transports to resume transfers
    for (auto& t : fTransports) {
@@ -481,8 +495,6 @@ void Device::RunWrapper()
    PostRun();

    cod.disable();
-
-    rateLogger.get();
 }

 void Device::HandleSingleChannelInput()
@@ -710,7 +722,6 @@ void Device::LogSocketRates()

    chrono::time_point<chrono::high_resolution_clock> t0(chrono::high_resolution_clock::now());
    chrono::time_point<chrono::high_resolution_clock> t1;
-    uint64_t secondsElapsed = 0;

    while (!NewStatePending()) {
        WaitFor(chrono::seconds(1));
@@ -743,7 +754,7 @@ void Device::LogSocketRates()
                    bytesOut.at(i) = bytesOutNew.at(i);
                    msgOut.at(i) = msgOutNew.at(i);

-                    LOG(info) << setw(chanNameLen) << filteredChannelNames.at(i) << ": "
+                    LOG(info) << setw(static_cast<int>(chanNameLen)) << filteredChannelNames.at(i) << ": "
                              << "in: " << msgPerSecIn.at(i) << " (" << mbPerSecIn.at(i) << " MB) "
                              << "out: " << msgPerSecOut.at(i) << " (" << mbPerSecOut.at(i) << " MB)";
                }
@@ -753,9 +764,6 @@ void Device::LogSocketRates()
        }

        t0 = t1;
-        if (fMaxRunRuntimeInS > 0 && ++secondsElapsed >= fMaxRunRuntimeInS) {
-            ChangeState(Transition::Stop);
-        }
    }
 }

@@ -770,7 +778,9 @@ void Device::ResetTaskWrapper()
 {
    ResetTask();

-    ChangeState(Transition::Auto);
+    if (!NewStatePending()) {
+        ChangeState(Transition::Auto);
+    }
 }

 void Device::ResetWrapper()
@@ -784,7 +794,9 @@ void Device::ResetWrapper()
    fChannels.clear();
    fTransports.clear();
    fTransportFactory.reset();
-    ChangeState(Transition::Auto);
+    if (!NewStatePending()) {
+        ChangeState(Transition::Auto);
+    }
 }

 Device::~Device()
--- a/fairmq/Device.h
+++ b/fairmq/Device.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- *   Copyright (C) 2021 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH     *
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2022 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
 *                                                                              *
 *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
 *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
@@ -565,7 +565,6 @@ class Device
    static constexpr mq::Transport DefaultTransportType = mq::Transport::ZMQ;
    static constexpr const char* DefaultNetworkInterface = "default";
    static constexpr int DefaultInitTimeout = 120;
-    static constexpr uint64_t DefaultMaxRunTime = 0;
    static constexpr float DefaultRate = 0.;
    static constexpr const char* DefaultSession = "default";

--- a/fairmq/StateMachine.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/StateMachine.cxx
@@ -187,9 +187,7 @@ struct Machine_ : public state_machine_def<Machine_>
            {
                unique_lock<mutex> lock(fStateMtx);

-                while (!fNewStatePending) {
-                    fNewStatePendingCV.wait_for(lock, chrono::milliseconds(100));
-                }
+                fNewStatePendingCV.wait(lock, [this]{ return fNewStatePending.load(); });

                LOG(state) << fState << " ---> " << fNewState;
                fState = static_cast<State>(fNewState);
--- a/fairmq/StateQueue.h
+++ b/fairmq/StateQueue.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- *    Copyright (C) 2019 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH    *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2022 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
 *                                                                              *
 *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
 *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
@@ -9,16 +9,14 @@
 #ifndef FAIRMQSTATEQUEUE_H_
 #define FAIRMQSTATEQUEUE_H_

-#include <fairmq/States.h>
-
-#include <queue>
-#include <mutex>
 #include <chrono>
-#include <utility> // pair
 #include <condition_variable>
+#include <fairmq/States.h>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <queue>
+#include <utility>   // pair

-namespace fair::mq
-{
+namespace fair::mq {

 class StateQueue
 {
@@ -33,41 +31,47 @@ class StateQueue
    fair::mq::State WaitForNext()
    {
        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(fMtx);
-        while (fStates.empty()) {
-            fCV.wait_for(lock, std::chrono::milliseconds(50));
-        }
-
-        fair::mq::State state = fStates.front();
-
-        if (state == fair::mq::State::Error) {
-            throw DeviceErrorState("Controlled device transitioned to error state.");
-        }
-
-        fStates.pop();
-        return state;
+        fCV.wait(lock, [this] { return Predicate(); });
+        return PopFrontUnsafe();
    }

-    template<typename Rep, typename Period>
-    std::pair<bool, fair::mq::State> WaitForNext(std::chrono::duration<Rep, Period> const& duration)
+    template<typename Timeout>
+    std::pair<bool, fair::mq::State> WaitForNext(Timeout&& duration)
    {
        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(fMtx);
-        fCV.wait_for(lock, duration);
-
-        if (fStates.empty()) {
-            return { false, fair::mq::State::Ok };
-        }
-
-        fair::mq::State state = fStates.front();
-
-        if (state == fair::mq::State::Error) {
-            throw DeviceErrorState("Controlled device transitioned to error state.");
-        }
-
-        fStates.pop();
-        return { true, state };
+        fCV.wait_for(lock, std::forward<Timeout>(duration), [this] { return Predicate(); });
+        return ReturnPairUnsafe();
    }

-    void WaitForState(fair::mq::State state) { while (WaitForNext() != state) {} }
+    template<typename CustomPredicate>
+    std::pair<bool, fair::mq::State> WaitForNextOrCustom(CustomPredicate&& customPredicate)
+    {
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(fMtx);
+        fCV.wait(lock, [this, cp = std::move(customPredicate)] { return Predicate() || cp(); });
+        return ReturnPairUnsafe();
+    }
+
+    template<typename CustomPredicate>
+    std::pair<bool, fair::mq::State> WaitForCustom(CustomPredicate&& customPredicate)
+    {
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(fMtx);
+        fCV.wait(lock, [cp = std::move(customPredicate)] { return cp(); });
+        return ReturnPairUnsafe();
+    }
+
+    void WaitForState(fair::mq::State state)
+    {
+        while (WaitForNext() != state) {}
+    }
+
+    template<typename CustomPredicate>
+    void WaitForStateOrCustom(fair::mq::State state, CustomPredicate customPredicate)
+    {
+        auto next = WaitForNextOrCustom(customPredicate);
+        while (!customPredicate() && (next.first && next.second != state)) {
+            next = WaitForNextOrCustom(customPredicate);
+        }
+    }

    void Push(fair::mq::State state)
    {
@@ -75,7 +79,35 @@ class StateQueue
            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(fMtx);
            fStates.push(state);
        }
-        fCV.notify_all();
+        fCV.notify_one();
+    }
+
+    template<typename CustomSignal>
+    void Push(fair::mq::State state, CustomSignal&& signal)
+    {
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(fMtx);
+            fStates.push(state);
+            signal();
+        }
+        fCV.notify_one();
+    }
+
+    template<typename CustomSignal>
+    void Notify(CustomSignal&& signal)
+    {
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(fMtx);
+            signal();
+        }
+        fCV.notify_one();
+    }
+
+    template<typename CustomSignal>
+    void Locked(CustomSignal&& signal)
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(fMtx);
+        signal();
    }

    void Clear()
@@ -88,8 +120,29 @@ class StateQueue
    std::queue<fair::mq::State> fStates;
    std::mutex fMtx;
    std::condition_variable fCV;
+
+    // must be called under locked fMtx
+    fair::mq::State PopFrontUnsafe()
+    {
+        fair::mq::State state = fStates.front();
+        if (state == fair::mq::State::Error) {
+            throw DeviceErrorState("Controlled device transitioned to error state.");
+        }
+        fStates.pop();
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    // must be called under locked fMtx
+    std::pair<bool, fair::mq::State> ReturnPairUnsafe()
+    {
+        auto const pred = Predicate();
+        return {pred, pred ? PopFrontUnsafe() : fair::mq::State::Ok};
+    }
+
+    // must be called under locked fMtx
+    bool Predicate() { return !fStates.empty(); }
 };

-} // namespace fair::mq
+}   // namespace fair::mq

 #endif /* FAIRMQSTATEQUEUE_H_ */
--- a/fairmq/UnmanagedRegion.h
+++ b/fairmq/UnmanagedRegion.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ struct RegionConfig
    bool removeOnDestruction = true; /// remove the region on object destruction
    int creationFlags = 0; /// flags passed to the underlying transport on region creation
    int64_t userFlags = 0; /// custom flags that have no effect on the transport, but can be retrieved from the region by the user
+    uint64_t size = 0; /// region size
    std::string path = ""; /// file path, if the region is backed by a file
    std::optional<uint16_t> id = std::nullopt; /// region id
    uint32_t linger = 100; /// delay in ms before region destruction to collect outstanding events
--- a/fairmq/Version.h.in
+++ b/fairmq/Version.h.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2018-2020 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2022 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
 *                                                                              *
 *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
 *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #define FAIRMQ_GIT_DATE "@PROJECT_GIT_DATE@"
 #define FAIRMQ_REPO_URL "https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ"
 #define FAIRMQ_LICENSE "LGPL-3.0"
-#define FAIRMQ_COPYRIGHT "2012-2021 GSI"
+#define FAIRMQ_COPYRIGHT "2012-2022 GSI"
 #define FAIRMQ_BUILD_TYPE "@CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE@"

 #endif // FAIR_MQ_VERSION_H
--- a/fairmq/plugins/config/Config.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/plugins/config/Config.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2022 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
 *                                                                              *
 *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
 *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Config::Config(const string& name, Plugin::Version version, const string& mainta
                        LOG(debug) << "channel-config: Parsing channel configuration";
                        SetProperties(SuboptParser(GetProperty<vector<string>>("channel-config"), idForParser));
                    } else {
-                        LOG(warn) << "fair::mq::plugins::Config: no channels configuration provided via --mq-config or --channel-config";
+                        LOG(info) << "fair::mq::plugins::Config: no channels configuration provided via --mq-config or --channel-config";
                    }
                } catch (exception& e) {
                    LOG(error) << e.what();
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ Plugin::ProgOptions ConfigPluginProgramOptions()
        ("transport",                     po::value<string        >()->default_value("zeromq"),          "Transport ('zeromq'/'shmem').")
        ("network-interface",             po::value<string        >()->default_value("default"),         "Network interface to bind on (e.g. eth0, ib0..., default will try to detect the interface of the default route).")
        ("init-timeout",                  po::value<int           >()->default_value(120),               "Timeout for the initialization in seconds (when expecting dynamic initialization).")
-        ("max-run-time",                  po::value<uint64_t      >()->default_value(0),                 "Maximum runtime for the Running state handler, after which state will change to Ready (in seconds, 0 for no limit).")
        ("print-channels",                po::value<bool          >()->implicit_value(true),             "Print registered channel endpoints in a machine-readable format (<channel name>:<min num subchannels>:<max num subchannels>)")
        ("shm-segment-size",              po::value<size_t        >()->default_value(2ULL << 30),        "Shared memory: size of the shared memory segment (in bytes).")
        ("shm-allocation",                po::value<string        >()->default_value("rbtree_best_fit"), "Shared memory allocation algorithm: rbtree_best_fit/simple_seq_fit.")
--- a/fairmq/plugins/config/Config.h
+++ b/fairmq/plugins/config/Config.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- *    Copyright (C) 2017 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH    *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2022 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
 *                                                                              *
 *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
 *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ REGISTER_FAIRMQ_PLUGIN(
    config,   // Plugin name
    (Plugin::Version{FAIRMQ_VERSION_MAJOR, FAIRMQ_VERSION_MINOR, FAIRMQ_VERSION_PATCH}),
    "FairRootGroup <fairroot@gsi.de>",
-    "https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairRoot",
+    "https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ",
    ConfigPluginProgramOptions
 )

--- a/fairmq/plugins/control/Control.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/plugins/control/Control.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2022 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
 *                                                                              *
 *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
 *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ Control::Control(const string& name, Plugin::Version version, const string& main
    SubscribeToDeviceStateChange([&](DeviceState newState) {
        LOG(trace) << "control plugin notified on new state: " << newState;

-        fStateQueue.Push(newState);
-
        if (newState == DeviceState::Error) {
            fPluginShutdownRequested = true;
-            fDeviceShutdownRequested = true;
+            fStateQueue.Push(newState, [this]{ fDeviceShutdownRequested = true; });
+        } else {
+            fStateQueue.Push(newState);
        }
    });

@@ -99,18 +99,42 @@ Control::Control(const string& name, Plugin::Version version, const string& main

 auto Control::RunStartupSequence() -> void
 {
-    ChangeDeviceState(DeviceStateTransition::InitDevice);
-    while (fStateQueue.WaitForNext() != DeviceState::InitializingDevice) {}
-    ChangeDeviceState(DeviceStateTransition::CompleteInit);
-    while (fStateQueue.WaitForNext() != DeviceState::Initialized) {}
-    ChangeDeviceState(DeviceStateTransition::Bind);
-    while (fStateQueue.WaitForNext() != DeviceState::Bound) {}
-    ChangeDeviceState(DeviceStateTransition::Connect);
-    while (fStateQueue.WaitForNext() != DeviceState::DeviceReady) {}
-    ChangeDeviceState(DeviceStateTransition::InitTask);
-    while (fStateQueue.WaitForNext() != DeviceState::Ready) {}
-    ChangeDeviceState(DeviceStateTransition::Run);
-    while (fStateQueue.WaitForNext() != DeviceState::Running) {}
+    using Transition = DeviceStateTransition;
+    using State = DeviceState;
+    auto shutdownRequested = [this]{ return fDeviceShutdownRequested.load(); };
+
+    ChangeDeviceState(Transition::InitDevice);
+    fStateQueue.WaitForStateOrCustom(State::InitializingDevice, shutdownRequested);
+    if (fDeviceShutdownRequested) { return; /* --> shutdown sequence */ }
+
+    ChangeDeviceState(Transition::CompleteInit);
+    fStateQueue.WaitForStateOrCustom(State::Initialized,        shutdownRequested);
+    if (fDeviceShutdownRequested) { return; /* --> shutdown sequence */ }
+
+    ChangeDeviceState(Transition::Bind);
+    fStateQueue.WaitForStateOrCustom(State::Binding,            shutdownRequested);
+    if (fDeviceShutdownRequested) { return; /* --> shutdown sequence */ }
+
+    fStateQueue.WaitForStateOrCustom(State::Bound,              shutdownRequested);
+    if (fDeviceShutdownRequested) { return; /* --> shutdown sequence */ }
+
+    ChangeDeviceState(Transition::Connect);
+    fStateQueue.WaitForStateOrCustom(State::Connecting,         shutdownRequested);
+    if (fDeviceShutdownRequested) { return; /* --> shutdown sequence */ }
+
+    fStateQueue.WaitForStateOrCustom(State::DeviceReady,        shutdownRequested);
+    if (fDeviceShutdownRequested) { return; /* --> shutdown sequence */ }
+
+    ChangeDeviceState(Transition::InitTask);
+    fStateQueue.WaitForStateOrCustom(State::InitializingTask,   shutdownRequested);
+    if (fDeviceShutdownRequested) { return; /* --> shutdown sequence */ }
+
+    fStateQueue.WaitForStateOrCustom(State::Ready,              shutdownRequested);
+    if (fDeviceShutdownRequested) { return; /* --> shutdown sequence */ }
+
+    ChangeDeviceState(Transition::Run);
+    fStateQueue.WaitForStateOrCustom(State::Running,            shutdownRequested);
+    if (fDeviceShutdownRequested) { return; /* --> shutdown sequence */ }
 }

 auto ControlPluginProgramOptions() -> Plugin::ProgOptions
@@ -123,10 +147,8 @@ auto ControlPluginProgramOptions() -> Plugin::ProgOptions
    return pluginOptions;
 }

-auto Control::InteractiveMode() -> void
-try {
-    RunStartupSequence();
-
+auto Control::RunREPL() -> void
+{
    char input = 0; // hold the user console input
    pollfd cinfd[1];
    cinfd[0].fd = fileno(stdin);
@@ -161,7 +183,7 @@ try {
                case 'i':
                    cout << "\n --> [i] init device\n\n" << flush;
                    if (ChangeDeviceState(DeviceStateTransition::InitDevice)) {
-                        while (fStateQueue.WaitForNext() != DeviceState::InitializingDevice) {}
+                        fStateQueue.WaitForState(DeviceState::InitializingDevice);
                        ChangeDeviceState(DeviceStateTransition::CompleteInit);
                    }
                break;
@@ -243,7 +265,19 @@ try {
        }
    }

-    RunShutdownSequence();
+}
+
+auto Control::InteractiveMode() -> void
+try {
+    RunStartupSequence();
+
+    if(!fDeviceShutdownRequested) {
+        RunREPL();
+    }
+
+    if(!fDeviceShutdownRequested) {
+        RunShutdownSequence();
+    }
 } catch (PluginServices::DeviceControlError& e) {
    // If we are here, it means another plugin has taken control. That's fine, just print the exception message and do nothing else.
    LOG(debug) << e.what();
@@ -366,16 +400,13 @@ auto Control::StaticMode() -> void
 try {
    RunStartupSequence();

-    {
-        // Wait for next state, which is DeviceState::Ready,
-        // or for device shutdown request (Ctrl-C)
-        pair<bool, fair::mq::State> result;
-        do {
-            result = fStateQueue.WaitForNext(chrono::milliseconds(50));
-        } while (result.first == false && !fDeviceShutdownRequested);
-    }
+    // Wait for next state, which is DeviceState::Ready,
+    // or for device shutdown request (Ctrl-C)
+    fStateQueue.WaitForNextOrCustom([this]{ return fDeviceShutdownRequested.load(); });

-    RunShutdownSequence();
+    if(!fDeviceShutdownRequested) {
+        RunShutdownSequence();
+    }
 } catch (PluginServices::DeviceControlError& e) {
    // If we are here, it means another plugin has taken control. That's fine, just print the exception message and do nothing else.
    LOG(debug) << e.what();
@@ -387,16 +418,12 @@ auto Control::GUIMode() -> void
 try {
    RunStartupSequence();

-    {
-        // Wait for next state, which is DeviceState::Ready,
-        // or for device shutdown request (Ctrl-C)
-        pair<bool, fair::mq::State> result;
-        do {
-            result = fStateQueue.WaitForNext(chrono::milliseconds(50));
-        } while (!fDeviceShutdownRequested);
-    }
+    // Wait for device shutdown request (Ctrl-C)
+    fStateQueue.WaitForCustom([this]{ return fDeviceShutdownRequested.load(); });

-    RunShutdownSequence();
+    if(!fDeviceShutdownRequested) {
+        RunShutdownSequence();
+    }
 } catch (PluginServices::DeviceControlError& e) {
    // If we are here, it means another plugin has taken control. That's fine, just print the
    // exception message and do nothing else.
@@ -416,10 +443,10 @@ auto Control::SignalHandler() -> void
        LOG(info) << "Waiting for graceful device shutdown. Hit Ctrl-C again to abort immediately.";

        // Signal and wait for controller thread, if we are controller
-        fDeviceShutdownRequested = true;
+        fStateQueue.Notify([this] { fDeviceShutdownRequested = true; });
        {
            unique_lock<mutex> lock(fControllerMutex);
-            if (fControllerThread.joinable()) fControllerThread.join();
+            if (fControllerThread.joinable()) { fControllerThread.join(); }
        }

        if (!fDeviceHasShutdown) {
@@ -462,6 +489,12 @@ auto Control::RunShutdownSequence() -> void
            case DeviceState::Running:
                ChangeDeviceState(DeviceStateTransition::Stop);
                break;
+            case DeviceState::Binding:
+            case DeviceState::Connecting:
+            case DeviceState::InitializingTask:
+            case DeviceState::ResettingTask:
+            case DeviceState::ResettingDevice:
+                ChangeDeviceState(DeviceStateTransition::Auto);
            default:
                // LOG(debug) << "Controller ignoring event: " << nextState;
                break;
@@ -481,9 +514,9 @@ Control::~Control()

    {
        unique_lock<mutex> lock(fControllerMutex);
-        if (fControllerThread.joinable()) fControllerThread.join();
+        if (fControllerThread.joinable()) { fControllerThread.join(); }
    }
-    if (fSignalHandlerThread.joinable()) fSignalHandlerThread.join();
+    if (fSignalHandlerThread.joinable()) { fSignalHandlerThread.join(); }

    UnsubscribeFromDeviceStateChange();
 }
--- a/fairmq/plugins/control/Control.h
+++ b/fairmq/plugins/control/Control.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- *    Copyright (C) 2017 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH    *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2022 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH  *
 *                                                                              *
 *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
 *              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             *
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Control : public Plugin
    auto GUIMode() -> void;
    auto SignalHandler() -> void;
    auto RunShutdownSequence() -> void;
+    auto RunREPL() -> void;
    auto RunStartupSequence() -> void;

    std::thread fControllerThread;
--- a/fairmq/shmem/Common.h
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/Common.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 namespace fair::mq::shmem
 {

+static constexpr uint64_t kManagementSegmentSize = 6553600;
+
 struct SharedMemoryError : std::runtime_error { using std::runtime_error::runtime_error; };

 using SimpleSeqFitSegment = boost::interprocess::basic_managed_shared_memory<char,
@@ -58,19 +60,22 @@ struct RegionInfo
        : fPath("", alloc)
        , fCreationFlags(0)
        , fUserFlags(0)
+        , fSize(0)
        , fDestroyed(false)
    {}

-    RegionInfo(const char* path, const int flags, const uint64_t userFlags, const VoidAlloc& alloc)
+    RegionInfo(const char* path, int flags, uint64_t userFlags, uint64_t size, const VoidAlloc& alloc)
        : fPath(path, alloc)
        , fCreationFlags(flags)
        , fUserFlags(userFlags)
+        , fSize(size)
        , fDestroyed(false)
    {}

    Str fPath;
    int fCreationFlags;
    uint64_t fUserFlags;
+    uint64_t fSize;
    bool fDestroyed;
 };

--- a/fairmq/shmem/Manager.h
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/Manager.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Manager
        : fShmId64(config ? config->GetProperty<uint64_t>("shmid", makeShmIdUint64(sessionName)) : makeShmIdUint64(sessionName))
        , fShmId(makeShmIdStr(fShmId64))
        , fSegmentId(config ? config->GetProperty<uint16_t>("shm-segment-id", 0) : 0)
-        , fManagementSegment(boost::interprocess::open_or_create, std::string("fmq_" + fShmId + "_mng").c_str(), 6553600)
+        , fManagementSegment(boost::interprocess::open_or_create, std::string("fmq_" + fShmId + "_mng").c_str(), kManagementSegmentSize)
        , fShmVoidAlloc(fManagementSegment.get_segment_manager())
        , fShmMtx(fManagementSegment.find_or_construct<boost::interprocess::interprocess_mutex>(boost::interprocess::unique_instance)())
        , fNumObservedEvents(0)
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ class Manager
            fShmSegments = fManagementSegment.find_or_construct<Uint16SegmentInfoHashMap>(unique_instance)(fShmVoidAlloc);
            fShmRegions = fManagementSegment.find_or_construct<Uint16RegionInfoHashMap>(unique_instance)(fShmVoidAlloc);

+            bool createdSegment = false;
+
            try {
                std::string segmentName("fmq_" + fShmId + "_m_" + std::to_string(fSegmentId));
                auto it = fShmSegments->find(fSegmentId);
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@ class Manager
                    if (zeroSegmentOnCreation) {
                        ZeroSegment(fSegmentId);
                    }
+                    createdSegment = true;
                } else {
                    // found segment with the given id, opening
                    if (it->second.fAllocationAlgorithm == AllocationAlgorithm::rbtree_best_fit) {
@@ -278,7 +281,9 @@ class Manager
                ZeroSegment(fSegmentId);
            }

-            (fEventCounter->fCount)++;
+            if (createdSegment) {
+                (fEventCounter->fCount)++;
+            }

 #ifdef FAIRMQ_DEBUG_MODE
            fMsgDebug = fManagementSegment.find_or_construct<Uint16MsgDebugMapHashMap>(unique_instance)(fShmVoidAlloc);
@@ -360,7 +365,7 @@ class Manager
    }
    bool Interrupted() { return fInterrupted.load(); }

-    std::pair<UnmanagedRegion*, uint16_t> CreateRegion(const size_t size,
+    std::pair<UnmanagedRegion*, uint16_t> CreateRegion(size_t size,
                                                       RegionCallback callback,
                                                       RegionBulkCallback bulkCallback,
                                                       RegionConfig cfg)
@@ -370,7 +375,7 @@ class Manager
            std::pair<UnmanagedRegion*, uint16_t> result;

            {
-                boost::interprocess::scoped_lock<boost::interprocess::interprocess_mutex> lock(*fShmMtx);
+                boost::interprocess::scoped_lock<boost::interprocess::interprocess_mutex> shmLock(*fShmMtx);

                if (!cfg.id.has_value()) {
                    RegionCounter* rc = fManagementSegment.find<RegionCounter>(unique_instance).first;
@@ -390,23 +395,18 @@ class Manager

                const uint16_t id = cfg.id.value();

-                auto res = fRegions.emplace(id, std::make_unique<UnmanagedRegion>(fShmId, size, false, cfg));
-                bool newRegionCreated = res.second;
-                UnmanagedRegion& region = *(res.first->second);
+                std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(fLocalRegionsMtx);
+                auto& region = fRegions[id] = std::make_unique<UnmanagedRegion>(fShmId, size, false, cfg);
                // LOG(debug) << "Created region with id '" << id << "', path: '" << cfg.path << "', flags: '" << cfg.creationFlags << "'";

-                if (!newRegionCreated) {
-                    region.fRemote = false; // TODO: this should be more clear, refactor it.
-                }
-
                // start ack receiver only if a callback has been provided.
                if (callback || bulkCallback) {
-                    region.SetCallbacks(callback, bulkCallback);
-                    region.InitializeQueues();
-                    region.StartAckSender();
-                    region.StartAckReceiver();
+                    region->SetCallbacks(callback, bulkCallback);
+                    region->InitializeQueues();
+                    region->StartAckSender();
+                    region->StartAckReceiver();
                }
-                result.first = &(region);
+                result.first = region.get();
                result.second = id;
            }
            fRegionsGen += 1; // signal TL cache invalidation
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ class Manager
        }
    }

-    UnmanagedRegion* GetRegion(const uint16_t id)
+    UnmanagedRegion* GetRegionFromCache(uint16_t id)
    {
        // NOTE: gcc optimizations. Prevent loading tls addresses many times in the fast path
        const auto &lTlCache = fTlRegionCache;
@@ -433,40 +433,40 @@ class Manager
            }
        }

-        boost::interprocess::scoped_lock<boost::interprocess::interprocess_mutex> shmLock(*fShmMtx);
        // slow path: check invalidation
        if (lTlCacheGen != fRegionsGen) {
            fTlRegionCache.fRegionsTLCache.clear();
        }

-        auto* lRegion = GetRegionUnsafe(id, shmLock);
+        auto* lRegion = GetRegion(id);
        fTlRegionCache.fRegionsTLCache.emplace_back(std::make_tuple(lRegion, id, fShmId64));
        fTlRegionCache.fRegionsTLCacheGen = fRegionsGen;
        return lRegion;
    }

-    UnmanagedRegion* GetRegionUnsafe(const uint16_t id, boost::interprocess::scoped_lock<boost::interprocess::interprocess_mutex>& lockedShmLock)
+    UnmanagedRegion* GetRegion(uint16_t id)
    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(fLocalRegionsMtx);
        // remote region could actually be a local one if a message originates from this device (has been sent out and returned)
        auto it = fRegions.find(id);
        if (it != fRegions.end()) {
            return it->second.get();
        } else {
            try {
-                // get region info
-                RegionInfo regionInfo = fShmRegions->at(id);
-                // safe to unlock now - no shm container accessed after this
-                lockedShmLock.unlock();
                RegionConfig cfg;
-                cfg.id = id;
-                cfg.creationFlags = regionInfo.fCreationFlags;
-                cfg.path = regionInfo.fPath.c_str();
+                // get region info
+                {
+                    boost::interprocess::scoped_lock<boost::interprocess::interprocess_mutex> shmLock(*fShmMtx);
+                    RegionInfo regionInfo = fShmRegions->at(id);
+                    cfg.id = id;
+                    cfg.creationFlags = regionInfo.fCreationFlags;
+                    cfg.path = regionInfo.fPath.c_str();
+                }
                // LOG(debug) << "Located remote region with id '" << id << "', path: '" << cfg.path << "', flags: '" << cfg.creationFlags << "'";

                auto r = fRegions.emplace(id, std::make_unique<UnmanagedRegion>(fShmId, 0, true, std::move(cfg)));
                r.first->second->InitializeQueues();
                r.first->second->StartAckSender();
-                lockedShmLock.lock();
                return r.first->second.get();
            } catch (std::out_of_range& oor) {
                LOG(error) << "Could not get remote region with id '" << id << "'. Does the region creator run with the same session id?";
@@ -479,12 +479,13 @@ class Manager
        }
    }

-    void RemoveRegion(const uint16_t id)
+    void RemoveRegion(uint16_t id)
    {
        try {
+            boost::interprocess::scoped_lock<boost::interprocess::interprocess_mutex> shmLock(*fShmMtx);
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(fLocalRegionsMtx);
            fRegions.at(id)->StopAcks();
            {
-                boost::interprocess::scoped_lock<boost::interprocess::interprocess_mutex> lock(*fShmMtx);
                if (fRegions.at(id)->RemoveOnDestruction()) {
                    fShmRegions->at(id).fDestroyed = true;
                    (fEventCounter->fCount)++;
@@ -500,44 +501,73 @@ class Manager
    std::vector<fair::mq::RegionInfo> GetRegionInfo()
    {
        std::vector<fair::mq::RegionInfo> result;
-        boost::interprocess::scoped_lock<boost::interprocess::interprocess_mutex> shmLock(*fShmMtx);
+        std::map<uint64_t, RegionConfig> regionCfgs;

-        for (const auto& e : *fShmSegments) {
-            // make sure any segments in the session are found
-            GetSegment(e.first);
-            try {
+        {
+            boost::interprocess::scoped_lock<boost::interprocess::interprocess_mutex> shmLock(*fShmMtx);
+
+            for (const auto& [segmentId, segmentInfo] : *fShmSegments) {
+                // make sure any segments in the session are found
+                GetSegment(segmentId);
+                try {
+                    fair::mq::RegionInfo info;
+                    info.managed = true;
+                    info.id = segmentId;
+                    info.event = RegionEvent::created;
+                    info.ptr = boost::apply_visitor(SegmentAddress(), fSegments.at(segmentId));
+                    info.size = boost::apply_visitor(SegmentSize(), fSegments.at(segmentId));
+                    result.push_back(info);
+                } catch (const std::out_of_range& oor) {
+                    LOG(error) << "could not find segment with id " << segmentId;
+                    LOG(error) << oor.what();
+                }
+            }
+
+            for (const auto& [regionId, regionInfo] : *fShmRegions) {
                fair::mq::RegionInfo info;
-                info.managed = true;
-                info.id = e.first;
-                info.event = RegionEvent::created;
-                info.ptr = boost::apply_visitor(SegmentAddress(), fSegments.at(e.first));
-                info.size = boost::apply_visitor(SegmentSize(), fSegments.at(e.first));
+                info.managed = false;
+                info.id = regionId;
+                info.flags = regionInfo.fUserFlags;
+                info.event = regionInfo.fDestroyed ? RegionEvent::destroyed : RegionEvent::created;
+                if (info.event == RegionEvent::created) {
+                    RegionConfig cfg;
+                    cfg.id = info.id;
+                    cfg.creationFlags = regionInfo.fCreationFlags;
+                    cfg.path = regionInfo.fPath.c_str();
+                    regionCfgs.emplace(info.id, cfg);
+                    // fill the ptr+size info after shmLock is released, to avoid constructing local region under it
+                } else {
+                    info.ptr = nullptr;
+                    info.size = 0;
+                }
                result.push_back(info);
-            } catch (const std::out_of_range& oor) {
-                LOG(error) << "could not find segment with id " << e.first;
-                LOG(error) << oor.what();
            }
        }

-        for (const auto& e : *fShmRegions) {
-            fair::mq::RegionInfo info;
-            info.managed = false;
-            info.id = e.first;
-            info.flags = e.second.fUserFlags;
-            info.event = e.second.fDestroyed ? RegionEvent::destroyed : RegionEvent::created;
-            if (info.event == RegionEvent::created) {
-                auto region = GetRegionUnsafe(info.id, shmLock);
-                if (region) {
+        // do another iteration outside of shm lock, to fill ptr+size of unmanaged regions
+        for (auto& info : result) {
+            if (!info.managed && info.event == RegionEvent::created) {
+                auto cfgIt = regionCfgs.find(info.id);
+                if (cfgIt != regionCfgs.end()) {
+                    UnmanagedRegion* region = nullptr;
+                    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(fLocalRegionsMtx);
+                    auto it = fRegions.find(info.id);
+                    if (it != fRegions.end()) {
+                        region = it->second.get();
+                    } else {
+                        auto r = fRegions.emplace(cfgIt->first, std::make_unique<UnmanagedRegion>(fShmId, 0, true, cfgIt->second));
+                        region = r.first->second.get();
+                        region->InitializeQueues();
+                        region->StartAckSender();
+                    }
+
                    info.ptr = region->GetData();
                    info.size = region->GetSize();
                } else {
-                    throw std::runtime_error(tools::ToString("GetRegionInfo() could not get region with id '", info.id, "'"));
+                    info.ptr = nullptr;
+                    info.size = 0;
                }
-            } else {
-                info.ptr = nullptr;
-                info.size = 0;
            }
-            result.push_back(info);
        }

        return result;
@@ -800,6 +830,7 @@ class Manager
    VoidAlloc fShmVoidAlloc;
    boost::interprocess::interprocess_mutex* fShmMtx;

+    std::mutex fLocalRegionsMtx;
    std::mutex fRegionEventsMtx;
    std::condition_variable fRegionEventsCV;
    std::thread fRegionEventThread;
--- a/fairmq/shmem/Message.h
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/Message.h
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class Message final : public fair::mq::Message
                    fLocalPtr = nullptr;
                }
            } else {
-                fRegionPtr = fManager.GetRegion(fMeta.fRegionId);
+                fRegionPtr = fManager.GetRegionFromCache(fMeta.fRegionId);
                if (fRegionPtr) {
                    fLocalPtr = reinterpret_cast<char*>(fRegionPtr->GetData()) + fMeta.fHandle;
                } else {
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ class Message final : public fair::mq::Message
    void ReleaseUnmanagedRegionBlock()
    {
        if (!fRegionPtr) {
-            fRegionPtr = fManager.GetRegion(fMeta.fRegionId);
+            fRegionPtr = fManager.GetRegionFromCache(fMeta.fRegionId);
        }

        if (fRegionPtr) {
--- a/fairmq/shmem/Monitor.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/Monitor.cxx
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 *                  copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE"                       *
 ********************************************************************************/

-#include "Monitor.h"
 #include "Common.h"
-#include "UnmanagedRegion.h"
+#include "Monitor.h"
+#include "Segment.h"
+#include <fairmq/shmem/UnmanagedRegion.h>

 #include <fairmq/tools/IO.h>
 #include <fairmq/tools/Strings.h>
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <boost/interprocess/ipc/message_queue.hpp>

 #include <csignal>
+#include <cstdio>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <chrono>
@@ -267,13 +269,14 @@ bool Monitor::PrintShm(const ShmId& shmId)
            ss << "\n   unmanaged regions:";
            for (const auto& r : *shmRegions) {
                ss << "\n      [" << r.first << "]: " << (r.second.fDestroyed ? "destroyed" : "alive");
+                ss << ", size: " << r.second.fSize;

-                try {
-                    boost::interprocess::message_queue q(open_only, std::string("fmq_" + std::string(shmId) + "_rgq_" + to_string(r.first)).c_str());
-                    ss << ", ack queue: " << q.get_num_msg() << " messages";
-                } catch (bie&) {
-                    ss << ", ack queue: not found";
-                }
+                // try {
+                //     boost::interprocess::message_queue q(open_only, std::string("fmq_" + std::string(shmId) + "_rgq_" + to_string(r.first)).c_str());
+                //     ss << ", ack queue: " << q.get_num_msg() << " messages";
+                // } catch (bie&) {
+                //     ss << ", ack queue: not found";
+                // }
            }
        }
        LOGV(info, user1) << ss.str();
@@ -414,24 +417,28 @@ void Monitor::PrintDebugInfo(const ShmId& shmId __attribute__((unused)))

        size_t numMessages = 0;

-        for (const auto& e : *debug) {
-            numMessages += e.second.size();
-        }
-        LOG(info) << endl << "found " << numMessages << " messages.";
-
-        for (const auto& s : *debug) {
-            for (const auto& e : s.second) {
-                using time_point = chrono::system_clock::time_point;
-                time_point tmpt{chrono::duration_cast<time_point::duration>(chrono::nanoseconds(e.second.fCreationTime))};
-                time_t t = chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(tmpt);
-                uint64_t ms = e.second.fCreationTime % 1000000;
-                auto tm = localtime(&t);
-                LOG(info) << "segment: " << setw(3) << setfill(' ') << s.first
-                     << ", offset: " << setw(12) << setfill(' ') << e.first
-                     << ", size: " << setw(10) << setfill(' ') << e.second.fSize
-                     << ", creator PID: " << e.second.fPid << setfill('0')
-                     << ", at: " << setw(2) << tm->tm_hour << ":" << setw(2) << tm->tm_min << ":" << setw(2) << tm->tm_sec << "." << setw(6) << ms;
+        if (debug) {
+            for (const auto& e : *debug) {
+                numMessages += e.second.size();
            }
+            LOG(info) << endl << "found " << numMessages << " messages.";
+
+            for (const auto& s : *debug) {
+                for (const auto& e : s.second) {
+                    using time_point = chrono::system_clock::time_point;
+                    time_point tmpt{chrono::duration_cast<time_point::duration>(chrono::nanoseconds(e.second.fCreationTime))};
+                    time_t t = chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(tmpt);
+                    uint64_t ms = e.second.fCreationTime % 1000000;
+                    auto tm = localtime(&t);
+                    LOG(info) << "segment: " << setw(3) << setfill(' ') << s.first
+                        << ", offset: " << setw(12) << setfill(' ') << e.first
+                        << ", size: " << setw(10) << setfill(' ') << e.second.fSize
+                        << ", creator PID: " << e.second.fPid << setfill('0')
+                        << ", at: " << setw(2) << tm->tm_hour << ":" << setw(2) << tm->tm_min << ":" << setw(2) << tm->tm_sec << "." << setw(6) << ms;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            LOG(info) << "no debug data found";
        }
    } catch (bie&) {
        LOG(info) << "no segments found";
@@ -462,11 +469,16 @@ unordered_map<uint16_t, std::vector<BufferDebugInfo>> Monitor::GetDebugInfo(cons

        result.reserve(debug->size());

-        for (const auto& s : *debug) {
-            result[s.first].reserve(s.second.size());
-            for (const auto& e : s.second) {
-                result[s.first][e.first] = BufferDebugInfo(e.first, e.second.fPid, e.second.fSize, e.second.fCreationTime);
+
+        if (debug) {
+            for (const auto& s : *debug) {
+                result[s.first].reserve(s.second.size());
+                for (const auto& e : s.second) {
+                    result[s.first][e.first] = BufferDebugInfo(e.first, e.second.fPid, e.second.fSize, e.second.fCreationTime);
+                }
            }
+        } else {
+            LOG(info) << "no debug data found";
        }
    } catch (bie&) {
        LOG(info) << "no segments found";
@@ -522,6 +534,88 @@ unsigned long Monitor::GetFreeMemory(const SessionId& sessionId, uint16_t segmen
    return GetFreeMemory(shmId, segmentId);
 }

+bool Monitor::SegmentIsPresent(const ShmId& shmId, uint16_t segmentId)
+{
+    using namespace boost::interprocess;
+    try {
+        bipc::managed_shared_memory managementSegment(bipc::open_read_only, std::string("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_mng").c_str());
+        Uint16SegmentInfoHashMap* shmSegments = managementSegment.find<Uint16SegmentInfoHashMap>(unique_instance).first;
+
+        if (!shmSegments) {
+            LOG(error) << "Found management segment, but could not locate segment info";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        auto it = shmSegments->find(segmentId);
+        if (it != shmSegments->end()) {
+            try {
+                if (it->second.fAllocationAlgorithm == AllocationAlgorithm::rbtree_best_fit) {
+                    RBTreeBestFitSegment segment(open_read_only, std::string("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_m_" + std::to_string(segmentId)).c_str());
+                } else {
+                    SimpleSeqFitSegment segment(open_read_only, std::string("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_m_" + std::to_string(segmentId)).c_str());
+                }
+            } catch (bie&) {
+                LOG(error) << "Could not find segment with id '" << segmentId << "' for shmId '" << shmId.shmId << "'";
+                return false;
+            }
+        } else {
+            LOG(error) << "Could not find segment info for segment id '" << segmentId << "' for shmId '" << shmId.shmId << "'";
+            return false;
+        }
+    } catch (bie&) {
+        LOG(error) << "Could not find management segment for shmid '" << shmId.shmId << "'";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+bool Monitor::SegmentIsPresent(const SessionId& sessionId, uint16_t segmentId)
+{
+    ShmId shmId{makeShmIdStr(sessionId.sessionId)};
+    return SegmentIsPresent(shmId, segmentId);
+}
+
+bool Monitor::RegionIsPresent(const ShmId& shmId, uint16_t regionId)
+{
+    using namespace boost::interprocess;
+    try {
+        bipc::managed_shared_memory managementSegment(bipc::open_read_only, std::string("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_mng").c_str());
+        Uint16RegionInfoHashMap* shmRegions = managementSegment.find<Uint16RegionInfoHashMap>(bipc::unique_instance).first;
+
+        if (!shmRegions) {
+            LOG(error) << "Found management segment, but could not locate region info";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        std::string regionFileName("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_rg_" + to_string(regionId));
+
+        auto it = shmRegions->find(regionId);
+        if (it != shmRegions->end()) {
+            try {
+                if (it->second.fPath.empty()) {
+                    shared_memory_object object(open_only, regionFileName.c_str(), read_only);
+                }
+            } catch (bie&) {
+                LOG(error) << "Could not find region with id '" << regionId << "' for shmId '" << shmId.shmId << "'";
+                return false;
+            }
+        } else {
+            LOG(error) << "Could not find region info for region id '" << regionId << "' for shmId '" << shmId.shmId << "'";
+            return false;
+        }
+    } catch (bie&) {
+        LOG(error) << "Could not find management segment for shmid '" << shmId.shmId << "'";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+bool Monitor::RegionIsPresent(const SessionId& sessionId, uint16_t regionId)
+{
+    ShmId shmId{makeShmIdStr(sessionId.sessionId)};
+    return RegionIsPresent(shmId, regionId);
+}
+
 void Monitor::PrintHelp()
 {
    LOG(info) << "controls: [x] close memory, "
@@ -552,17 +646,18 @@ std::pair<std::string, bool> Remove(const std::string& name, bool verbose)
    }
 }

-std::vector<std::pair<std::string, bool>> Monitor::Cleanup(const ShmId& shmId, bool verbose /* = true */)
+std::vector<std::pair<std::string, bool>> Monitor::Cleanup(const ShmId& shmIdT, bool verbose /* = true */)
 {
+    std::string shmId = shmIdT.shmId;
    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, bool>> result;

    if (verbose) {
-        LOG(info) << "Cleaning up for shared memory id '" << shmId.shmId << "'...";
+        LOG(info) << "Cleaning up for shared memory id '" << shmId << "'...";
    }

-    string managementSegmentName("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_mng");
+    string managementSegmentName("fmq_" + shmId + "_mng");
    try {
-        bipc::managed_shared_memory managementSegment(bipc::open_only, managementSegmentName.c_str());
+        bipc::managed_shared_memory managementSegment(bipc::open_read_only, managementSegmentName.c_str());

        Uint16RegionInfoHashMap* shmRegions = managementSegment.find<Uint16RegionInfoHashMap>(bipc::unique_instance).first;
        if (shmRegions) {
@@ -575,25 +670,24 @@ std::vector<std::pair<std::string, bool>> Monitor::Cleanup(const ShmId& shmId, b
                string path = info.fPath.c_str();
                int flags = info.fCreationFlags;
                if (verbose) {
-                    LOG(info) << "Found RegionInfo with path: '" << path << "', flags: " << flags << ", fDestroyed: " << info.fDestroyed << ".";
+                    LOG(info) << "Found UnmanagedRegion with id: " << id << ", path: '" << path << "', flags: " << flags << ", fDestroyed: " << info.fDestroyed << ".";
                }
                if (!path.empty()) {
-                    result.emplace_back(Remove<bipc::file_mapping>(path + "fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_rg_" + to_string(id), verbose));
+                    result.emplace_back(Remove<bipc::file_mapping>(path + "fmq_" + shmId + "_rg_" + to_string(id), verbose));
                } else {
-                    result.emplace_back(Remove<bipc::shared_memory_object>("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_rg_" + to_string(id), verbose));
+                    result.emplace_back(Remove<bipc::shared_memory_object>("fmq_" + shmId + "_rg_" + to_string(id), verbose));
                }
-                result.emplace_back(Remove<bipc::message_queue>("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_rgq_" + to_string(id), verbose));
+                result.emplace_back(Remove<bipc::message_queue>("fmq_" + shmId + "_rgq_" + to_string(id), verbose));
            }
        }

        Uint16SegmentInfoHashMap* shmSegments = managementSegment.find<Uint16SegmentInfoHashMap>(bipc::unique_instance).first;
-
        if (shmSegments) {
            if (verbose) {
                LOG(info) << "Found " << shmSegments->size() << " managed segments...";
            }
            for (const auto& segment : *shmSegments) {
-                result.emplace_back(Remove<bipc::shared_memory_object>("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_m_" + to_string(segment.first), verbose));
+                result.emplace_back(Remove<bipc::shared_memory_object>("fmq_" + shmId + "_m_" + to_string(segment.first), verbose));
            }
        } else {
            if (verbose) {
@@ -636,39 +730,55 @@ std::vector<std::pair<std::string, bool>> Monitor::CleanupFull(const SessionId&
    return CleanupFull(shmId, verbose);
 }

-void Monitor::ResetContent(const ShmId& shmId, bool verbose /* = true */)
+void Monitor::ResetContent(const ShmId& shmIdT, bool verbose /* = true */)
 {
+    std::string shmId = shmIdT.shmId;
    if (verbose) {
-        cout << "Resetting segments content for shared memory id '" << shmId.shmId << "'..." << endl;
+        cout << "Resetting segments content for shared memory id '" << shmId << "'..." << endl;
    }

-    string managementSegmentName("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_mng");
+    string managementSegmentName("fmq_" + shmId + "_mng");
    try {
        using namespace boost::interprocess;
        managed_shared_memory managementSegment(open_only, managementSegmentName.c_str());

        Uint16SegmentInfoHashMap* segmentInfos = managementSegment.find<Uint16SegmentInfoHashMap>(unique_instance).first;
-
-        for (const auto& s : *segmentInfos) {
-            if (verbose) {
-                cout << "Resetting content of segment '" << "fmq_" << shmId.shmId << "_m_" << s.first << "'..." << endl;
-            }
-            try {
-                if (s.second.fAllocationAlgorithm == AllocationAlgorithm::rbtree_best_fit) {
-                    RBTreeBestFitSegment segment(open_only, std::string("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_m_" + to_string(s.first)).c_str());
-                    void* ptr = segment.get_segment_manager();
-                    size_t size = segment.get_segment_manager()->get_size();
-                    new(ptr) segment_manager<char, rbtree_best_fit<mutex_family, offset_ptr<void>>, null_index>(size);
-                } else {
-                    SimpleSeqFitSegment segment(open_only, std::string("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_m_" + to_string(s.first)).c_str());
-                    void* ptr = segment.get_segment_manager();
-                    size_t size = segment.get_segment_manager()->get_size();
-                    new(ptr) segment_manager<char, simple_seq_fit<mutex_family, offset_ptr<void>>, null_index>(size);
-                }
-            } catch (bie& e) {
+        if (segmentInfos) {
+            cout << "Found info for " << segmentInfos->size() << " managed segments" << endl;
+            for (const auto& s : *segmentInfos) {
                if (verbose) {
-                    cout << "Error resetting content of segment '" << std::string("fmq_" + shmId.shmId + "_m_" + to_string(s.first)) << "': " << e.what() << endl;
+                    cout << "Resetting content of segment '" << "fmq_" << shmId << "_m_" << s.first << "'..." << endl;
                }
+                try {
+                    if (s.second.fAllocationAlgorithm == AllocationAlgorithm::rbtree_best_fit) {
+                        RBTreeBestFitSegment segment(open_only, std::string("fmq_" + shmId + "_m_" + to_string(s.first)).c_str());
+                        void* ptr = segment.get_segment_manager();
+                        size_t size = segment.get_segment_manager()->get_size();
+                        new(ptr) segment_manager<char, rbtree_best_fit<mutex_family, offset_ptr<void>>, null_index>(size);
+                    } else {
+                        SimpleSeqFitSegment segment(open_only, std::string("fmq_" + shmId + "_m_" + to_string(s.first)).c_str());
+                        void* ptr = segment.get_segment_manager();
+                        size_t size = segment.get_segment_manager()->get_size();
+                        new(ptr) segment_manager<char, simple_seq_fit<mutex_family, offset_ptr<void>>, null_index>(size);
+                    }
+                    if (verbose) {
+                        cout << "Done." << endl;
+                    }
+                } catch (bie& e) {
+                    if (verbose) {
+                        cout << "Error resetting content of segment '" << std::string("fmq_" + shmId + "_m_" + to_string(s.first)) << "': " << e.what() << endl;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            cout << "Found management segment, but cannot locate segment info, something went wrong..." << endl;
+        }
+
+        Uint16RegionInfoHashMap* shmRegions = managementSegment.find<Uint16RegionInfoHashMap>(bipc::unique_instance).first;
+        if (shmRegions) {
+            for (const auto& region : *shmRegions) {
+                uint16_t id = region.first;
+                Remove<bipc::message_queue>("fmq_" + shmId + "_rgq_" + to_string(id), verbose);
            }
        }
    } catch (bie& e) {
@@ -679,7 +789,7 @@ void Monitor::ResetContent(const ShmId& shmId, bool verbose /* = true */)
    }

    if (verbose) {
-        cout << "Done resetting segment content for shared memory id '" << shmId.shmId << "'." << endl;
+        cout << "Done resetting segment content for shared memory id '" << shmId << "'." << endl;
    }
 }

@@ -692,6 +802,50 @@ void Monitor::ResetContent(const SessionId& sessionId, bool verbose /* = true */
    ResetContent(shmId, verbose);
 }

+void Monitor::ResetContent(const ShmId& shmIdT, const std::vector<SegmentConfig>& segmentCfgs, const std::vector<RegionConfig>& regionCfgs, bool verbose /* = true */)
+{
+    using namespace boost::interprocess;
+
+    std::string shmId = shmIdT.shmId;
+    std::string managementSegmentName("fmq_" + shmId + "_mng");
+    // delete management segment
+    cout << "deleting management segment" << endl;
+    Remove<bipc::shared_memory_object>(managementSegmentName, verbose);
+    // recreate management segment
+    cout << "recreating management segment..." << endl;
+    managed_shared_memory mngSegment(create_only, managementSegmentName.c_str(), kManagementSegmentSize);
+    cout << "done." << endl;
+    // fill management segment with segment & region infos
+    cout << "filling management segment with managed segment configs..." << endl;
+    for (const auto& s : segmentCfgs) {
+        if (s.allocationAlgorithm == "rbtree_best_fit") {
+            Segment::Register(shmId, s.id, AllocationAlgorithm::rbtree_best_fit);
+        } else if (s.allocationAlgorithm == "simple_seq_fit") {
+            Segment::Register(shmId, s.id, AllocationAlgorithm::simple_seq_fit);
+        } else {
+            LOG(error) << "Unknown allocation algorithm provided: " << s.allocationAlgorithm;
+            throw MonitorError("Unknown allocation algorithm provided: " + s.allocationAlgorithm);
+        }
+    }
+    cout << "done." << endl;
+    cout << "filling management segment with unmanaged region configs..." << endl;
+    for (const auto& r : regionCfgs) {
+        fair::mq::shmem::UnmanagedRegion::Register(shmId, r);
+    }
+    cout << "done." << endl;
+    // reset managed segments
+    ResetContent(shmIdT, verbose);
+}
+
+void Monitor::ResetContent(const SessionId& sessionId, const std::vector<SegmentConfig>& segmentCfgs, const std::vector<RegionConfig>& regionCfgs, bool verbose /* = true */)
+{
+    ShmId shmId{makeShmIdStr(sessionId.sessionId)};
+    if (verbose) {
+        cout << "ResetContent called with session id '" << sessionId.sessionId << "', translating to shared memory id '" << shmId.shmId << "'" << endl;
+    }
+    ResetContent(shmId, segmentCfgs, regionCfgs, verbose);
+}
+
 Monitor::~Monitor()
 {
    if (fSignalThread.joinable()) {
--- a/fairmq/shmem/Monitor.h
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/Monitor.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #ifndef FAIR_MQ_SHMEM_MONITOR_H_
 #define FAIR_MQ_SHMEM_MONITOR_H_

+#include <fairmq/UnmanagedRegion.h>
+
 #include <fairlogger/Logger.h>

 #include <thread>
@@ -49,6 +51,13 @@ struct BufferDebugInfo
    uint64_t fCreationTime;
 };

+struct SegmentConfig
+{
+    uint16_t id;
+    uint64_t size;
+    std::string allocationAlgorithm;
+};
+
 class Monitor
 {
  public:
@@ -88,6 +97,14 @@ class Monitor
    /// @param sessionId session id
    /// Only call this when segment is not in use
    static void ResetContent(const SessionId& sessionId, bool verbose = true);
+    /// @brief [EXPERIMENTAL] cleanup the content of the shem segment, without recreating it
+    /// @param shmId shared memory id
+    /// Only call this when segment is not in use
+    static void ResetContent(const ShmId& shmId, const std::vector<SegmentConfig>& segmentCfgs, const std::vector<RegionConfig>& regionCfgs, bool verbose = true);
+    /// @brief [EXPERIMENTAL] cleanup the content of the shem segment, without recreating it
+    /// @param sessionId session id
+    /// Only call this when segment is not in use
+    static void ResetContent(const SessionId& sessionId, const std::vector<SegmentConfig>& segmentCfgs, const std::vector<RegionConfig>& regionCfgs, bool verbose = true);

    /// @brief Outputs list of messages in shmem (if compiled with FAIRMQ_DEBUG_MODE=ON)
    /// @param shmId shmem id
@@ -102,7 +119,7 @@ class Monitor
    /// @param sessionId session id
    static std::unordered_map<uint16_t, std::vector<BufferDebugInfo>> GetDebugInfo(const SessionId& sessionId);
    /// @brief Returns the amount of free memory in the specified segment
-    /// @param sessionId shmem id
+    /// @param shmId shmem id
    /// @param segmentId segment id
    /// @throws MonitorError
    static unsigned long GetFreeMemory(const ShmId& shmId, uint16_t segmentId);
@@ -111,6 +128,23 @@ class Monitor
    /// @param segmentId segment id
    /// @throws MonitorError
    static unsigned long GetFreeMemory(const SessionId& sessionId, uint16_t segmentId);
+    /// @brief Checks if a given segment can be opened
+    /// @param shmId shmem id
+    /// @param segmentId segment id
+    static bool SegmentIsPresent(const ShmId& shmId, uint16_t segmentId);
+    /// @brief Checks if a given segment can be opened
+    /// @param sessionId session id
+    /// @param segmentId segment id
+    static bool SegmentIsPresent(const SessionId& sessionId, uint16_t segmentId);
+    /// @brief Checks if a given region can be opened
+    /// @param shmId shmem id
+    /// @param regionId region id
+    static bool RegionIsPresent(const ShmId& shmId, uint16_t regionId);
+    /// @brief Checks if a given region can be opened
+    /// @param sessionId session id
+    /// @param regionId region id
+    static bool RegionIsPresent(const SessionId& sessionId, uint16_t regionId);
+

    static bool PrintShm(const ShmId& shmId);
    static void ListAll(const std::string& path);
--- a/fairmq/shmem/Segment.h
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/Segment.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ static const RBTreeBestFit rbTreeBestFit = RBTreeBestFit();

 struct Segment
 {
+    friend class Monitor;
+
    Segment(const std::string& shmId, uint16_t id, size_t size, SimpleSeqFit)
        : fSegment(SimpleSeqFitSegment(boost::interprocess::open_or_create,
                                       std::string("fmq_" + shmId + "_m_" + std::to_string(id)).c_str(),
@@ -66,15 +68,12 @@ struct Segment
    static void Register(const std::string& shmId, uint16_t id, AllocationAlgorithm allocAlgo)
    {
        using namespace boost::interprocess;
-        managed_shared_memory mngSegment(open_or_create, std::string("fmq_" + shmId + "_mng").c_str(), 6553600);
+        managed_shared_memory mngSegment(open_or_create, std::string("fmq_" + shmId + "_mng").c_str(), kManagementSegmentSize);
        VoidAlloc alloc(mngSegment.get_segment_manager());

        Uint16SegmentInfoHashMap* shmSegments = mngSegment.find_or_construct<Uint16SegmentInfoHashMap>(unique_instance)(alloc);

-        EventCounter* eventCounter = mngSegment.find<EventCounter>(unique_instance).first;
-        if (!eventCounter) {
-            eventCounter = mngSegment.construct<EventCounter>(unique_instance)(0);
-        }
+        EventCounter* eventCounter = mngSegment.find_or_construct<EventCounter>(unique_instance)(0);

        bool newSegmentRegistered = shmSegments->emplace(id, allocAlgo).second;
        if (newSegmentRegistered) {
--- a/fairmq/shmem/UnmanagedRegion.h
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/UnmanagedRegion.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct UnmanagedRegion
 {
    friend class Message;
    friend class Manager;
+    friend class Monitor;

    UnmanagedRegion(const std::string& shmId, uint16_t id, uint64_t size)
        : UnmanagedRegion(shmId,  size, false, makeRegionConfig(id))
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ struct UnmanagedRegion
        : UnmanagedRegion(shmId, size, false, std::move(cfg))
    {}

+    UnmanagedRegion(const std::string& shmId, RegionConfig cfg)
+        : UnmanagedRegion(shmId, cfg.size, false, std::move(cfg))
+    {}
+
    UnmanagedRegion(const std::string& shmId, uint64_t size, bool remote, RegionConfig cfg)
        : fRemote(remote)
        , fRemoveOnDestruction(cfg.removeOnDestruction)
@@ -66,6 +71,11 @@ struct UnmanagedRegion
    {
        using namespace boost::interprocess;

+        // TODO: refactor this
+        cfg.size = size;
+
+        LOG(debug) << "UnmanagedRegion(): " << fName << " | remote: " << remote << ".";
+
        if (!cfg.path.empty()) {
            fName = std::string(cfg.path + fName);

@@ -91,16 +101,25 @@ struct UnmanagedRegion
            fRegion = mapped_region(fFileMapping, read_write, 0, size, 0, cfg.creationFlags);
        } else {
            try {
-                fShmemObject = shared_memory_object(open_or_create, fName.c_str(), read_write);
-                if (size != 0) {
+                // if opening fails, create
+                try {
+                    fShmemObject = shared_memory_object(open_only, fName.c_str(), read_write);
+                } catch (interprocess_exception& e) {
+                    LOG(debug) << "Could not open " << (remote ? "remote" : "local") << " shared_memory_object for region id '" << cfg.id.value() << "': " << e.what() << ", creating...";
+                    fShmemObject = shared_memory_object(create_only, fName.c_str(), read_write);
                    fShmemObject.truncate(size);
                }
            } catch (interprocess_exception& e) {
                LOG(error) << "Failed " << (remote ? "opening" : "creating") << " shared_memory_object for region id '" << cfg.id.value() << "': " << e.what();
                throw;
            }
+
            try {
                fRegion = mapped_region(fShmemObject, read_write, 0, 0, 0, cfg.creationFlags);
+                if (size != 0 && size != fRegion.get_size()) {
+                    LOG(error) << "Created/opened region size (" << fRegion.get_size() << ") does not match configured size (" << size << ")";
+                    throw TransportError(tools::ToString("Created/opened region size (", fRegion.get_size(), ") does not match configured size (", size, ")"));
+                }
            } catch (interprocess_exception& e) {
                LOG(error) << "Failed mapping shared_memory_object for region id '" << cfg.id.value() << "': " << e.what();
                throw;
@@ -154,6 +173,7 @@ struct UnmanagedRegion

    ~UnmanagedRegion()
    {
+        LOG(debug) << "~UnmanagedRegion(): " << fName << " | remote: " << fRemote << ".";
        fStopAcks = true;

        if (fAcksSender.joinable()) {
@@ -223,20 +243,17 @@ struct UnmanagedRegion
        return regionCfg;
    }

-    static void Register(const std::string& shmId, RegionConfig& cfg)
+    static void Register(const std::string& shmId, const RegionConfig& cfg)
    {
        using namespace boost::interprocess;
-        managed_shared_memory mngSegment(open_or_create, std::string("fmq_" + shmId + "_mng").c_str(), 6553600);
+        managed_shared_memory mngSegment(open_or_create, std::string("fmq_" + shmId + "_mng").c_str(), kManagementSegmentSize);
        VoidAlloc alloc(mngSegment.get_segment_manager());

        Uint16RegionInfoHashMap* shmRegions = mngSegment.find_or_construct<Uint16RegionInfoHashMap>(unique_instance)(alloc);

-        EventCounter* eventCounter = mngSegment.find<EventCounter>(unique_instance).first;
-        if (!eventCounter) {
-            eventCounter = mngSegment.construct<EventCounter>(unique_instance)(0);
-        }
+        EventCounter* eventCounter = mngSegment.find_or_construct<EventCounter>(unique_instance)(0);

-        bool newShmRegionCreated = shmRegions->emplace(cfg.id.value(), RegionInfo(cfg.path.c_str(), cfg.creationFlags, cfg.userFlags, alloc)).second;
+        bool newShmRegionCreated = shmRegions->emplace(cfg.id.value(), RegionInfo(cfg.path.c_str(), cfg.creationFlags, cfg.userFlags, cfg.size, alloc)).second;
        if (newShmRegionCreated) {
            (eventCounter->fCount)++;
        }
--- a/fairmq/zeromq/Common.h
+++ b/fairmq/zeromq/Common.h
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ inline bool Bind(void* socket, const std::string& address, const std::string& id
        if (errno == EADDRINUSE) {
            // do not print error in this case, this is handled upstream in case no
            // connection could be established after trying a number of random ports from a range.
-            return false;
+            size_t protocolPos = address.find(':');
+            std::string protocol = address.substr(0, protocolPos);
+            if (protocol == "tcp") {
+              return false;
+            }
        } else if (errno == EACCES) {
            // check if TCP port 1 was given, if yes then it will be handeled upstream, print debug only
            size_t protocolPos = address.find(':');
--- a/test/ci/fedora.35.def
+++ b/test/ci/fedora.35.def
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Bootstrap: docker
+From: fedora:35
+
+%post
+    dnf -y update
+    dnf -y install https://alfa-ci.gsi.de/packages/rpm/fedora-35-x86_64/fairsoft-release-dev.rpm
+    dnf -y install clang cli11-devel pmix-devel ninja-build 'dnf-command(builddep)' libasan liblsan libtsan libubsan clang-tools-extra
+    dnf -y builddep fairmq
+    dnf -y clean all
--- a/test/region/_region.cxx
+++ b/test/region/_region.cxx
@@ -25,6 +25,26 @@ namespace
 using namespace std;
 using namespace fair::mq;

+void RegionsSizeMismatch()
+{
+    size_t session = tools::UuidHash();
+
+    ProgOptions config;
+    config.SetProperty<string>("session", to_string(session));
+    config.SetProperty<size_t>("shm-segment-size", 100000000);
+
+    auto factory = TransportFactory::CreateTransportFactory("shmem", tools::Uuid(), &config);
+
+    fair::mq::RegionConfig rCfg;
+    rCfg.id = 10;
+    UnmanagedRegionPtr region1 = nullptr;
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(region1 = factory->CreateUnmanagedRegion(10000, [](void*, size_t, void*) {}, rCfg));
+    ASSERT_NE(region1, nullptr);
+    UnmanagedRegionPtr region2 = nullptr;
+    ASSERT_THROW(region2 = factory->CreateUnmanagedRegion(16000, [](void*, size_t, void*) {}, rCfg), fair::mq::TransportError);
+    ASSERT_EQ(region2, nullptr);
+}
+
 void RegionsCache(const string& transport, const string& address)
 {
    size_t session1 = tools::UuidHash();
@@ -226,6 +246,11 @@ void RegionCallbacks(const string& transport, const string& _address)
    LOG(info) << "2 done.";
 }

+TEST(RegionsSizeMismatch, shmem)
+{
+    RegionsSizeMismatch();
+}
+
 TEST(Cache, zeromq)
 {
    RegionsCache("zeromq", "ipc://test_region_cache");
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Alexey Rybalchenko	af0d668951	Shm: fix region init with external regions	2022-09-09 15:40:33 +02:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	072d7cb744	shm: add some debug output	2022-09-09 15:40:33 +02:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	f5c46ce018	region example: add options for testing with externally-created regions	2022-09-09 15:40:33 +02:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	d105960444	fix(shm): Fix incorrect parameters when mapping regions	2022-09-06 08:09:47 +02:00
Dennis Klein	3aae5bae58	build: Add ORCID for Christian Tacke	2022-09-06 08:08:42 +02:00
Dennis Klein	9031029d2c	build: Add ORCID for Dennis Klein	2022-09-06 08:08:34 +02:00
Dennis Klein	d478e050ba	build: HTML-Format desc field in zenodo.org config	2022-09-06 08:08:14 +02:00
Dennis Klein	06b2b9b01f	build: Add license hint to zenodo.org config	2022-09-06 08:08:05 +02:00
Dennis Klein	b3fa4f6e7e	build: Add config for zenodo.org import	2022-09-06 08:07:46 +02:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	da5cb34416	fix(shm): race/deadlock in region locks	2022-08-21 18:32:24 +02:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	226733c653	Reduce severity of the missing channel cfg on command line It is a valid use case to create the config programmatically at a later stage.	2022-06-22 14:04:43 +02:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	b06efc401e	shm: Monitor: Add region/segment presence check function	2022-06-22 13:31:51 +02:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	2500771689	shm: ResetContent(): reset data after recreating the metadata	2022-05-28 14:46:21 +02:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	d2aa3b6bb0	shm: open managament data as read only during cleanup	2022-05-28 14:46:21 +02:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	00df117c7c	Shm::Monitor: add nullptr check for segment info	2022-05-28 14:46:21 +02:00
Dennis Klein	69faa63c5b	docs: Update README	2022-03-21 18:22:07 +01:00
Dennis Klein	b7474ae138	build: Deprecate components dds_plugin, sdk, sdk_commands	2022-03-21 18:22:07 +01:00
Dennis Klein	b426bf39d7	fix: Update metadata	2022-03-21 18:22:07 +01:00
Dennis Klein	6780b7452c	fix(control): Honor SIGINT and SIGTERM in more places * Queue next transition for long-running states (fix #421) * Add *OrCustom/Push/Locked family of functions to StateQueue to enable composition with custom signals	2022-03-21 16:28:43 +01:00
Dennis Klein	27277b11b4	fix(Device): Warning about narrowing conversion	2022-03-21 16:28:43 +01:00
Dennis Klein	cb5029f826	fix(Device): Spawn rate logger thread only if needed	2022-03-21 16:28:43 +01:00
Dennis Klein	5d45d89269	feat: Remove --max-run-time option BREAKING CHANGE: was introduced in 1.4.0 release but appears unused	2022-03-21 16:28:43 +01:00
Dennis Klein	eb9ddc81cf	ci: Run thread sanitizer with clang++	2022-03-21 16:28:43 +01:00
Dennis Klein	f5891d5ae3	ci: Add thread sanitizer check and bump all checks to Fedora 35	2022-03-21 16:28:43 +01:00
Dennis Klein	3b2ad1f6f4	ci: Add Fedora 35 build	2022-03-21 16:28:43 +01:00
Giulio Eulisse	fa0bf96eb2	Skip error message only for tcp	2022-02-28 19:13:00 +01:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	29827f0426	Shm: bring back thread-safety for fRegions (intra-process)	2022-02-16 23:17:04 +01:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	8efe7adf0e	Shm: fix number of region events	2022-02-16 23:17:04 +01:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	b747a8787c	shm: check region size when opening existing	2022-02-08 09:09:25 +01:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	1a75141fc4	shm: allow monitor::ResetContent to cleanup after a crash	2022-02-02 10:49:00 +01:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	2f82eb4f09	shm: monitor: disable number of msgs in the ack queue output	2022-02-02 10:49:00 +01:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	92a56c26bc	shm: remove UR queues on ResetContent	2022-02-02 10:49:00 +01:00
Alexey Rybalchenko	4f9aeda8ec	shm: Add size to UnmanagedRegion debug output	2022-02-02 10:49:00 +01:00