--- a/shm.c
+++ b/shm.c
@@ -100,36 +100,7 @@
 /* Attach a sysv style shared memory segment. */
 void attach_sysvshm(char *name, char *opt)
 {
-	struct shmid_ds s;
-	key_t key = sysvkey(name);
-
-	shmfd = shmget(key, shmlen, shmflags);
-	if (shmfd < 0 && errno == ENOENT) {
-		if (shmlen == 0)
-			complain(
-                     "need a --length to create a sysv shared memory segment");
-		fprintf(stderr,
-         "numactl: Creating shared memory segment %s id %ld mode %04o length %.fMB\n",
-			name, shmid, shmmode, ((double)(shmlen + shmoffset)) / (1024*1024) );
-		shmfd = shmget(key, shmlen + shmoffset, IPC_CREAT|shmmode|shmflags);
-		if (shmfd < 0)
-			nerror("cannot create shared memory segment");
-	}
-
-	if (shmlen == 0) {
-		if (shmctl(shmfd, IPC_STAT, &s) < 0)
-			err("shmctl IPC_STAT");
-		shmlen = s.shm_segsz;
-	}
-
-	shmptr = shmat(shmfd, NULL, 0);
-	if (shmptr == (void*)-1)
-		err("shmat");
-	shmptr += shmoffset;
-
-	shm_pagesize = (shmflags & SHM_HUGETLB) ? huge_page_size() : getpagesize();
-
-	check_region(opt);
+	nerror("cannot create shared memory segment");
 }
 
 /* Attach a shared memory file. */