arch_prctl — set architecture-specific thread state
#include <asm/prctl.h> #include <sys/prctl.h>
int
arch_prctl( |
int | code, |
| unsigned long | addr); |
int
arch_prctl( |
int | code, |
| unsigned long * | addr); |
The arch_prctl() function
sets architecture-specific process or thread state.
code selects a
subfunction and passes argument addr to it; addr is interpreted as either
an unsigned long for the "set"
operations, or as an unsigned long
*, for the "get" operations.
Sub functions for x86-64 are:
ARCH_SET_FSSet the 64-bit base for the FS register to addr.
ARCH_GET_FSReturn the 64-bit base value for the FS register of the current thread in
the unsigned long pointed to
addr.
ARCH_SET_GSSet the 64-bit base for the GS register to addr.
ARCH_GET_GSReturn the 64-bit base value for the GS register of the current thread in
the unsigned long pointed to
addr.
On success, arch_prctl()
returns 0; on error, −1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
addr points
to an unmapped address or is outside the process
address space.
code is not
a valid subcommand.
addr is
outside the process address space.
arch_prctl() is a
Linux/x86-64 extension and should not be used in programs
intended to be portable.
arch_prctl() is only
supported on Linux/x86-64 for 64-bit programs currently.
The 64-bit base changes when a new 32-bit segment selector is loaded.
ARCH_SET_GS is disabled in
some kernels.
Context switches for 64-bit segment bases are rather
expensive. It may be a faster alternative to set a 32-bit
base using a segment selector by setting up an LDT with
modify_ldt(2) or using the
set_thread_area(2) system
call in kernel 2.5 or later. arch_prctl() is only needed when you want
to set bases that are larger than 4GB. Memory in the first
2GB of address space can be allocated by using mmap(2) with the
MAP_32BIT flag.
As of version 2.7, glibc provides no prototype for
arch_prctl(). You have to
declare it yourself for now. This may be fixed in future
glibc versions.
FS may be already used by
the threading library.
This page is part of release 2.79 of the Linux man-pages project. A
description of the project, and information about reporting
bugs, can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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