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ARCH_PRCTL(2) Linux Programmer's Manual ARCH_PRCTL(2)
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_FS
Set the 64-bit base for the FS register to addr.
ARCH_GET_FS
Return the 64-bit base value for the FS register of the current thread
in the unsigned long pointed to by addr.
ARCH_SET_GS
Set the 64-bit base for the GS register to addr.
ARCH_GET_GS
Return the 64-bit base value for the GS register of the current thread
in the unsigned long pointed to by addr.
On success, arch_prctl() returns 0; on error, -1 is returned, and errno is set
to indicate the error.
EFAULT addr points to an unmapped address or is outside the process address
space.
EINVAL code is not a valid subcommand.
EPERM 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.
mmap(2), modify_ldt(2), prctl(2), set_thread_area(2)
AMD X86-64 Programmer's manual
This page is part of release 3.23 of the Linux man-pages project. A
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at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
Linux 2007-12-26 ARCH_PRCTL(2)