PR_GET_ENDIAN - get the endianness of the calling process

NAME  LIBRARY  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  RETURN VALUE  ERRORS  STANDARDS  HISTORY  SEE ALSO 

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NAME

PR_GET_ENDIAN − get the endianness of the calling process

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, −lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <linux/prctl.h> /* Definition of PR_* constants */
#include <sys/prctl.h>

int prctl(PR_GET_ENDIAN, int *endianness);

DESCRIPTION

Return the endianness of the calling process, in the location pointed to by endianness.

RETURN VALUE

On success, 0 is returned. On error, −1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

EFAULT

endianness is an invalid address.

STANDARDS

Linux. PowerPC only.

HISTORY

Linux 2.6.18 (PowerPC).

SEE ALSO

prctl(2), PR_SET_ENDIAN(2const)

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