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PR_GET_FPEXC - get the floating-point exception mode

NAME  LIBRARY  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  RETURN VALUE  ERRORS  STANDARDS  HISTORY  SEE ALSO 

NAME

PR_GET_FPEXC − get the floating-point exception mode

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc−lc)

SYNOPSIS

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

int prctl(PR_GET_FPEXC, unsigned int *mode);

DESCRIPTION

Return floating-point exception mode, in the location pointed to by mode.

RETURN VALUE

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

ERRORS

EFAULT

mode is an invalid address.

STANDARDS

Linux. PowerPC only.

HISTORY

Linux 2.4.21, 2.5.32. (PowerPC)

SEE ALSO

prctl(2), PR_SET_FPEXC(2const)


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