PR_SET_ENDIAN - set endianness of the calling process

NAME  LIBRARY  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  RETURN VALUE  ERRORS  STANDARDS  HISTORY  SEE ALSO 

---

NAME

PR_SET_ENDIAN − set 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_SET_ENDIAN, long endianness);

DESCRIPTION

Set the endianness of the calling process to the value given in endianness, which should be one of the following: PR_ENDIAN_BIG, PR_ENDIAN_LITTLE, or PR_ENDIAN_PPC_LITTLE (PowerPC pseudo little endian).

RETURN VALUE

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

ERRORS

EINVAL

endianness is not a valid value.

STANDARDS

Linux. PowerPC only.

HISTORY

Linux 2.6.18 (PowerPC).

SEE ALSO

prctl(2), PR_GET_ENDIAN(2const)

---