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PR_SET_MM_END_DATA - modify kernel memory map descriptor fields

NAME  LIBRARY  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  RETURN VALUE  ERRORS  STANDARDS  HISTORY  SEE ALSO 

NAME

PR_SET_MM_START_DATA, PR_SET_MM_END_DATA − modify kernel memory map descriptor fields

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc−lc)

SYNOPSIS

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

int prctl(PR_SET_MM, PR_SET_MM_START_DATA, unsigned long addr, 0L, 0L);
int prctl(PR_SET_MM, PR_SET_MM_END_DATA, unsigned long
addr, 0L, 0L);

DESCRIPTION

PR_SET_MM_START_DATA

Set the address above which initialized and uninitialized (bss) data are placed. The corresponding memory area must be readable and writable, but not executable or shareable.

PR_SET_MM_END_DATA

Set the address below which initialized and uninitialized (bss) data are placed. The corresponding memory area must be readable and writable, but not executable or shareable.

RETURN VALUE

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

ERRORS

EINVAL

addr is greater than TASK_SIZE (the limit on the size of the user address space for this architecture).

EINVAL

The permissions of the corresponding memory area are not as required.

STANDARDS

Linux.

HISTORY

Linux 3.3.

SEE ALSO

prctl(2)


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