PR_GET_FP_MODE(2const)

PR_GET_FP_MODE2const

Get the floating point mode of the calling process

Usage

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

int prctl(PR_GET_FP_MODE);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Return a bit mask which represents the current floating-point mode (see PR_SET_FP_MODE(2const) for details).

Return value

On success, this call returns the nonnegative value described above. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

Standards

Linux. MIPS only.

History

Linux 4.0 (MIPS).

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.