PR_GET_MDWE(2const)

PR_GET_MDWE2const

Get the memory-deny-write-execute protection mask for the calling process

Usage

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

int prctl(PR_GET_MDWE, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Return the Memory-Deny-Write-Execute protection mask of the calling process. See PR_SET_MDWE(2const) for information on the protection mask bits.

Return value

On success, a nonnegative value is returned. 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.

History

Linux 6.3.

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