PR_MCE_KILL_CLEAR(2const)

PR_MCE_KILL_CLEAR2const

Clear the machine check memory corruption kill policy

Usage

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

int prctl(PR_MCE_KILL, PR_MCE_KILL_CLEAR, 0L, 0L, 0L);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Clear the thread memory corruption kill policy and use the system-wide default.

Return value

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

Files

/proc/sys/vm/memory_failure_early_kill

This file defines the system-wide default.

Releases

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

  1. 13
  2. Arch

Standards

Linux.

History

Linux 2.6.32.

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