PR_SET_MM_AUXV(2const)

PR_SET_MM_AUXV2const

Set a new auxiliary vector

Usage

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

int prctl(PR_SET_MM, PR_SET_MM_AUXV, unsigned long addr, unsigned long size, 0L);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Set a new auxiliary vector.

addr should provide the address of the vector. size is the size of the vector.

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).

Releases

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

  1. 13
  2. Arch

Standards

Linux.

History

Linux 3.5.

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