PR_SET_MM_BRK(2const)

PR_SET_MM_BRK2const

Modify kernel memory map descriptor fields

Usage

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

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

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Set the current brk(2) value.

The requirements for the address are the same as for the PR_SET_MM_START_BRK option.

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

addr is less than or equal to the end of the data segment or specifies a value that would cause the RLIMIT_DATA resource limit to be exceeded.

Releases

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

  1. 13
  2. Arch

Standards

Linux.

History

Linux 3.3.

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