NAME

PR_GET_ENDIAN - get the endian-ness of the calling process

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

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

int prctl(PR_GET_ENDIAN, int *endianness);

DESCRIPTION

Return the endian-ness of the calling process, in the location pointed to by endianness.

RETURN VALUE

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

ERRORS

EFAULT

endianness is an invalid address.

STANDARDS

Linux. PowerPC only.

HISTORY

Linux 2.6.18 (PowerPC).

SEE ALSO

prctl(2), PR_SET_ENDIAN(2const)