PRCTL(L)            Linux Programmer's Manual            PRCTL(L)



NAME
       prctl - operations on a process

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/prctl.h>

       int  prctl(int  option,  unsigned long arg2, unsigned long
       arg3 , unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5);

DESCRIPTION
       prctl is called with a first argument describing  what  to
       do  (with  values defined in <linux/prctl.h>), and further
       parameters with a significance depending on the first one.
       The first argument can be:

       PR_SET_PDEATHSIG
              (since  Linux  2.1.57) Set the parent process death
              signal of the current process  to  arg2  (either  a
              signal  value  in  the  range  1..maxsig,  or  0 to
              clear).  This is the signal that the  current  pro-
              cess  will  get when its parent dies. This value is
              cleared upon a fork().

       PR_GET_PDEATHSIG
              (since Linux 2.3.15) Read the current value of  the
              parent  process death signal into the (int *) arg2.

RETURN VALUE
       On success, zero is returned.  On error, -1  is  returned,
       and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS
       EINVAL The  value  of  option  is not recognized, or it is
              PR_SET_PDEATHSIG and arg2 is not zero or  a  signal
              number.

CONFORMING TO
       This call is Linux-specific.  IRIX has a prctl system call
       (also introduced in Linux 2.1.44 as irix_prctl on the MIPS
       architecture), with prototype

       ptrdiff_t prctl(int option, int arg2, int arg3);

       and  options  to  get  the maximum number of processes per
       user, get the maximum number  of  processors  the  calling
       process  can  use, find out whether a specified process is
       currently blocked, get or  set  the  maximum  stack  size,
       etc., etc.

AVAILABILITY
       The  prctl()  systemcall  was  introduced in Linux 2.1.57.
       There is no prctl() library call as yet.

SEE ALSO
       signal(l)



Linux 2.3.15                1998-02-03                   PRCTL(L)