PR_SET_MM_START_BRK(2const) PR_SET_MM_START_BRK(2const)
NAME
PR_SET_MM_START_BRK - modify kernel memory map descriptor fields
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <linux/prctl.h> /* Definition of PR_* constants */
#include <sys/prctl.h>
int prctl(PR_SET_MM, PR_SET_MM_START_BRK, unsigned long addr, 0L, 0L);
DESCRIPTION
Set the address above which the program heap can be expanded with brk(2)
call.
The address must be greater than the ending address of the current pro-
gram data segment. In addition, the combined size of the resulting heap
and the data segment can't exceed the RLIMIT_DATA resource limit (see
setrlimit(2)).
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.
STANDARDS
Linux.
HISTORY
Linux 3.3.
SEE ALSO
prctl(2), PR_SET_MM(2const)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-01 PR_SET_MM_START_BRK(2const)
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