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)