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NAME

get_thread_area - Get a Thread Local Storage (TLS) area

CONTENTS

Errors
Availability

"SYNOPSIS"

#include <linux/unistd.h>
#include <asm/ldt.h>

"int get_thread_area (struct user_desc *"u_info);

"DESCRIPTION"

get_thread_area returns an entry in the current thread’s Thread Local Storage (TLS) array. The index of the entry corresponds to the value of u_info->entry_number, passed in by the user. If the value is in bounds, get_thread_info copies the corresponding TLS entry into the area pointed to by u_info.

"RETURN VALUE"

get_thread_area returns 0 on success. Otherwise, it returns -1 and sets errno appropriately.

ERRORS

EINVAL u_info->entry_number is out of bounds.
EFAULT u_info is an invalid pointer.

"CONFORMING TO"

get_thread_area is Linux specific and should not be used in programs that are intended to be portable.

AVAILABILITY

A version of get_thread_area first appeared in Linux 2.5.32.

"SEE ALSO"

set_thread_area(2), modify_ldt(2)

 
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