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| -rw-r--r-- | man/man2const/PR_MCE_KILL.2const | 42 |
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diff --git a/man/man2const/PR_MCE_KILL.2const b/man/man2const/PR_MCE_KILL.2const index 4e82af0f02..59c2463b94 100644 --- a/man/man2const/PR_MCE_KILL.2const +++ b/man/man2const/PR_MCE_KILL.2const @@ -1,10 +1,9 @@ .\" Copyright 2010, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> .\" Copyright 2012, 2013, 2015, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" Copyright 2024, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" -.\" 2009-10-03 Andi Kleen, document PR_MCE_KILL -.\" .TH PR_MCE_KILL 2const (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" .SH NAME PR_MCE_KILL @@ -17,26 +16,25 @@ Standard C library .nf .B #include <sys/prctl.h> .P -.BI "int prctl(int " op ", ...);" +.BI "int prctl(PR_MCE_KILL, long " op ", ...);" .fi .SH DESCRIPTION -.TP -.BR PR_MCE_KILL " (since Linux 2.6.32)" Set the machine check memory corruption kill policy for the calling thread. -If -.I arg2 -is -.BR PR_MCE_KILL_CLEAR , -clear the thread memory corruption kill policy and use the system-wide default. -(The system-wide default is defined by +.P +.I op +is one of the following operations: +.TP +.B PR_MCE_KILL_CLEAR +Clear the thread memory corruption kill policy and +use the system-wide default. +.IP +The system-wide default is defined by .IR /proc/sys/vm/memory_failure_early_kill ; see -.BR proc (5).) -If -.I arg2 -is -.BR PR_MCE_KILL_SET , -use a thread-specific memory corruption kill policy. +.BR proc_sys_vm (5). +.TP +.B PR_MCE_KILL_SET +Use a thread-specific memory corruption kill policy. In this case, .I arg3 defines whether the policy is @@ -56,10 +54,8 @@ See for more information on the .B SIGBUS signal. +.P The policy is inherited by children. -The remaining unused -.BR prctl () -arguments must be zero for future compatibility. .SH RETURN VALUE On success, 0 is returned. @@ -69,12 +65,12 @@ is set to indicate the error. .SH ERRORS .TP .B EINVAL -.I arg2 -is not a valid value for this -.IR op . +.I op +is not a valid value. .SH STANDARDS Linux. .SH HISTORY +Linux 2.6.32. .SH SEE ALSO .BR prctl (2), .BR PR_MCE_KILL_GET (2const) |