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arch_prctl(2) System Calls Manual arch_prctl(2)
arch_prctl - set architecture-specific thread state
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <asm/prctl.h> /* Definition of ARCH_* constants */ #include <sys/syscall.h> /* Definition of SYS_* constants */ #include <unistd.h> int syscall(SYS_arch_prctl, int op, unsigned long addr); int syscall(SYS_arch_prctl, int op, unsigned long *addr); Note: glibc provides no wrapper for arch_prctl(), necessitating the use of syscall(2).
arch_prctl() sets architecture-specific process or thread state. op selects an operation and passes argument addr to it; addr is interpreted as either an unsigned long for the "set" operations, or as an unsigned long *, for the "get" operations. Subfunctions for both x86 and x86-64 are: ARCH_SET_CPUID (since Linux 4.12) Enable (addr != 0) or disable (addr == 0) the cpuid instruction for the calling thread. The instruction is enabled by default. If disabled, any execution of a cpuid instruction will instead generate a SIGSEGV signal. This feature can be used to emulate cpuid results that differ from what the underlying hardware would have produced (e.g., in a paravirtualization setting). The ARCH_SET_CPUID setting is preserved across fork(2) and clone(2) but reset to the default (i.e., cpuid enabled) on execve(2). ARCH_GET_CPUID (since Linux 4.12) Return the setting of the flag manipulated by ARCH_SET_CPUID as the result of the system call (1 for enabled, 0 for disabled). addr is ignored. Subfunctions for x86-64 only are: ARCH_SET_FS Set the 64-bit base for the FS register to addr. ARCH_GET_FS Return the 64-bit base value for the FS register of the calling thread in the unsigned long pointed to by addr. ARCH_SET_GS Set the 64-bit base for the GS register to addr. ARCH_GET_GS Return the 64-bit base value for the GS register of the calling thread in the unsigned long pointed to by addr.
On success, arch_prctl() returns 0; on error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
EFAULT addr points to an unmapped address or is outside the process address space. EINVAL op is not a valid operation. ENODEV ARCH_SET_CPUID was requested, but the underlying hardware does not support CPUID faulting. EPERM addr is outside the process address space.
Linux/x86-64.
arch_prctl() is supported only on Linux/x86-64 for 64-bit programs currently. The 64-bit base changes when a new 32-bit segment selector is loaded. ARCH_SET_GS is disabled in some kernels. Context switches for 64-bit segment bases are rather expensive. As an optimization, if a 32-bit TLS base address is used, arch_prctl() may use a real TLS entry as if set_thread_area(2) had been called, instead of manipulating the segment base register directly. Memory in the first 2 GB of address space can be allocated by using mmap(2) with the MAP_32BIT flag. Because of the aforementioned optimization, using arch_prctl() and set_thread_area(2) in the same thread is dangerous, as they may overwrite each other's TLS entries. FS may be already used by the threading library. Programs that use ARCH_SET_FS directly are very likely to crash.
mmap(2), modify_ldt(2), prctl(2), set_thread_area(2) AMD X86-64 Programmer's manual
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