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)