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.TH PR_SET_MM_START_STACK 2const 2025-05-17 "Linux man-pages 6.16"
.SH NAME
PR_SET_MM_START_STACK
\-
modify kernel memory map descriptor fields
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#include <linux/prctl.h>" "  /* Definition of " PR_* " constants */"
.B #include <sys/prctl.h>
.P
.BI "int prctl(PR_SET_MM, PR_SET_MM_START_STACK, unsigned long " addr ", 0L, 0L);"
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Set the start address of the stack.
The corresponding memory area must be readable and writable.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
0 is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
.I addr
is greater than
.B TASK_SIZE
(the limit on the size of the user address space for this architecture).
.TP
.B EINVAL
The permissions of the corresponding memory area are not as required.
.SH STANDARDS
Linux.
.SH HISTORY
Linux 3.3.
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR prctl (2),
.BR PR_SET_MM (2const)