GET_THREAD_AREA(2) Linux Programmer's Manual GET_THREAD_AREA(2)NAME
get_thread_area - Get a Thread Local Storage (TLS) area
SYNOPSIS
#include <linux/unistd.h>
#include <asm/ldt.h>
int get_thread_area(struct user_desc *u_info);
DESCRIPTIONget_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 VALUEget_thread_area() returns 0 on success. Otherwise, it returns -1 and
sets errno appropriately.
ERRORS
EFAULT u_info is an invalid pointer.
EINVAL u_info->entry_number is out of bounds.
CONFORMING TOget_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 ALSOmodify_ldt(2), set_thread_area(2)Linux 2.5.32 2003-02-21 GET_THREAD_AREA(2)