PR_SET_FPEMU(2const) — Linux manual page

PR_SET_FPEMU(2const)                                PR_SET_FPEMU(2const)

NAME         top

       PR_SET_FPEMU - set floating-point emulation control bits

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <linux/prctl.h>  /* Definition of PR_* constants */
       #include <sys/prctl.h>

       int prctl(PR_SET_FPEMU, long fpemu);

DESCRIPTION         top

       Set floating-point emulation control bits to fpemu.  Pass
       PR_FPEMU_NOPRINT to silently emulate floating-point operation
       accesses, or PR_FPEMU_SIGFPE to not emulate floating-point
       operations and send SIGFPE instead.

RETURN VALUE         top

       On success, 0 is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno
       is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS         top

       EINVAL fpemu is not a valid value.

STANDARDS         top

       Linux.  ia64 only.

HISTORY         top

       Linux 2.4.18, 2.5.9.  (ia64)

SEE ALSO         top

       prctl(2), PR_GET_FPEMU(2const)

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