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.\" Copyright 2012, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
.\" Copyright 2012, 2013, 2015, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\" Copyright 2024, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
.TH PR_SET_MM_BRK 2const 2024-06-01 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
PR_SET_MM_BRK
\-
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_BRK, unsigned long " addr ", 0L, 0L);"
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Set the current
.BR brk (2)
value.
.P
The requirements for the address are the same as for the
.B PR_SET_MM_START_BRK
option.
.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
.I addr
is less than or equal to the end of the data segment
or specifies a value that would cause the
.B RLIMIT_DATA
resource limit to be exceeded.
.SH STANDARDS
Linux.
.SH HISTORY
Linux 3.3.
.\" commit 028ee4be34a09a6d48bdf30ab991ae933a7bc036
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR prctl (2),
.BR PR_SET_MM (2const),
.BR PR_SET_MM_START_BRK (2const)
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