SET_THREAD_AREA(2)

NAME
set_thread_area - Set a Thread Local Storage (TLS) area

SYNOPSIS
#include <linux/unistd.h>
#include <asm/ldt.h>

int set_thread_area(struct user_desc *u_info);

DESCRIPTION
set_thread_area() sets an entry in the current thread's Thread Local Storage (TLS) array. The TLS array entry set by set_thread_area() corresponds to the value of u_info->entry_number passed in by the user. If this value is in bounds, set_thread_area() copies the TLS descriptor pointed to by u_info into the thread's TLS array.

When set_thread_area() is passed an entry_number of -1, it uses a free TLS entry. If set_thread_area() finds a free TLS entry, the value of u_info->entry_number is set upon return to show which entry was changed.

RETURN VALUE
set_thread_area() returns 0 on success, and -1 on failure, with errno set appropriately.

ERRORS

EINVAL
    u_info->entry_number is out of bounds.

EFAULT
    u_info is an invalid pointer.

ESRCH
    A free TLS entry could not be located.

CONFORMING TO
set_thread_area() is Linux specific and should not be used in programs that are intended to be portable.

VERSIONS
A version of set_thread_area() first appeared in Linux 2.5.29.

SEE ALSO
get_thread_area(2).