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);

DESCRIPTION
get_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 VALUE
get_thread_area returns 0 on success. Otherwise, it returns -1 and sets errno appropriately.

ERRORS

EINVAL
    u_info->entry_number is out of bounds.

EFAULT
    u_info is an invalid pointer.

CONFORMING TO
get_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 ALSO
set_thread_area(2), modify_ldt(2)