Re: [PATCH v5 08/35] arch_prctl.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper

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Hi Alex,

On 4/4/21 1:58 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  man2/arch_prctl.2 | 14 +++++---------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)


Patch applied.

Thanks,

Michael


> diff --git a/man2/arch_prctl.2 b/man2/arch_prctl.2
> index 1ddeca595..f8073d625 100644
> --- a/man2/arch_prctl.2
> +++ b/man2/arch_prctl.2
> @@ -27,15 +27,14 @@
>  arch_prctl \- set architecture-specific thread state
>  .SH SYNOPSIS
>  .nf
> -.B #include <asm/prctl.h>
> +.BR "#include <asm/prctl.h>" "        /* Definition of " ARCH_* " constants */"
>  .B #include <sys/prctl.h>
> +.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" "      /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
> +.B #include <unistd.h>
>  .PP
> -.BI "int arch_prctl(int " code ", unsigned long " addr );
> -.BI "int arch_prctl(int " code ", unsigned long *" addr );
> +.BI "int syscall(SYS_arch_prctl, int " code ", unsigned long " addr );
> +.BI "int syscall(SYS_arch_prctl, int " code ", unsigned long *" addr );
>  .fi
> -.PP
> -.IR Note :
> -There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
>  .SH DESCRIPTION
>  .BR arch_prctl ()
>  sets architecture-specific process or thread state.
> @@ -177,9 +176,6 @@ and
>  in the same thread is dangerous, as they may overwrite each other's
>  TLS entries.
>  .PP
> -Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
> -.BR syscall (2).
> -.PP
>  .I FS
>  may be already used by the threading library.
>  Programs that use
> 


-- 
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/



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