Re: [PATCH v2 07/10] sgetmask.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper

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Hi Alex,

On 5/25/21 6:19 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied.

Thanks,

Michael


> ---
>  man2/sgetmask.2 | 15 ++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/sgetmask.2 b/man2/sgetmask.2
> index 7563b57ff..59b58ceaf 100644
> --- a/man2/sgetmask.2
> +++ b/man2/sgetmask.2
> @@ -27,12 +27,17 @@
>  sgetmask, ssetmask \- manipulation of signal mask (obsolete)
>  .SH SYNOPSIS
>  .nf
> -.B "long sgetmask(void);"
> -.BI "long ssetmask(long " newmask );
> +.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" "      /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
> +.B #include <unistd.h>
> +.PP
> +.B "long syscall(SYS_sgetmask, void);"
> +.BI "long syscall(SYS_ssetmask, long " newmask );
>  .fi
>  .PP
>  .IR Note :
> -There are no glibc wrappers for these system calls; see NOTES.
> +glibc provides no wrappers for these functions,
> +necessitating the use of
> +.BR syscall (2).
>  .SH DESCRIPTION
>  These system calls are obsolete.
>  .IR "Do not use them" ;
> @@ -73,10 +78,6 @@ option.
>  .SH CONFORMING TO
>  These system calls are Linux-specific.
>  .SH NOTES
> -Glibc does not provide wrappers for these obsolete system calls;
> -in the unlikely event that you want to call them, use
> -.BR syscall (2).
> -.PP
>  These system calls are unaware of signal numbers greater than 31
>  (i.e., real-time signals).
>  .PP
> 


-- 
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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