linux-kernel - [RFC v3 03/17] arch_prctl.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper

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Message-Id: <20210313192526.350200-4-alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:25:13 +0100
From:   Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@...il.com>
To:     mtk.manpages@...il.com
Cc:     Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@...il.com>,
        linux-man@...r.kernel.org, libc-alpha@...rceware.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>
Subject: [RFC v3 03/17] arch_prctl.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@...il.com>
---
 man2/arch_prctl.2 | 14 +++++---------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/arch_prctl.2 b/man2/arch_prctl.2
index f9a9dc39d..8706cd1ec 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
-- 
2.30.2