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

From: Alejandro Colomar
Date: Sat Mar 13 2021 - 14:27:29 EST


Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
---
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
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