[PATCH] Note that there's no glibc wrapper for set_tid_address.

[PATCH] Note that there's no glibc wrapper for set_tid_address.

[enh]

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 man2/set_tid_address.2 | 6 ++++++
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From 4ccf1ba246c1da48893865bd3dc9e029dbf7fd3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elliott Hughes <enh@google.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 08:51:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Note that there's no glibc wrapper for set_tid_address.

---
 man2/set_tid_address.2 | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man2/set_tid_address.2 b/man2/set_tid_address.2
index 446b9009a..b19cb0823 100644
--- a/man2/set_tid_address.2
+++ b/man2/set_tid_address.2
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ set_tid_address \- set pointer to thread ID
 .sp
 .BI "long set_tid_address(int *" tidptr );
 .fi
+
+.IR Note :
+There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 For each thread, the kernel maintains two attributes (addresses) called
 .I set_child_tid
@@ -96,6 +99,9 @@ This call is present since Linux 2.5.48.
 Details as given here are valid since Linux 2.5.49.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 This system call is Linux-specific.
+.SH NOTES
+Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
+.BR syscall (2).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR clone (2),
 .BR futex (2),
-- 
2.14.0.rc1.383.gd1ce394fe2-goog

Re: [PATCH] Note that there's no glibc wrapper for set_tid_address.

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 08/07/2017 05:53 PM, enh wrote:
> ---
>  man2/set_tid_address.2 | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 

Thanks, Elliot. Applied!

Cheers,

Michael

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