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From: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com
Cc: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>,
	linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Subject: [RFC v3 09/17] execveat.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:25:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210313192526.350200-10-alx.manpages@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210214133907.157320-1-alx.manpages@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
---
 man2/execveat.2 | 13 ++++---------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/execveat.2 b/man2/execveat.2
index 499bf1b57..0d23cb39b 100644
--- a/man2/execveat.2
+++ b/man2/execveat.2
@@ -28,15 +28,13 @@
 execveat \- execute program relative to a directory file descriptor
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
+.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" "      /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
 .B #include <unistd.h>
 .PP
-.BI "int execveat(int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ,
-.BI "             const char *const " argv "[], const char *const " envp [],
-.BI "             int " flags );
+.BI "int syscall(SYS_execveat, int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ,
+.BI "            const char *const " argv "[], const char *const " envp [],
+.BI "            int " flags );
 .fi
-.PP
-.IR Note :
-There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
 .\" FIXME . See https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27364
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .\" commit 51f39a1f0cea1cacf8c787f652f26dfee9611874
@@ -209,9 +207,6 @@ the natural idiom when using
 is to set the close-on-exec flag on
 .IR dirfd .
 (But see BUGS.)
-.PP
-Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
-.BR syscall (2).
 .SH BUGS
 The
 .B ENOENT
-- 
2.30.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-03-13 19:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-14 13:39 [RFC] execve.2: SYNOPSIS: Document both glibc wrapper and kernel sycalls Alejandro Colomar
2021-02-18 12:27 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-02-18 14:01   ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-02-18 15:13     ` [RFC v2] " Alejandro Colomar
2021-02-19 12:39       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-02-19 12:56         ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-02-26 11:52           ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 00/17] man2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 01/17] access.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 02/17] alloc_hugepages.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 03/17] arch_prctl.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 04/17] arch_prctl.2: SYNOPSIS: Remove unused includes Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-15 18:00   ` AW: " Walter Harms
2021-03-16 16:50     ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 05/17] capget.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 06/17] clone.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 07/17] delete_module.2: wfix Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 08/17] epoll_wait.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 10/17] exit_group.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 11/17] futex.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 12/17] getdents.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 13/17] getunwind.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 14/17] get_robust_list.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 16/17] init_module.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 17/17] ioprio_set.2: " Alejandro Colomar

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