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From: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>, Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>,
	Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>,
	linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH 35/39] process_madvise.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper. Fix includes too.
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 19:55:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210510175546.28445-36-alx.manpages@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210510175546.28445-1-alx.manpages@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
---
 man2/process_madvise.2 | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/process_madvise.2 b/man2/process_madvise.2
index e2b8c16ac..0cdcf9c9a 100644
--- a/man2/process_madvise.2
+++ b/man2/process_madvise.2
@@ -30,15 +30,22 @@
 process_madvise \- give advice about use of memory to a process
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
-.B #include <sys/uio.h>
+.BR "#include <sys/mman.h>" "      /* Definition of " MADV_* " constants */"
+.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" "   /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
+.BR "#include <sys/uio.h>" "       /* Definition of " "struct iovec" " type */"
+.B #include <unistd.h>
 .PP
-.BI "ssize_t process_madvise(int " pidfd ", const struct iovec *" iovec ,
-.BI "                        size_t " vlen ", int " advice ,
-.BI "                        unsigned int " flags ");"
+.BI "ssize_t syscall(SYS_process_madvise, int " pidfd ,
+.BI "                const struct iovec *" iovec ", size_t " vlen \
+", int " advice ,
+.BI "                unsigned int " flags ");"
 .fi
 .PP
 .IR Note :
-There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
+glibc provides no wrapper for
+.BR process_madvise (),
+necessitating the use of
+.BR syscall (2).
 .\" FIXME: See <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27380>
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
@@ -205,9 +212,6 @@ configuration option.
 The
 .BR process_madvise ()
 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 madvise (2),
 .BR pidfd_open (2),
-- 
2.31.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-05-10 17:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-10 17:55 [PATCH 00/39] man2: SYNOPSIS: Fix headers, use syscall(), and other fixes Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 01/39] futex.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 02/39] getdents.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-11  5:21   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 03/39] ioctl_tty.2: Fix includes Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 04/39] ioctl_userfaultfd.2: SYNOPSIS: Add <linux/userfaultfd.h> Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 05/39] io_destroy.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 06/39] io_getevents.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 07/39] ioperm.2: Remove obvious comment Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 08/39] ioprio_set.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 09/39] ipc.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 10/39] ipc.2: Add needed include Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 11/39] kcmp.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 12/39] kcmp.2: tfix Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 13/39] kexec_load.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 14/39] scripts/bash_aliases: man_lsfunc(): Extract syscall name from syscall(SYS_...) Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 15/39] keyctl.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a glibc wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 16/39] link.2: ffix Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 17/39] llseek.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 18/39] lookup_dcookie.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 19/39] membarrier.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 20/39] mincore.2: Remove unused include Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 21/39] mknod.2: Remove unused includes Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 22/39] mmap2.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 23/39] modify_ldt.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 24/39] mq_getsetattr.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 25/39] alloc_hugepages.2, arch_prctl.2, capget.2, clone.2, delete_module.2, exit_group.2, get_robust_list.2, getunwind.2, init_module.2: Add note about the use of syscall(2) Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 26/39] open.2: Remove unused <sys/stat.h> Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 18:02   ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-05-11  5:15     ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 27/39] openat2.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper; fix includes too Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 28/39] perf_event_open.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 29/39] pidfd_getfd.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 30/39] pidfd_open.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 31/39] pidfd_send_signal.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper. Fix includes too Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 32/39] pipe.2: wfix Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 33/39] pivot_root.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 34/39] poll.2: Remove <signal.h> Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 36/39] quotactl.2: Better detail why <xfs/xqm.h> is included Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 37/39] readdir.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 38/39] readlink.2: ffix Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 17:55 ` [PATCH 39/39] reboot.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-05-10 18:02   ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-05-11  5:19     ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-05-11  5:27 ` [PATCH 00/39] man2: SYNOPSIS: Fix headers, use syscall(), and other fixes Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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