[v4,24/35] getunwind.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper
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Message ID 20210403194026.102818-25-alx.manpages@gmail.com
State Superseded
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  • SYNOPSIS: Use syscall(SYS_...); and fix '#include's
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Vitaly Buka via Libc-alpha April 3, 2021, 7:40 p.m. 
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>

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 man2/getunwind.2 | 14 ++++----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

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2.31.0

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diff --git a/man2/getunwind.2 b/man2/getunwind.2
index 45535dccf..2c44506c7 100644
--- a/man2/getunwind.2
+++ b/man2/getunwind.2
@@ -29,16 +29,14 @@ 
 getunwind \- copy the unwind data to caller's buffer
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
-.B #include <syscall.h>
 .B #include <linux/unwind.h>
+.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" "      /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
+.B #inlcude <unistd.h>
 .PP
-.BI "long getunwind(void " *buf ", size_t " buf_size );
+.BI "long syscall(SYS_getunwind, void " *buf ", size_t " buf_size );
 .fi
-.PP
-.IR Note :
-There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.I Note: this function is obsolete.
+.I Note: this system call is obsolete.
 .PP
 The
 IA-64-specific
@@ -102,9 +100,5 @@  and is available only on the IA-64 architecture.
 This system call has been deprecated.
 The modern way to obtain the kernel's unwind data is via the
 .BR vdso (7).
-.PP
-Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call;
-in the unlikely event that you want to call it, use
-.BR syscall (2).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR getauxval (3)