LDP
/
man-pages
mirror of https://github.com/mkerrisk/man-pages
0
1
Fork 0
Code Releases Activity

getunwind.2: Simplify text referring to vdso(7) 

The detail given here is redundant, since this info is also
in vdso(7).

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Michael Kerrisk 2016-10-02 09:35:40 +02:00
parent fb22911618
commit 3a03cb85b0
1 changed files with 2 additions and 6 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

8
man2/getunwind.2
View File

@ -98,12 +98,8 @@ This system call is Linux-specific,
and is available only on the IA-64 architecture.
.SH NOTES
This system call has been deprecated.
The modern way to obtain the kernel's unwind data is via the gate DSO.
The address of the ELF header for this DSO
is passed to user level via
.BR AT_SYSINFO_EHDR
(see
.BR getauxval (3)).
The modern way to obtain the kernel's unwind data is via the
.BR vdso (7).
Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call;
in the unlikely event that you want to call it, use