From 3a03cb85b04a6d03f5d58a94f3f866ed6b565722 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 09:35:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- man2/getunwind.2 | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/getunwind.2 b/man2/getunwind.2 index 71a657897..d5cdc4a4a 100644 --- a/man2/getunwind.2 +++ b/man2/getunwind.2 @@ -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