Michael Kerrisk
c071b8e0fc
syscalls.2: Add ppc_rtas(2)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-02-09 19:05:27 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
823c799b69
syscalls.2: Add kernel version number of utrap_install(2)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-02-09 17:39:23 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
b09d24d2d1
syscalls.2: Add utrap_install(2)
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Sparc-specific, present since ancient times
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-01-25 21:45:22 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
29cb9035ba
syscalls.2: Add kern_features(2)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-01-25 21:45:20 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
208088b5be
syscalls.2: wfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-01-17 22:08:24 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
c534c7b5b8
syscalls.2: Add finit_module(2)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-01-10 01:57:27 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
ecbb4bb73c
syscalls.2: Add finit_module(2)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-12-20 18:29:34 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
929f1ff7f7
syscalls.2: Update various references to "i386" to "x86"
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-12-18 22:05:57 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
993d1ce33e
syscalls.2: Add s390_runtime_instr(2)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-12-17 20:15:06 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
7fac88a949
eventfd.2, futex.2, mmap2.2, open.2, pciconfig_read.2, ptrace.2, reboot.2, request_key.2, sched_rr_get_interval.2, splice.2, stat.2, sync_file_range.2, syscalls.2, timer_create.2, vm86.2, pthread_attr_setscope.3, core.5, proc.5, aio.7, futex.7, netlink.7, time.7: Global fix: "userspace" ==> "user space" or "user-space"
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Existing pages variously use "userspace or "user space".
But, "userspace" is not quite an English word.
So change "userspace" to "user space" or, when used
attributively, "user-space".
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-10-24 14:53:33 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
6c1544c132
syscalls.2, uname.2, boot.7: Global fix: s/OS/operating system/
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-09-24 10:05:20 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
66a9882e46
bdflush.2, get_robust_list.2, kexec_load.2, madvise.2, mmap.2, mount.2, prctl.2, query_module.2, rt_sigqueueinfo.2, shmget.2, sigaction.2, syscalls.2, umount.2, malloc.3, hpsa.4, initrd.4, proc.5, bootparam.7, icmp.7, netlink.7, signal.7: Global fix: use "Linux kernel source" consistently
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Rather than "kernel source".
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-09-24 10:02:34 +02:00
David Prévot
f06f501401
syscalls.2: ffix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-09-24 07:15:03 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
98309d3fea
syscalls.2: Move discussion of set_zone_reclaim(2) out of main table
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This system call was never visible to user space, so it makes
sense to move it out of the main table of system calls into
the notes below the table.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-07-19 12:51:28 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
8eec4a2373
syscalls.2: Add kcmp(2)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-07-19 12:51:28 +02:00
Bjarni Ingi Gislason
56f2caff29
syscalls.2: Formatting fixes
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From "groff -ww ..." (or "man --warnings=w ..."):
warning: around line 157: table wider than line width
Have to use text blocks. Move some text to its correct column.
Split text to two columns to avoid hyphenation.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-05-07 15:30:18 +12:00
Michael Kerrisk
0597933fb0
syscalls.2: Remove unimplemented system calls from main syscall list
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The unimplemented system calls are in any case noted lower down
in the page. Also: rearrange the text describing the unimplemented
system calls.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
syscalls.2: fix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-03-24 11:58:59 +13:00
Michael Kerrisk
1d3dc33c72
syscalls.2: Add process_vm_readv(2) and process_vm_writev(2)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-03-23 14:20:26 +13:00
Michael Kerrisk
13f66890a4
syscalls.2: Note a few system calls that were removed in Linux 2.6
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-03-23 14:09:47 +13:00
Michael Kerrisk
18a97acf29
syscalls.2: Note that nfsservctl(2) was removed in Linux 3.1
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-03-05 13:15:52 +13:00
Michael Kerrisk
70a3e2734f
syscalls.2: Note that bdflush(2) is deprecated
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-03-05 13:15:25 +13:00
Michael Kerrisk
dc43a89191
syscalls.2: ffix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-10-05 06:44:40 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
7767750f4b
syscalls.2: srcfix: remove unneeded comments
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-09-19 17:32:53 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
d0e1cbceeb
syscalls.2: Minor: remove duplicated open_by_handle() entry
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-09-17 07:11:02 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
c39f51b0f2
syscalls.2: Update to mention 3.x kernel series
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-09-16 07:00:48 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
622d2c7229
syscalls.2: Update kernel version at head of syscall list
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-09-16 07:00:48 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
3e55b0bd4e
syscalls.2: Updated for Linux 3.0 system calls
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-09-11 17:02:27 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
b9cad55be7
syscalls.2: Added new 2.6.39 system calls
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-09-11 17:02:19 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
3610ae93f1
syscalls.2: Added fanotify_init() and fanotify_mark() to syscall list
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-01-06 21:42:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
940795c09a
syscalls.2: Add prlimit() to list
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-11-07 15:26:08 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
3ed3a50747
syscalls.2: Fix kernel version number for kexec_load
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kexec_load() was first implemented in 2.6.13, though the entry
in the system call table was reserved starting in 2.6.7.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-11-04 07:14:31 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
5024580d6b
syscalls.2: srcfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-10-18 04:56:09 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
4606dbb039
syscalls.2: Add the PowerPC-specific subpage_prot() system call
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-10-09 08:28:11 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
83225c1f4d
syscalls.2: Add sync_file_range2() to syscalls list
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-10-09 05:56:14 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
285bf67e18
syscalls.2: Bring system call list up to date with Linux 2.6.33
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-03-06 06:46:15 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
d3ea5e9928
syscalls.2: Fix kernel version number for utimes()
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-03-06 06:31:08 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
3b777affca
close.2, epoll_create.2, epoll_ctl.2, fcntl.2, madvise.2, mmap.2, mremap.2, select_tut.2, setgid.2, setuid.2, syscalls.2, vmsplice.2, dlopen.3, fts.3, getpw.3, stdio.3, fd.4, initrd.4, random.4, sd.4, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, cpuset.7, epoll.7, inotify.7, man.7, socket.7, x25.7: Global fix: s/re-/re/
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The tendency in English, as prescribed in style guides like
Chicago MoS, is towards removing hyphens after prefixes
like "re-" etc.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-01-16 18:45:23 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
0877a26bbe
syscalls.2: Ad preadv() and pwritev(), new in kernel 2.6.30
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-05-06 16:43:44 +12:00
Michael Kerrisk
75362965dd
syscalls.2: Note that getpmsg(2) and putmsg(2) are unimplemented
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See See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514771
Reported-by: Sami Liedes <sliedes@cc.hut.fi>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-02-10 17:37:36 +13:00
Michael Kerrisk
f7d1749738
syscalls.2: Minor: update kernel version number in DESCRIPTION
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-01-19 17:49:38 +13:00
Michael Kerrisk
de9ed3a3ab
syscalls.2, feature_test_macros.7, standards.7: SEE ALSO: add libc(7)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-01-13 08:37:49 +13:00
Michael Kerrisk
53e819d017
syscalls.2: Kerenl 2.6.28 adds accept4()
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2008-12-06 12:32:56 -05:00
Michael Kerrisk
30fa088c1b
syscalls.2: Fix version numbers for a few system calls
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Some 2.6 system calls were wrongly mentioned as also being
backported into a 2.4.x kernel.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2008-11-28 11:25:14 -05:00
Michael Kerrisk
d57b917015
syscalls.2: srcfix: add FIXME
2008-10-30 09:39:46 -05:00
Michael Kerrisk
eb15342064
syscalls.2: Add new 2.6.27 system calls
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Add pipe2(), dup3(), epoll_create1(), inotify_init1(),
eventfd2(), signalfd4().
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2008-10-11 07:49:40 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
ee2c437cd5
update .TH timestamp
2008-09-24 22:50:11 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
c8bd05f909
Add more detail about wrapper functions
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Add a few more details about work generally done by wrapper
functions. Note that syscall(2) performs the same steps.
2008-09-24 16:10:00 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
c4bb193f3c
s/parameter/argument/ when talking about the things given
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to a function call, for consistency with majority usage.
2008-07-10 20:53:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
018991f6c4
Updated .\"
2008-07-08 07:27:14 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
b11e2adf59
Further tweaks
2008-06-16 11:35:40 +00:00