From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bdflush.2, capget.2, get_mempolicy.2, ipc.2, lookup_dcookie.2, mbind.2, migrate_pages.2: Add notes about missing glibc wrappers
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 21:49:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6fa83f1f-03de-e00e-fdff-9816b6c659bc@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210204111526.194462-1-alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Hi Alex,
On 2/4/21 12:15 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> .../glibc$ grep_syscall_wrapper bdflush
> .../glibc$ grep_syscall_wrapper capget
> .../glibc$ grep_syscall_wrapper capset
> .../glibc$ grep_syscall_wrapper get_mempolicy
> .../glibc$ grep_syscall_wrapper ipc
> .../glibc$ grep_syscall_wrapper lookup_dcookie
> .../glibc$ grep_syscall_wrapper mbind
> .../glibc$ grep_syscall_wrapper migrate_pages
> .../glibc$
>
> function grep_syscall_wrapper()
> {
> if ! [ -v 1 ]; then
> >&2 echo "Usage: ${FUNCNAME[0]} <syscall>";
> return ${EX_USAGE};
> fi
>
> find * -type f \
> |grep '\.h$' \
> |sort -V \
> |xargs pcregrep -Mn \
> "(?s)^[^\s#][\w\s]+\s+\**${1}\s*\([\w\s()[\]*,]*?(...)?\)[\w\s()]*;" \
> |sed -E 's/^[^:]+:[0-9]+:/&\n/';
> }
>
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Thanks. Patch applied, with one follow-up tweak.
Cheers,
Michael
> ---
> man2/bdflush.2 | 3 +++
> man2/capget.2 | 6 ++++++
> man2/get_mempolicy.2 | 4 ++++
> man2/ipc.2 | 6 ++++++
> man2/lookup_dcookie.2 | 6 ++++++
> man2/mbind.2 | 4 ++++
> man2/migrate_pages.2 | 4 ++++
> 7 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man2/bdflush.2 b/man2/bdflush.2
> index 93190ee3a..6e69155bf 100644
> --- a/man2/bdflush.2
> +++ b/man2/bdflush.2
> @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ bdflush \- start, flush, or tune buffer-dirty-flush daemon
> .BI "int bdflush(int " func ", long *" address );
> .BI "int bdflush(int " func ", long " data );
> .fi
> +.PP
> +.IR Note :
> +There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see VERSIONS.
> .SH DESCRIPTION
> .IR Note :
> Since Linux 2.6,
> diff --git a/man2/capget.2 b/man2/capget.2
> index 226a917e7..ea504c28c 100644
> --- a/man2/capget.2
> +++ b/man2/capget.2
> @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ capget, capset \- set/get capabilities of thread(s)
> .BI "int capget(cap_user_header_t " hdrp ", cap_user_data_t " datap );
> .BI "int capset(cap_user_header_t " hdrp ", const cap_user_data_t " datap );
> .fi
> +.PP
> +.IR Note :
> +There are no glibc wrappers for these system calls; see NOTES.
> .SH DESCRIPTION
> These two system calls are the raw kernel interface for getting and
> setting thread capabilities.
> @@ -236,6 +239,9 @@ No such thread.
> .SH CONFORMING TO
> These system calls are Linux-specific.
> .SH NOTES
> +Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
> +.BR syscall (2).
> +.PP
> The portable interface to the capability querying and setting
> functions is provided by the
> .I libcap
> diff --git a/man2/get_mempolicy.2 b/man2/get_mempolicy.2
> index 1ee68933b..fbcab2a7c 100644
> --- a/man2/get_mempolicy.2
> +++ b/man2/get_mempolicy.2
> @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ get_mempolicy \- retrieve NUMA memory policy for a thread
> .PP
> Link with \fI\-lnuma\fP.
> .fi
> +.PP
> +.IR Note :
> +There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
> .SH DESCRIPTION
> .BR get_mempolicy ()
> retrieves the NUMA policy of the calling thread or of a memory address,
> @@ -239,6 +242,7 @@ system call was added to the Linux kernel in version 2.6.7.
> .SH CONFORMING TO
> This system call is Linux-specific.
> .SH NOTES
> +Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call.
> For information on library support, see
> .BR numa (7).
> .SH SEE ALSO
> diff --git a/man2/ipc.2 b/man2/ipc.2
> index 469185638..d2b409ff9 100644
> --- a/man2/ipc.2
> +++ b/man2/ipc.2
> @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ ipc \- System V IPC system calls
> ", int " third ,
> .BI " void *" ptr ", long " fifth );
> .fi
> +.PP
> +.IR Note :
> +There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
> .SH DESCRIPTION
> .BR ipc ()
> is a common kernel entry point for the System\ V IPC calls
> @@ -54,6 +57,9 @@ system call; instead,
> .BR semctl (2),
> .BR shmctl (2),
> and so on really are implemented as separate system calls.
> +.PP
> +Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
> +.BR syscall (2).
> .SH SEE ALSO
> .BR msgctl (2),
> .BR msgget (2),
> diff --git a/man2/lookup_dcookie.2 b/man2/lookup_dcookie.2
> index c2f2a87e6..e38ca89a4 100644
> --- a/man2/lookup_dcookie.2
> +++ b/man2/lookup_dcookie.2
> @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ lookup_dcookie \- return a directory entry's path
> .nf
> .BI "int lookup_dcookie(u64 " cookie ", char *" buffer ", size_t " len );
> .fi
> +.PP
> +.IR Note :
> +There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
> .SH DESCRIPTION
> Look up the full path of the directory entry specified by the value
> .IR cookie .
> @@ -89,5 +92,8 @@ It relies on a kernel driver to register cookies for directory entries.
> .PP
> The path returned may be suffixed by the string " (deleted)" if the directory
> entry has been removed.
> +.PP
> +Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
> +.BR syscall (2).
> .SH SEE ALSO
> .BR oprofile (1)
> diff --git a/man2/mbind.2 b/man2/mbind.2
> index d98969e7f..bfec5dd1b 100644
> --- a/man2/mbind.2
> +++ b/man2/mbind.2
> @@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ mbind \- set memory policy for a memory range
> .PP
> Link with \fI\-lnuma\fP.
> .fi
> +.PP
> +.IR Note :
> +There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
> .SH DESCRIPTION
> .BR mbind ()
> sets the NUMA memory policy,
> @@ -425,6 +428,7 @@ system call was added to the Linux kernel in version 2.6.7.
> .SH CONFORMING TO
> This system call is Linux-specific.
> .SH NOTES
> +Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call.
> For information on library support, see
> .BR numa (7).
> .PP
> diff --git a/man2/migrate_pages.2 b/man2/migrate_pages.2
> index cbba5350d..e4c7af92d 100644
> --- a/man2/migrate_pages.2
> +++ b/man2/migrate_pages.2
> @@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ migrate_pages \- move all pages in a process to another set of nodes
> .BI " const unsigned long *" new_nodes );
> .fi
> .PP
> +.IR Note :
> +There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
> +.PP
> Link with \fI\-lnuma\fP.
> .SH DESCRIPTION
> .BR migrate_pages ()
> @@ -140,6 +143,7 @@ system call first appeared on Linux in version 2.6.16.
> .SH CONFORMING TO
> This system call is Linux-specific.
> .SH NOTES
> +Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call.
> For information on library support, see
> .BR numa (7).
> .PP
>
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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