X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apple/xnu.git/blobdiff_plain/9bccf70c0258c7cac2dcb80011b2a964d884c552..bb59bff194111743b33cc36712410b5656329d3c:/bsd/man/man2/syscall.2?ds=inline diff --git a/bsd/man/man2/syscall.2 b/bsd/man/man2/syscall.2 index 9de1e3922..be9b5dd17 100644 --- a/bsd/man/man2/syscall.2 +++ b/bsd/man/man2/syscall.2 @@ -33,20 +33,17 @@ .\" .\" @(#)syscall.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/16/93 .\" -.Dd June 16, 1993 +.Dd June 23, 2008 .Dt SYSCALL 2 .Os BSD 4 .Sh NAME -.Nm syscall , -.Nm __syscall +.Nm syscall .Nd indirect system call .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include .Fd #include .Ft int .Fn syscall "int number" "..." -.Ft int -.Fn __syscall "quad_t number" "..." .Sh DESCRIPTION .Fn Syscall performs the system call whose assembly language @@ -55,11 +52,7 @@ interface has the specified with the specified arguments. Symbolic constants for system calls can be found in the header file .Ao Pa sys/syscall.h Ac . -The -.Nm __syscall -form should be used when one or more of the parameters is a -64-bit argument to ensure that argument alignment is correct. -This system call is useful for testing new system calls that +This function is useful for testing new system calls that do not have entries in the C library. .Sh RETURN VALUES The return values are defined by the system call being invoked.