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+.\" $NetBSD: syscall.2,v 1.18 2009/08/07 19:34:46 dsl Exp $
+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" @(#)syscall.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/16/93
+.\"
+.Dd August 7, 2009
+.Dt SYSCALL 2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm syscall ,
+.Nm __syscall
+.Nd indirect system call
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/syscall.h
+.In unistd.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn syscall "int number" "..."
+.Ft quad_t
+.Fn __syscall "quad_t number" "..."
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn syscall
+performs the system call whose assembly language
+interface has the specified
+.Fa number
+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.
+.Pp
+This system call is useful for testing new system calls that
+do not have entries in the C library.
+It should not be used in normal applications.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The return values are defined by the system call being invoked.
+In general, a 0 return value indicates success.
+A \-1 return value indicates an error,
+and an error code is stored in
+.Va errno .
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn syscall
+function call appeared in
+.Bx 4.0 .
+.Sh BUGS
+There is no way to simulate system calls that have multiple return values
+such as
+.Xr pipe 2 .
+.Pp
+Since architectures return 32 bit and 64 bit results in different registers,
+it may be impossible to portably convert the result of
+.Fn __syscall
+to a 32bit value.
+For instance sparc returns 32 bit values in %o0 and 64 bit values in %o0:%o1
+(with %o0 containing the most significant part) so a 32 bit right shift
+of the result is needed to get a correct 32 bit result.
+.Pp
+Many architectures mask off the unwanted high bits of the syscall number,
+rather than returning an error.
+.Pp
+Due to ABI implementation differences in passing struct or union
+type arguments to system calls between different processors, all
+system calls pass instead pointers to such structs or unions, even
+when the documentation of the system call mentions otherwise.
+The conversion between passing structs and unions is handled normally
+via userland stubs.
+The correct arguments for the kernel entry
+points for each system call can be found in the header file
+.Ao Pa sys/syscallargs.h Ac