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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man2/syscall.2 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man2/syscall.2 b/static/netbsd/man2/syscall.2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..056c4068 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man2/syscall.2 @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: syscall.2,v 1.18 2009/08/07 19:34:46 dsl Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)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 |
