(split) LDP: Update original to LDP v3.38.

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diff --git a/original/man2/syscalls.2 b/original/man2/syscalls.2
index 1368297..b7aa6d4 100644 (file)
--- a/original/man2/syscalls.2
+++ b/original/man2/syscalls.2
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
 .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
 .\"
-.TH SYSCALLS 2 2012-03-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SYSCALLS 2 2012-03-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 syscalls \- Linux system calls
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -162,13 +162,11 @@ l l l.
 \fBacct\fP(2)
 \fBadd_key\fP(2)       2.6.11
 \fBadjtimex\fP(2)
-\fBafs_syscall\fP(2)           Not implemented
 \fBalarm\fP(2)
 \fBalloc_hugepages\fP(2)       2.5.36  Removed in 2.5.44
 \fBbdflush\fP(2)               Deprecated (does nothing)
                since 2.6
 \fBbind\fP(2)
-\fBbreak\fP(2)         Not implemented
 \fBbrk\fP(2)
 \fBcacheflush\fP(2)    1.2     Not on i386
 \fBcapget\fP(2)        2.2
@@ -187,7 +185,7 @@ l l l.
 \fBclose\fP(2)
 \fBconnect\fP(2)
 \fBcreat\fP(2)
-\fBcreate_module\fP(2)
+\fBcreate_module\fP(2) Removed in 2.6
 \fBdelete_module\fP(2)
 \fBdup\fP(2)
 \fBdup2\fP(2)
@@ -233,13 +231,11 @@ l l l.
 \fBfstatfs\fP(2)
 \fBfstatfs64\fP(2)     2.6
 \fBfsync\fP(2)
-\fBftime\fP(2)         Not implemented
-.\" Implemented in glibc; see \fBftime\fP(3)
 \fBftruncate\fP(2)
 \fBftruncate64\fP(2)   2.4
 \fBfutex\fP(2) 2.6
 \fBfutimesat\fP(2)     2.6.16
-\fBget_kernel_syms\fP(2)
+\fBget_kernel_syms\fP(2)       Removed in 2.6
 \fBget_mempolicy\fP(2) 2.6.6
 \fBget_robust_list\fP(2)       2.6.17
 \fBget_thread_area\fP(2)       2.6
@@ -261,8 +257,6 @@ l l l.
 \fBgetpgid\fP(2)
 \fBgetpgrp\fP(2)
 \fBgetpid\fP(2)
-\fBgetpmsg\fP(2)               Not implemented
-.\" Reserved for STREAMS support
 \fBgetppid\fP(2)
 \fBgetpriority\fP(2)
 \fBgetresgid\fP(2)     2.2
@@ -280,8 +274,6 @@ l l l.
 \fBgetuid32\fP(2)      2.4
 .\" \fBgetunwind\fP(2) 2.4.8   ia64; DEPRECATED
 \fBgetxattr\fP(2)      2.6; 2.4.18
-\fBgtty\fP(2)          Not implemented
-\fBidle\fP(2)          Not implemented
 \fBinit_module\fP(2)
 \fBinotify_add_watch\fP(2)     2.6.13
 \fBinotify_init\fP(2)  2.6.13
@@ -312,7 +304,6 @@ l l l.
 \fBlisten\fP(2)
 \fBlistxattr\fP(2)     2.6; 2.4.18
 \fBllistxattr\fP(2)    2.6; 2.4.18
-\fBlock\fP(2)          Not implemented
 \fBlookup_dcookie\fP(2)        2.6
 \fBlremovexattr\fP(2)  2.6; 2.4.18
 \fBlseek\fP(2)
@@ -337,7 +328,6 @@ l l l.
 \fBmount\fP(2)
 \fBmove_pages\fP(2)    2.6.18
 \fBmprotect\fP(2)
-\fBmpx\fP(2)           Not implemented
 \fBmq_getsetattr\fP(2) 2.6.6
 .\" Implements \fBmq_getattr\fP(3) and \fBmq_setattr\fP(3)
 \fBmq_notify\fP(2)     2.6.6
@@ -380,8 +370,6 @@ l l l.
 \fBpersonality\fP(2)   1.2
 .\" \fBperfctr\fP(2)   ???     Sparc32, Sparc64
 .\" \fBperfmonctl\fP(2)        ???     ia64
-\fBphys\fP(2)          Not implemented
-.\" Unimplemented (no slot since 2.1.116)
 \fBpipe\fP(2)
 \fBpipe2\fP(2) 2.6.27
 \fBpivot_root\fP(2)    2.4
@@ -392,18 +380,15 @@ l l l.
                renamed "pread64" in 2.6
 \fBpreadv\fP(2)        2.6.30
 \fBprlimit\fP(2)       2.6.36
-\fBprof\fP(2)          Not implemented
-\fBprofil\fP(2)                Not implemented
-.\" Implemented in glibc; see \fBprofil\fP(3)
+\fBprocess_vm_readv(2)\fP      3.2
+\fBprocess_vm_writev(2)\fP     3.2
 \fBpselect6\fP(2)      2.6.16
 .\" Implements \fBpselect\fP(2)
 \fBptrace\fP(2)
-\fBputpmsg\fP(2)               Not implemented
-.\" Reserved for STREAMS support
 \fBpwrite64\fP(2)              Added as "pwrite" in 2.2;
                renamed "pwrite64" in 2.6
 \fBpwritev\fP(2)       2.6.30
-\fBquery_module\fP(2)  2.2
+\fBquery_module\fP(2)  2.2     Removed in 2.6
 \fBquotactl\fP(2)
 \fBread\fP(2)
 \fBreadahead\fP(2)     2.4.13
@@ -442,7 +427,6 @@ l l l.
 \fBsched_setparam\fP(2)        2.0
 \fBsched_setscheduler\fP(2)    2.0
 \fBsched_yield\fP(2)   2.0
-\fBsecurity\fP(2)              Not implemented
 \fBselect\fP(2)
 \fBsemctl\fP(2)
 \fBsemget\fP(2)
@@ -520,7 +504,6 @@ l l l.
 \fBstatfs\fP(2)
 \fBstatfs64\fP(2)      2.6
 \fBstime\fP(2)
-\fBstty\fP(2)          Not implemented
 \fBsubpage_prot\fP(2)  2.6.25  PowerPC if CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES
 \fBswapoff\fP(2)
 \fBswapon\fP(2)
@@ -553,12 +536,7 @@ l l l.
 \fBtkill\fP(2) 2.6; 2.4.22
 \fBtruncate\fP(2)
 \fBtruncate64\fP(2)    2.4
-\fBtuxcall\fP(2)               Not implemented
-.\" Unimplemented; no slot on i386
-.\" As at 2.6.22, tuxcall has a slot on PowerPC, x86_64, and alpha
 \fBugetrlimit\fP(2)    2.4
-\fBulimit\fP(2)                Not implemented
-.\" Implemented in glibc; see \fBulimit\fP(3)
 \fBumask\fP(2)
 \fBumount\fP(2)
 .\" sys_oldumount() -- __NR_umount
@@ -578,7 +556,6 @@ l l l.
 \fBvm86old\fP(2)
 .\" Superseded by \fBvm86\fP(2)
 \fBvmsplice\fP(2)      2.6.17
-\fBvserver\fP(2)               Not implemented
 \fBwait4\fP(2)
 \fBwaitid\fP(2)        2.6.10
 \fBwaitpid\fP(2)
@@ -591,9 +568,7 @@ On many platforms, including i386, socket calls are all multiplexed
 .BR socketcall (2)
 and similarly System V IPC calls are multiplexed through
 .BR ipc (2).
-.SH NOTES
-Note the following points:
-.IP * 3
+
 Although slots are reserved for them in the system call table,
 the following system calls are not implemented in the standard kernel:
 .BR afs_syscall (2), \" __NR_afs_syscall is 53 on Linux 2.6.22/i386
@@ -612,6 +587,7 @@ the following system calls are not implemented in the standard kernel:
 .\" __NR_security is 223 on Linux 2.4/i386; absent on 2.6/i386, present
 .\" on a couple of 2.6 architectures
 .BR security (2),    \" __NR_security is 223 on Linux 2.4/i386
+.\" The security call is for future use.
 .BR stty (2),        \" __NR_stty is 31 on Linux 2.6.22/i386
 .BR tuxcall (2),     \" __NR_tuxcall is 184 on x86_64, also on PPC and alpha
 .BR ulimit (2),      \" __NR_ulimit is 58 on Linux 2.6.22/i386
@@ -631,14 +607,13 @@ is in use since kernel 2.1.116 for
 .BR umount (2);
 .BR phys (2)
 will never be implemented.
-.IP *
 The
 .BR getpmsg (2)
 and
 .BR putpmsg (2)
 calls are for kernels patched to support STREAMS,
 and may never be in the standard kernel.
-.\" The security call is for future use.
+.SH NOTES
 .PP
 Roughly speaking, the code belonging to the system call
 with number __NR_xxx defined in