execveat.2: Normalize notes about missing wrappers
Commit Message
It's been a long time sine kernel 3.19.
There's still no glibc wrapper.
......
$ grep -rn 'execveat *(' glibc/
$
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
---
man2/execveat.2 | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Comments
Hi Alex,
On 1/16/21 3:58 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> It's been a long time sine kernel 3.19.
> There's still no glibc wrapper.
Fair enough! Patch applid.
Thanks,
Michael
>
> ......
>
> $ grep -rn 'execveat *(' glibc/
> $
>
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
> ---
> man2/execveat.2 | 12 ++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man2/execveat.2 b/man2/execveat.2
> index ef3606d8b..02d9c7331 100644
> --- a/man2/execveat.2
> +++ b/man2/execveat.2
> @@ -30,10 +30,13 @@ execveat \- execute program relative to a directory file descriptor
> .nf
> .B #include <unistd.h>
> .PP
> -.BI "int execveat(int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ","
> -.BI " char *const " argv "[], char *const " envp "[],"
> +.BI "int execveat(int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ,
> +.BI " char *const " argv "[], char *const " envp [],
> .BI " int " flags );
> .fi
> +.PP
> +.IR Note :
> +There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
> .SH DESCRIPTION
> .\" commit 51f39a1f0cea1cacf8c787f652f26dfee9611874
> The
> @@ -160,8 +163,6 @@ is a file descriptor referring to a file other than a directory.
> .SH VERSIONS
> .BR execveat ()
> was added to Linux in kernel 3.19.
> -GNU C library support is pending.
> -.\" FIXME . check for glibc support in a future release
> .SH CONFORMING TO
> The
> .BR execveat ()
> @@ -207,6 +208,9 @@ the natural idiom when using
> is to set the close-on-exec flag on
> .IR dirfd .
> (But see BUGS.)
> +.PP
> +Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
> +.BR syscall (2).
> .SH BUGS
> The
> .B ENOENT
>
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@ execveat \- execute program relative to a directory file descriptor
.nf
.B #include <unistd.h>
.PP
-.BI "int execveat(int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ","
-.BI " char *const " argv "[], char *const " envp "[],"
+.BI "int execveat(int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ,
+.BI " char *const " argv "[], char *const " envp [],
.BI " int " flags );
.fi
+.PP
+.IR Note :
+There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" commit 51f39a1f0cea1cacf8c787f652f26dfee9611874
The
@@ -160,8 +163,6 @@ is a file descriptor referring to a file other than a directory.
.SH VERSIONS
.BR execveat ()
was added to Linux in kernel 3.19.
-GNU C library support is pending.
-.\" FIXME . check for glibc support in a future release
.SH CONFORMING TO
The
.BR execveat ()
@@ -207,6 +208,9 @@ the natural idiom when using
is to set the close-on-exec flag on
.IR dirfd .
(But see BUGS.)
+.PP
+Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
+.BR syscall (2).
.SH BUGS
The
.B ENOENT