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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-10-02 09:35:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-10-07 09:13:58 +0200 |
| commit | 3a03cb85b04a6d03f5d58a94f3f866ed6b565722 (patch) | |
| tree | e29474d355f280a4b70e713b62bdb726de3468f9 | |
| parent | fb22911618b2ced9f0f763d314950e11801a517d (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-3a03cb85b04a6d03f5d58a94f3f866ed6b565722.tar.gz | |
getunwind.2: Simplify text referring to vdso(7)
The detail given here is redundant, since this info is also
in vdso(7).
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/getunwind.2 | 8 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man2/getunwind.2 b/man2/getunwind.2 index 71a6578976..d5cdc4a4a2 100644 --- a/man2/getunwind.2 +++ b/man2/getunwind.2 @@ -98,12 +98,8 @@ This system call is Linux-specific, and is available only on the IA-64 architecture. .SH NOTES This system call has been deprecated. -The modern way to obtain the kernel's unwind data is via the gate DSO. -The address of the ELF header for this DSO -is passed to user level via -.BR AT_SYSINFO_EHDR -(see -.BR getauxval (3)). +The modern way to obtain the kernel's unwind data is via the +.BR vdso (7). Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; in the unlikely event that you want to call it, use |