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| -rw-r--r-- | man2/memfd_create.2 | 8 |
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diff --git a/man2/memfd_create.2 b/man2/memfd_create.2 index 12d8f166bf..09128e10a9 100644 --- a/man2/memfd_create.2 +++ b/man2/memfd_create.2 @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ memfd_create \- create an anonymous file .B #include <sys/memfd.h> .sp .BI "int memfd_create(const char *" name ", unsigned int " flags ");" + +.IR Note : +There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES. .SH DESCRIPTION .BR memfd_create () creates an anonymous file and returns a file descriptor that refers to it. @@ -156,13 +159,14 @@ There was insufficient memory to create a new anonymous file. The .BR memfd_create () system call first appeared in Linux 3.17. -.\" FIXME . When glibc support appears, update the following sentence: -Support in the GNU C library is pending. .SH CONFORMING TO The .BR memfd_create () system call is Linux-specific. .SH NOTES +Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using +.BR syscall (2). + .\" See also http://lwn.net/Articles/593918/ .\" and http://lwn.net/Articles/594919/ and http://lwn.net/Articles/591108/ The |