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syscall.2: Document ENOSYS error

PATCH In review Günther Noack 2 participants 2 messages Apr 20, 2023 – Apr 21, 2023 Man-pages: manual pages for Linux -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7

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PATCH 1/1 syscall.2: Document ENOSYS error

Link <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/[email protected]/> open here
Suggested-by Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Günther Noack <[email protected]>
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 man2/syscall.2 | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
man2/syscall.2 +6 -0
index 55233ac51..0ba537f4f 100644
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ In general, a 0 return value indicates success.
 A \-1 return value indicates an error,
 and an error number is stored in
 .IR errno .
+.SH ERRORS
+.TP
+.B ENOSYS
+The requested system call number is not implemented.
+.PP
+Other errors are specific to the invoked system call.
 .SH NOTES
 .BR syscall ()
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base-commit: 04e686326f03a28c187e00821e234b2ecd0fab5b

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Hi!

Quoted 3 lines · Günther Noack
Link <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/[email protected]/> open here
Suggested-by Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Günther Noack <[email protected]>

Patch applied. Thanks!

Alex

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---
 man2/syscall.2 | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
man2/syscall.2 +6 -0
index 55233ac51..0ba537f4f 100644
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ In general, a 0 return value indicates success.
 A \-1 return value indicates an error,
 and an error number is stored in
 .IR errno .
+.SH ERRORS
+.TP
+.B ENOSYS
+The requested system call number is not implemented.
+.PP
+Other errors are specific to the invoked system call.
 .SH NOTES
 .BR syscall ()
 first appeared in

base-commit: 04e686326f03a28c187e00821e234b2ecd0fab5b

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