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SYSCALL(2)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                SYSCALL(2)



 

NAME


       syscall - indirect system call

 

SYNOPSIS


       #define _GNU_SOURCE        /* or _BSD_SOURCE or _SVID_SOURCE */
       #include 
       #include    /* For SYS_xxx definitions */

       int syscall(int number, ...);

 

DESCRIPTION






       syscall()  performs  the  system call whose assembly language interface
       has the specified number with the specified arguments.   Symbolic  con-
       stants   for   system   calls   can   be   found  in  the  header  file
       .

 

RETURN VALUE


       The return value is defined by the system call being invoked.  In  gen-
       eral,  a 0 return value indicates success.  A -1 return value indicates
       an error, and an error code is stored in errno.

 

NOTES


       syscall() first appeared in 4BSD.

 

EXAMPLE


       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include 
       #include 
       #include 

       int
       main(int argc, char *argv[])
       {
           pid_t tid;

           tid = syscall(SYS_gettid);
       }

 

SEE ALSO


       _syscall(2), intro(2), syscalls(2)

 

COLOPHON


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Linux                             2007-07-26                        SYSCALL(2)