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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
.\"
.\" Modified Tue Oct 22 22:11:53 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
-.TH socketcall 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH socketcall 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
socketcall \- socket system calls
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ Standard C library
.BR "#include <linux/net.h>" " /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" " /* Definition of " SYS_socketcall " */"
.B #include <unistd.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "int syscall(SYS_socketcall, int " call ", unsigned long *" args );
.fi
-.PP
+.P
.IR Note :
glibc provides no wrapper for
.BR socketcall (),
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ determines which socket function to invoke.
.I args
points to a block containing the actual arguments,
which are passed through to the appropriate call.
-.PP
+.P
User programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual names.
Only standard library implementors and kernel hackers need to know about
.BR socketcall ().
-.PP
+.P
.TS
tab(:);
l l.
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ system call; instead
and so on really are implemented as separate system calls.
.SH STANDARDS
Linux.
-.PP
+.P
On x86-32,
.BR socketcall ()
was historically the only entry point for the sockets API.