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+.\"	$NetBSD: syscall.2,v 1.4 1995/02/27 12:38:53 cgd Exp $
+.\"
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+.\"     @(#)syscall.2	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/16/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 16, 1993
+.Dt SYSCALL 2
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm syscall ,
+.Nm __syscall
+.Nd indirect system call
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/syscall.h>
+.Fd #include <unistd.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn syscall "int number" "..."
+.Ft int
+.Fn __syscall "quad_t number" "..."
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn Syscall
+performs the system call whose assembly language
+interface has the specified
+.Fa number
+with the specified arguments.
+Symbolic constants for system calls can be found in the header file
+.Ao Pa sys/syscall.h Ac .
+The
+.Nm __syscall
+form should be used when one or more of the parameters is a
+64-bit argument to ensure that argument alignment is correct.
+This system call is useful for testing new system calls that
+do not have entries in the C library.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The return values are defined by the system call being invoked.
+In general, a 0 return value indicates success.
+A -1 return value indicates an error,
+and an error code is stored in
+.Va errno .
+.Sh BUGS
+There is no way to simulate system calls that have multiple return values
+such as
+.Xr pipe 2 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn syscall
+function call appeared in
+.Bx 4.0 .