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16 the alternatives might be suitable instead.  Although system calls are the
63 together with the corresponding follow-up system calls --
68 For simpler system calls that only take a couple of arguments, the preferred
79 For more sophisticated system calls that involve a larger number of arguments,
125 what it means to use the :manpage:`poll(2)` family of system calls on that file
146 (For more details on the rationale of the \*at() calls, see the
179 To make new system calls easy to review, it's best to divide up the patchset
209 calls are invoked::
222 note that if multiple new system calls are added in the same merge window,
318 For most system calls the same 64-bit implementation can be invoked even when
351 values to 64-bit versions and either calls on to the ``sys_`` version, or both of
356 calls are invoked::
429 On arm64, there is a dedicated syscall table for compatibility system calls
474 For most system calls, once the system call is complete the user program
479 However, a few system calls do things differently.  They might return to a
509 table will also need to invoke a stub that calls on to the ``compat_sys_``
524 Most of the kernel treats system calls in a generic way, but there is the
566 All new system calls should come with a complete man page, ideally using groff
578 System calls are, as stated above, interaction points between userspace and
591 convention for system calls where ``struct pt_regs`` is decoded on-the-fly in a
609  - LWN article from Michael Kerrisk on use of flags argument in system calls:
621  - Architecture-specific requirements for system calls are discussed in the
637  - Suggestion from Greg Kroah-Hartman that it's good for new system calls to
641  - Suggestion from Ingo Molnar that system calls that involve multiple
656  - Recommendation from Linus Torvalds that x32 system calls should prefer