Section 2

• ParseArgv · process command-line options
• path_resolution · how a pathname is resolved to a file
• pathconf · get configurable pathname variables
• pause · wait for signal
• pciconfig_iobase · pci device information handling
• pciconfig_read · pci device information handling
• pciconfig_write · pci device information handling
• pddupfd · System calls to manage process descriptors
• pdfork · System calls to manage process descriptors
• pdgetpid · System calls to manage process descriptors
• pdkill · System calls to manage process descriptors
• pdopenpid · System calls to manage process descriptors
• pdrfork · System calls to manage process descriptors
• pdwait · System calls to manage process descriptors
• people · fetch a structure containing all ttys, whose owner behaves like a human
• perf_event_open · set up performance monitoring
• perfmonctl · interface to IA-64 performance monitoring unit
• personality · set the process execution domain
• PGAGetBinaryInitProb · Returns the probability that an allele will be randomly initialized to "1" in a PGA_DATATYPE_BINARY string.
• PGAGetIntegerInitType · returns the type of scheme used to randomly initialize strings of data type PGA_DATATYPE_INTEGER.
• PGAGetMaxIntegerInitValue · returns the maximum of the range of integers used to randomly initialize integer strings.
• PGAGetMaxRealInitValue · returns the maximum value used to randomly initialize allele i in a real string
• PGAGetMinIntegerInitValue · returns the minimum of the range of integers used to randomly initialize integer strings.
• PGAGetMinRealInitValue · returns the minimum value used to randomly initialize allele i in a real string
• PGAGetRandomInitFlag · returns true/false to indicate whether or not alleles are randomly initialized.
• PGAGetRealInitType · returns the type of scheme used to randomly initialize strings of data type PGA_DATATYPE_REAL.
• PGASetBinaryInitProb · specify the probability of initializing an allele to "1" when creating a PGA_DATATYPE_BINARY string.
• PGASetCharacterInitType · sets a flag to specify whether the character strings will be exclusively lowercase, exclusively uppercase, or a mixure of both cases.
• PGASetIntegerInitPermute · sets a flag to tell the initialization routines to set each integer-valued gene to a random permutation of the values given by an upper and lower bound.
• PGASetIntegerInitRange · sets a flag to tell the initialization routines to set each integer-valued gene to a value chosen randomly from the interval given by an upper and lower bound.
• PGASetRandomInitFlag · A boolean flag to indicate whether to randomly initialize alleles.
• PGASetRealInitPercent · sets the upper and lower bounds for randomly initializing real-valued genes.
• PGASetRealInitRange · sets the upper and lower bounds for randomly initializing real-valued genes.
• phys · unimplemented system calls
• pidfd_getfd · obtain a duplicate of another process's file descriptor
• pidfd_open · obtain a file descriptor that refers to a task
• pidfd_send_signal · send a signal to a process specified by a file descriptor
• pipe · create pipe
• pipe2 · create pipe
• pivot_root · change the root mount
• pkey_alloc · allocate or free a protection key
• pkey_free · allocate or free a protection key
• pkey_mprotect · set protection on a region of memory
• poll · wait for some event on a file descriptor
• posix_fadvise · predeclare an access pattern for file data
• posix_fallocate · pre-allocate storage for a range in a file
• posix_madvise · give advice about use of memory
• posix_openpt · open a pseudo-terminal device
• posix_spawn · spawn a process
• ppoll · wait for some event on a file descriptor
• PR_GET_SECCOMP · get the secure computing mode
• PR_MPX_ENABLE_MANAGEMENT · enable or disable kernel management of Memory Protection eXtensions (MPX)
• PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE · disable or enable performance counters attached to the calling process
• prctl · operations on a process or thread
• PRCV · LAM physical layer message passing (virtual circuits)
• PRCVC · LAM physical layer message passing (virtual circuits)
• PRCVO · LAM physical layer message passing (virtual circuits)
• pread · read from or write to a file descriptor at a given offset
• pread64 · read from or write to a file descriptor at a given offset
• preadv · read or write data into multiple buffers
• preadv2 · read or write data into multiple buffers
• precv · LAM physical layer message passing (virtual circuits)
• Preserve · avoid freeing storage while it's being used
• prlimit · get/set resource limits
• prlimit64 · get/set resource limits
• procctl · control processes
• process_madvise · give advice about use of memory to a process
• process_vm_readv · transfer data between process address spaces
• process_vm_writev · transfer data between process address spaces
• prof · unimplemented system calls
• profil · control process profiling
• pselect · synchronous I/O multiplexing
• pselect6 · synchronous I/O multiplexing
• psend · LAM physical layer message passing (virtual circuits)
• PSND · LAM physical layer message passing (virtual circuits)
• PSNDC · LAM physical layer message passing (virtual circuits)
• PSNDO · LAM physical layer message passing (virtual circuits)
• pthread_kill · send a signal to a specified thread
• pthread_setugid_np · Set the per-thread userid and single groupid.
• pthread_sigmask · examine and/or change a thread's signal mask
• ptrace · process trace
• putmsg · unimplemented system calls
• putpmsg · unimplemented system calls
• pwrite · read from or write to a file descriptor at a given offset
• pwrite64 · read from or write to a file descriptor at a given offset
• pwritev · read or write data into multiple buffers
• pwritev2 · read or write data into multiple buffers