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+.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Michael Chastain (mec@shell.portal.com), 15 April 1995.
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+.\"
+.\" Modified Tue Oct 22 08:11:14 EDT 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
+.TH ipc 2 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.SH NAME
+ipc \- System V IPC system calls
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.BR "#include <linux/ipc.h>" "        /* Definition of needed constants */"
+.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" "      /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
+.B #include <unistd.h>
+.P
+.BI "int syscall(SYS_ipc, unsigned int " call ", int " first ,
+.BI "            unsigned long " second ", unsigned long " third \
+", void *" ptr ,
+.BI "            long " fifth );
+.fi
+.P
+.IR Note :
+glibc provides no wrapper for
+.BR ipc (),
+necessitating the use of
+.BR syscall (2).
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.BR ipc ()
+is a common kernel entry point for the System\ V IPC calls
+for messages, semaphores, and shared memory.
+.I call
+determines which IPC function to invoke;
+the other arguments are passed through to the appropriate call.
+.P
+User-space programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual names.
+Only standard library implementors and kernel hackers need to know about
+.BR ipc ().
+.SH VERSIONS
+On some architectures\[em]for example x86-64 and ARM\[em]there is no
+.BR ipc ()
+system call; instead,
+.BR msgctl (2),
+.BR semctl (2),
+.BR shmctl (2),
+and so on really are implemented as separate system calls.
+.SH STANDARDS
+Linux.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR msgctl (2),
+.BR msgget (2),
+.BR msgrcv (2),
+.BR msgsnd (2),
+.BR semctl (2),
+.BR semget (2),
+.BR semop (2),
+.BR semtimedop (2),
+.BR shmat (2),
+.BR shmctl (2),
+.BR shmdt (2),
+.BR shmget (2),
+.BR sysvipc (7)