Re: [PATCH 1/2] syscall.2: arm: Use real register names for arm/OABI

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On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 04:26:58PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 04:24:39PM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> > The arm OABI syscall interface is currently documented in terms of
> > register name aliases defined by the ARM Procedure Call Standard
> > (APCS).  However, these don't make sense in the context of a binary
> > interface that doesn't comply (or need to comply) with APCS.
> > 
> > Use the real architectural register names instead.
> > 
> > The names a1-a4, v1... are just aliases for r0-r3, r4... anyway, so
> > the interface is just the same regardless of which set of names is
> > used.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Thanks Dave,
> 
> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
---Dave



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