Re: [PATCH 2/2] syscall.2: arm64: Fix syscall number register size

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On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 04:54:57PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 04:24:40PM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> > arm64 is currently documented as receiving the syscall number in
> > x8.
> > 
> > While this is the correct register, the syscall number is a 32-bit
> > integer.  Bits [63:32] are ignored by the kernel.
> > 
> > So it is more correct to say "w8".
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  man2/syscall.2 | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/man2/syscall.2 b/man2/syscall.2
> > index 53ab40e..d724651 100644
> > --- a/man2/syscall.2
> > +++ b/man2/syscall.2
> > @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ alpha	callsys	v0	v0	a4	a3	1, 6
> >  arc	trap0	r8	r0	-	-
> >  arm/OABI	swi NR	-	r0	-	-	2
> >  arm/EABI	swi 0x0	r7	r0	r1	-
> > -arm64	svc #0	x8	x0	x1	-
> > +arm64	svc #0	w8	x0	x1	-
> 
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

---Dave



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