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

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On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 12:16:07PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> On 5/5/20 5:24 PM, 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".
> 
> Thanks, Dave. Patch applied, with Will's Acked-by.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael

Thanks!
---Dave



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