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3
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17
18#include <sysdep.h>
19
20/*
21 * This is for COMPATIBILITY with Linux/x86 only. Linux/Alpha system
22 * calls return an error indication in a3. This allows arbitrary 64bit
23 * values to be returned in v0 (because negative values are not
24 * mistaken as error numbers). However, C allows only one value to
25 * be returned, so the interface below folds the error indication passed in
26 * a3 back into v0: it sets v0 to -errno if an error occurs. Thus,
27 * no negative 64bit numbers can be returned. To avoid this problem,
28 * use assembly stubs wherever possible/convenient.
29 *
30 * Usage:
31 *
32 * long syscall(syscall_number, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6)
33 *
34 * syscall_number = the index of the system call we're invoking
35 * arg1-arg6 = up to 6 integer arguments to the system call
36 *
37 * We need to do some arg shifting: the kernel expects the
38 * syscall number in v0 and the first six args in a0-a5.
39 *
40 */
41
42
43LEAF(__syscall, 0)
44#ifdef PROF
45 ldgp gp, 0(pv)
46 .set noat
47 lda AT, _mcount
48 jsr AT, (AT), _mcount
49 .set at
50 .prologue 1
51#else
52 .prologue 0
53#endif
54
55 mov a0, v0 /* Syscall number -> v0 */
56 mov a1, a0 /* arg1-arg5 -> a0-a4 */
57 mov a2, a1
58 mov a3, a2
59 mov a4, a3
60 mov a5, a4
61 ldq a5,0(sp) /* arg6 -> a5 */
62
63 call_pal PAL_callsys /* Invoke system call */
64 bne a3, SYSCALL_ERROR_LABEL
65 ret
66
67PSEUDO_END(__syscall)
68
69weak_alias (__syscall, syscall)
70

source code of glibc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscall.S