From: "Joseph S. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:56:57 +0000 (UTC)
[ added linux-arch which is a great place to discuss these kinds of issues. ] > What should the kernel syscall ABI be in such cases (any case where the > syscall implementations expect arguments narrower than registers, so > mainly 32-bit arguments on 64-bit platforms)? There are two obvious > possibilities: In general we've taken the stance that the syscall dispatch should create the proper calling environment for C code implementing the system calls, and this thus means properly sign and zero extending the arguments as expected by the C calling convention. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
