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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] x86: Pass in pt_regs pointer for syscalls that need it
Brian Gerst wrote:
> x86-64 doesn't have the tail-call problem because it doesn't use the
> pt_regs on stack trick for syscall args. All the args are passed in
> registers.

Yeah, I was saying that we can do about the same thing on x86_32 by
passing in pointer to pt_regs and defining proper syscall wrappers.
It will cost a bit of performance by increasing register pressure tho.

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tejun


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