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    SubjectRe: 64-syscall args on 32-bit vs syscall()
    Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
    > Hence, apps that use the first form today because it works on x86 would
    > end up working at least on powerpc where they would have been otherwise
    > broken unless they used some arch specific #ifdef to do the second form.

    I think what Ulrich is getting at is your change will break existing
    code which already does:

    #ifdef __powerpc__
    syscall(SYS_foo, 0, my_64bit_arg);
    #else
    syscall(SYS_foo, my_64bit_arg);
    #endif

    I don't know of any such code, but it might be out there.

    -- Jamie


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