Re: 64-syscall args on 32-bit vs syscall()

[Jamie Lokier]

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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