Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> >
> > Does syscall() produce proper inline code?
>
> syscall() is an external function in glibc, not an inline.
> And it saves all needed registers around it.
> In fact, I don't see what you need inline syscall macro for outside of the
> kernel actually. Performance critical syscalls are in libc, the rest (like
> create_module) really can waste 10 additional instructions.
>
"I don't need it, therefore you don't either." Sorry, that's a bogus
argument.
>
> BTW: IMHO it is a bad idea to create _syscall_pic as new macros because on
> most archs it will be the same. Instead, one should use
> #ifdef __pic__
> #else
> #endif
> in the definitions. __pic__ is defined by the compiler if you compile
> -fpic/-fPIC on i386, sparc, maybe others.
>
That is, indeed, a much better idea.
-hpa
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