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On 03/31/2014 06:09 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> I think SYSCALL_DEFINE actually doesn't need it, as the syscall
> tables are visible in C. Only the syscall table itself
> needs to be visible.
> 

I was just going to ask about that.  That really means most asmlinkage
instances don't need it at all.

It is also no secret that I wouldn't mind if we could completely get rid
of asmlinkage, but that requires someone to be willing to dig through
all the i386 assembly code.

	-hpa