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+/*
+ * arch/x86-64/syscall.S
+ *
+ * Common tail-handling code for system calls.
+ *
+ * The arguments are in the standard argument registers; the system
+ * call number in %eax.
+ */
+ .text
+ .align 4
+ .globl __syscall_common
+ .type __syscall_common,@function
+__syscall_common:
+ movq %rcx,%r10 # The kernel uses %r10 istf %rcx
+ syscall
+
+ cmpq $-4095,%rax
+ jnb 1f
+ ret
+
+ # Error return, must set errno
+1:
+ negl %eax
+ movl %eax,errno(%rip) # errno is type int, so 32 bits
+ orq $-1,%rax # orq $-1 smaller than movq $-1
+ ret
+
+ .size __syscall_common,.-__syscall_common