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authorHarvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>2008-02-14 02:03:16 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2008-02-14 03:21:18 +0300
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remove final fastcall users
fastcall always expands to empty, remove it. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ handler has run. Up to MAX_STACK_SIZE bytes are copied -- e.g.,
64 bytes on i386.
Note that the probed function's args may be passed on the stack
-or in registers (e.g., for x86_64 or for an i386 fastcall function).
-The jprobe will work in either case, so long as the handler's
-prototype matches that of the probed function.
+or in registers. The jprobe will work in either case, so long as the
+handler's prototype matches that of the probed function.
1.3 Return Probes
@@ -270,9 +269,9 @@ Kprobes runs the handler whose address is jp->entry.
The handler should have the same arg list and return type as the probed
function; and just before it returns, it must call jprobe_return().
(The handler never actually returns, since jprobe_return() returns
-control to Kprobes.) If the probed function is declared asmlinkage,
-fastcall, or anything else that affects how args are passed, the
-handler's declaration must match.
+control to Kprobes.) If the probed function is declared asmlinkage
+or anything else that affects how args are passed, the handler's
+declaration must match.
register_jprobe() returns 0 on success, or a negative errno otherwise.