An example function prototype and description of options that
modify how arguments are passed had references to fastcall.
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
Andrew, I don't have the knowledge to deal with the rcupdate.c
wrapper function, hopefully Paul will be able to have a look.
Also, the UML reference is to a config option UM_FASTCALL, not
the FASTCALL macro.
Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt | 2 +-
Documentation/kprobes.txt | 11 +++++------
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
index d0634a5..c64158e 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ the NMI handler to take the default machine-specific action.
This nmi_callback variable is a global function pointer to the current
NMI handler.
- fastcall void do_nmi(struct pt_regs * regs, long error_code)
+ void do_nmi(struct pt_regs * regs, long error_code)
{
int cpu;
diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
index 30c1017..83f515c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
@@ -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.
--
1.5.4.1219.g65b9
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