Jiri Slaby wrote:
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> On 03/12/2008 03:04 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Jiri Slaby wrote:
>>> It's not explicitly marked as asmlinkage, but invoked from x86_32
>>> startup code with parameters on stack.
>>>
>>> No other architectures define early_printk and none of them are affected
>>> by this change, since defines asmlinkage as empty token.
>>
>> NAK.
>>
>> The regparm ABI for x86-32 uses parameters on the stack when the 
>> function is varadic (as it is here), so this is unnecessary.
> 
> Makes sense. Why is printk marked as asmlinkage?

Hm.  Don't know if it's historical, stylistic (anything called from 
assembly should have "asmlinkage"), or just based on a misunderstanding 
of the regparm ABI.

	-hpa
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