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Re: [PATCH 13/15] linux: Consolidate INLINE_SYSCALL
* Adhemerval Zanella:
>> The comment seems misleading to me. Does “register saving” really
>> matter here? I think it's about the -errno behavior. I think the
>> comment should explain how this macro is to be used (i.e., it sets errno
>> on failure).
>
> Indeed, it is an artefact from powerpc version. What about:
>
> /* Define a macro which expands into the inline wrapper code for a system
> call. It sets the errno and returns -1 on a failure, or the syscall
> return value otherwise. */
Looks good.
Thanks,
Florian