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+/* Copyright (C) 2005-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+/* syscall (int nr, ...)
+
+ AArch64 system calls take between 0 and 7 arguments. On entry here nr
+ is in w0 and any other system call arguments are in register x1..x7.
+
+ For kernel entry we need to move the system call nr to x8 then
+ load the remaining arguments to register. */
+
+ENTRY (syscall)
+ uxtw x8, w0
+ mov x0, x1
+ mov x1, x2
+ mov x2, x3
+ mov x3, x4
+ mov x4, x5
+ mov x5, x6
+ mov x6, x7
+ svc 0x0
+ cmn x0, #4095
+ b.cs 1f
+ RET
+1:
+ b SYSCALL_ERROR
+PSEUDO_END (syscall)