linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove all definitions with fastcall

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Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:31:42 -0800
From:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
To:	Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove all definitions with fastcall

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 16:27 -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > fastcall is always defined to be empty, remove it from arch/x86
> 
> Why is it always defined to be empty?  Why isn't it used anymore?
> 

It was a leftover from before regparm(3) became the default on x86-32.

It doesn't have any use now.

Harvey

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