linux-kernel - [PATCH] Remove fastcall references in x86

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Message-ID: <20070102210930.GA15354@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:09:30 -0200
From:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org
Subject: [PATCH] Remove fastcall references in x86_64 code. 

Unlike x86, x86_64 already passes arguments in registers. The use of
regparm attribute makes no difference in produced code, and the use of
fastcall just bloats the code.

-- 
Glauber de Oliveira Costa
Red Hat Inc.
"Free as in Freedom"

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