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Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscall.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscall.S | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscall.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscall.S index d25dd6b51f..7f8a33f304 100644 --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscall.S +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscall.S @@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ /* * This is for COMPATIBILITY with Linux/x86 only. Linux/Alpha system - * calls return an error indication in a3. This allows to return - * arbitrary 64bit values in v0 (because negative values are not - * mistaken as error numbers). However, C allows to return only one - * value so the interface below folds the error indication passed in + * calls return an error indication in a3. This allows arbitrary 64bit + * values to be returned in v0 (because negative values are not + * mistaken as error numbers). However, C allows only one value to + * be returned, so the interface below folds the error indication passed in * a3 back into v0: it sets v0 to -errno if an error occurs. Thus, * no negative 64bit numbers can be returned. To avoid this problem, * use assembly stubs wherever possible/convenient. |