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#include <abi/asmtool.h>

.text

## Make a system call.
#
# @param rdi            First argument.
# @param rsi            Second argument.
# @param rdx            Third argument.
# @param rcx            Fourth argument.
# @param r8             Fifth argument.
# @param r9             Sixth argument.
# @param 8(%rsp)        Syscall number.
#
# @return               The return value will be stored in RAX.
#
FUNCTION_BEGIN(__syscall)
        #
        # Move the syscall number into RAX.
        movslq 8(%rsp), %rax

        #
        # Save RCX, the 4th argument, aside because RCX gets rewritten by the
        # SYSCALL instruction.
        #
        movq %rcx, %r10
        syscall
        ret
FUNCTION_END(__syscall)


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