Re: [PATCH 1/2] x64: 'syscall' instruction support

2016-08-28 Thread Nadav Har'El
Hi Benoit, sorry for all these iterations, but there are some important issues below (especialy the last one). On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 1:11 PM, Benoit Canet < benoit.canet.cont...@gmail.com> wrote: > Enable "fast system calls" via the 'syscall' instruction on OSv. The > instruction is used by Go

Re: [PATCH 1/2] x64: 'syscall' instruction support

2016-08-25 Thread Nadav Har'El
Hi Benoit (and Pekka), thanks. Here are some comments and questions: -- Nadav Har'El n...@scylladb.com On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Benoit Canet < benoit.canet.cont...@gmail.com> wrote: > Enable "fast system calls" via the 'syscall' instruction on OSv. The > instruction is used by Go

[PATCH 1/2] x64: 'syscall' instruction support

2016-08-25 Thread Benoit Canet
Enable "fast system calls" via the 'syscall' instruction on OSv. The instruction is used by Go programs on Linux/x86-64 for system calls. Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg Signed-off-by: BenoƮt Canet --- arch/x64/arch-setup.cc | 12