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+#include <machine/asm.h>
+
+/*
+ * Emulate the Linux system call interface. The system call number is set in
+ * %rax, and %rdi, %rsi, %rdx, %r10, %r8, %r9 have the 6 system call
+ * arguments. errno is returned as a negative value, but we use it more as a
+ * flag something went wrong rather than using its value.
+ *
+ * Note: For system calls, we use %r10 instead of %rcx for the 4th argument.
+ * See section A.2.1 for the Linux calling conventions of the ABI spec
+ * https://web.archive.org/web/20160801075146/http://www.x86-64.org/documentation/abi.pdf
+ * In addition to the below, %r11 and %rcx are destroyed, negative
+ * values are ERRNO for %rax between -1 and -4095 otherwise the system
+ * call is successful. Unlike other Unix systems, carry isn't used to
+ * signal an error in the system call. We expose the raw system call
+ * result, rather than do the POSIX converion to -1 and setting errno.
+ */
+ENTRY(host_syscall)
+ movq %rdi, %rax /* SYS_ number in %rax */
+ movq %rsi, %rdi /* arg2 -> 1 */
+ movq %rdx, %rsi /* arg3 -> 2 */
+ movq %rcx, %rdx /* arg4 -> 3 */
+ movq %r8, %r10 /* arg5 -> 4 */
+ movq %r9, %r8 /* arg6 -> 5 */
+ movq 8(%rsp),%r9 /* arg7 -> 6 from stack. */
+ syscall
+ ret
+/* Note: We're exposing the raw return value to the caller */
+END(host_syscall)
+
+ .section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits