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commit 105ce2ce621b79ebad13e307fb14ef8163cf7a44
Author: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org>
Date:   Tue Nov 20 13:54:47 2012 -0500

    Document syscall signature prefixes in sysdep/unix/make-syscalls.sh

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 618ed1d..2391ce4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-11-20  Carlos O'Donell  <carlos_odonell@mentor.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/make-syscalls.sh: Document prefixes.
+
 2012-11-20  Thomas Schwinge  <thomas@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/sh/dl-machine.h (ELF_MACHINE_RUNTIME_FIXUP_PARAMS): New
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/make-syscalls.sh b/sysdeps/unix/make-syscalls.sh
index 7e7de65..f7162e2 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/make-syscalls.sh
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/make-syscalls.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,19 @@
 # Expects $sysdirs in environment.
 
 ##############################################################################
-
-# Syscall Signature Key Letters for BP Thunks:
+#
+# This script is used to process the syscall data encoded in the various
+# syscalls.list files to produce thin assembly syscall wrappers around the
+# appropriate OS syscall. See syscall-template.s for more details on the
+# actual wrapper.
+#
+# Syscall Signature Prefixes:
+#
+# C: cancellable (i.e., this syscall is a cancellation point)
+# E: errno and return value are not set by the call
+# V: errno is not set, but errno or zero (success) is returned from the call
+#
+# Syscall Signature Key Letters:
 #
 # a: unchecked address (e.g., 1st arg to mmap)
 # b: non-NULL buffer (e.g., 2nd arg to read; return value from mmap)
@@ -23,6 +34,7 @@
 # v: vararg scalar (e.g., optional 3rd arg to open)
 # V: byte-per-page vector (3rd arg to mincore)
 # W: wait status, optionally-NULL pointer to int (e.g., 2nd arg of wait4)
+#
 
 ptr='[abBfFINpPsSWV]'	# all pointer keyletters
 int='[inv]'		# all scalar keyletters

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog                     |    4 ++++
 sysdeps/unix/make-syscalls.sh |   16 ++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


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