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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/syscall.go b/libgo/go/syscall/syscall.go
index ff09711..7d42ad5 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/syscall.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/syscall.go
@@ -99,5 +99,8 @@ func (tv *Timeval) Nano() int64 {
// use is a no-op, but the compiler cannot see that it is.
// Calling use(p) ensures that p is kept live until that point.
+// This was needed until Go 1.6 to call syscall.Syscall correctly.
+// As of Go 1.6 the compiler handles that case automatically.
+// The uses and definition of use can be removed early in the Go 1.7 cycle.
//go:noescape
func use(p unsafe.Pointer)