sim: syscall: add common sim_syscall helpers

Many ports have the same sim syscall logic, so add some helpers to handle
all the common details.  The arches still have to deal with the unpacking
and packing of the syscall arguments, but the rest of the sim<->callback
glue is now shared.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sim/common/sim-syscall.h b/sim/common/sim-syscall.h
index 3f231fe..7e74661 100644
--- a/sim/common/sim-syscall.h
+++ b/sim/common/sim-syscall.h
@@ -20,6 +20,21 @@
 #ifndef SIM_SYSCALL_H
 #define SIM_SYSCALL_H
 
+/* Perform a syscall on the behalf of the target program.  The error/result are
+   normalized into a single value (like a lot of operating systems do).  If you
+   want the split values, see the other function below.
+
+   Note: While cb_syscall requires you handle the exit syscall yourself, that is
+   not the case with these helpers.
+
+   Note: Types here match the gdb callback interface.  */
+long sim_syscall (SIM_CPU *, int func, long arg1, long arg2, long arg3,
+		  long arg4);
+
+/* Same as sim_syscall, but return the split values by referenced.  */
+void sim_syscall_multi (SIM_CPU *, int func, long arg1, long arg2, long arg3,
+			long arg4, long *result, long *result2, int *errcode);
+
 /* Simple memory callbacks for cb_syscall's read_mem/write_mem that assume
    cb_syscall's p1 and p2 are set to the SIM_DESC and SIM_CPU respectively.  */
 int sim_syscall_read_mem (host_callback *, struct cb_syscall *, unsigned long,