#8955: Syscall intrinsic -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: schyler | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: Runtime | Unknown/Multiple performance bug | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by hsyl20): As mentioned in the blog post (I'm the author), on x86-64 we can even use foreign primops to avoid the "call" indirection. https://github.com/hsyl20/ViperVM/blob/master/src/lib/ViperVM/Arch/X86_64/Li... https://github.com/hsyl20/ViperVM/blob/master/src/lib/ViperVM/Arch/X86_64/Li... -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8955#comment:4 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler