diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h b/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
index d64020c1922c..ece7a70d8b39 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
@@ -265,12 +265,17 @@ struct stat {
  *   - arguments are in rdi, rsi, rdx, r10, r8, r9 respectively
  *   - the system call is performed by calling the syscall instruction
  *   - syscall return comes in rax
- *   - rcx and r8..r11 may be clobbered, others are preserved.
+ *   - rcx and r11 are clobbered, others are preserved.
  *   - the arguments are cast to long and assigned into the target registers
  *     which are then simply passed as registers to the asm code, so that we
  *     don't have to experience issues with register constraints.
  *   - the syscall number is always specified last in order to allow to force
  *     some registers before (gcc refuses a %-register at the last position).
+ *   - see also x86-64 ABI section A.2 AMD64 Linux Kernel Conventions, A.2.1
+ *     Calling Conventions.
+ *
+ * Link x86-64 ABI: https://gitlab.com/x86-psABIs/x86-64-ABI/-/wikis/x86-64-psABI
+ *
  */
 
 #define my_syscall0(num)                                                      \
@@ -280,9 +285,9 @@ struct stat {
 									      \
 	asm volatile (                                                        \
 		"syscall\n"                                                   \
-		: "=a" (_ret)                                                 \
+		: "=a"(_ret)                                                  \
 		: "0"(_num)                                                   \
-		: "rcx", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11", "memory", "cc"             \
+		: "rcx", "r11", "memory", "cc"                                \
 	);                                                                    \
 	_ret;                                                                 \
 })
@@ -295,10 +300,10 @@ struct stat {
 									      \
 	asm volatile (                                                        \
 		"syscall\n"                                                   \
-		: "=a" (_ret)                                                 \
+		: "=a"(_ret)                                                  \
 		: "r"(_arg1),                                                 \
 		  "0"(_num)                                                   \
-		: "rcx", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11", "memory", "cc"             \
+		: "rcx", "r11", "memory", "cc"                                \
 	);                                                                    \
 	_ret;                                                                 \
 })
@@ -312,10 +317,10 @@ struct stat {
 									      \
 	asm volatile (                                                        \
 		"syscall\n"                                                   \
-		: "=a" (_ret)                                                 \
+		: "=a"(_ret)                                                  \
 		: "r"(_arg1), "r"(_arg2),                                     \
 		  "0"(_num)                                                   \
-		: "rcx", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11", "memory", "cc"             \
+		: "rcx", "r11", "memory", "cc"                                \
 	);                                                                    \
 	_ret;                                                                 \
 })
@@ -330,10 +335,10 @@ struct stat {
 									      \
 	asm volatile (                                                        \
 		"syscall\n"                                                   \
-		: "=a" (_ret)                                                 \
+		: "=a"(_ret)                                                  \
 		: "r"(_arg1), "r"(_arg2), "r"(_arg3),                         \
 		  "0"(_num)                                                   \
-		: "rcx", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11", "memory", "cc"             \
+		: "rcx", "r11", "memory", "cc"                                \
 	);                                                                    \
 	_ret;                                                                 \
 })
@@ -349,10 +354,10 @@ struct stat {
 									      \
 	asm volatile (                                                        \
 		"syscall\n"                                                   \
-		: "=a" (_ret), "=r"(_arg4)                                    \
+		: "=a"(_ret)                                                  \
 		: "r"(_arg1), "r"(_arg2), "r"(_arg3), "r"(_arg4),             \
 		  "0"(_num)                                                   \
-		: "rcx", "r8", "r9", "r11", "memory", "cc"                    \
+		: "rcx", "r11", "memory", "cc"                                \
 	);                                                                    \
 	_ret;                                                                 \
 })
@@ -369,10 +374,10 @@ struct stat {
 									      \
 	asm volatile (                                                        \
 		"syscall\n"                                                   \
-		: "=a" (_ret), "=r"(_arg4), "=r"(_arg5)                       \
+		: "=a"(_ret)                                                  \
 		: "r"(_arg1), "r"(_arg2), "r"(_arg3), "r"(_arg4), "r"(_arg5), \
 		  "0"(_num)                                                   \
-		: "rcx", "r9", "r11", "memory", "cc"                          \
+		: "rcx", "r11", "memory", "cc"                                \
 	);                                                                    \
 	_ret;                                                                 \
 })
@@ -390,7 +395,7 @@ struct stat {
 									      \
 	asm volatile (                                                        \
 		"syscall\n"                                                   \
-		: "=a" (_ret), "=r"(_arg4), "=r"(_arg5)                       \
+		: "=a"(_ret)                                                  \
 		: "r"(_arg1), "r"(_arg2), "r"(_arg3), "r"(_arg4), "r"(_arg5), \
 		  "r"(_arg6), "0"(_num)                                       \
 		: "rcx", "r11", "memory", "cc"                                \