in="$1"
 out="$2"
 
+emit() {
+    abi="$1"
+    nr="$2"
+    entry="$3"
+    compat="$4"
+    if [ -n "$compat" ]; then
+       echo "__SYSCALL_${abi}($nr, $entry, $compat)"
+    elif [ -n "$entry" ]; then
+       echo "__SYSCALL_${abi}($nr, $entry, $entry)"
+    fi
+}
+
 grep '^[0-9]' "$in" | sort -n | (
     while read nr abi name entry compat; do
        abi=`echo "$abi" | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'`
-       if [ -n "$compat" ]; then
-           echo "__SYSCALL_${abi}($nr, $entry, $compat)"
-       elif [ -n "$entry" ]; then
-           echo "__SYSCALL_${abi}($nr, $entry, $entry)"
-       fi
+       emit "$abi" "$nr" "$entry" "$compat"
     done
 ) > "$out"