linux-kernel - [PATCH 13/22] tools/nolibc: add auxiliary vector retrieval for i386

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Message-Id: <20230109084208.27355-14-w@1wt.eu>
Date:   Mon,  9 Jan 2023 09:41:59 +0100
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Subject: [PATCH 13/22] tools/nolibc: add auxiliary vector retrieval for i386

In the _start block we now iterate over envp to find the auxiliary
vector after the NULL. The pointer is saved into an _auxv variable
that is marked as weak so that it's accessible from multiple units.

Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
---
 tools/include/nolibc/arch-i386.h | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-i386.h b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-i386.h
index 60b586120727..e8d0cf545bf1 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-i386.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-i386.h
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ struct sys_stat_struct {
 })
 
 char **environ __attribute__((weak));
+const unsigned long *_auxv __attribute__((weak));
 
 /* startup code */
 /*
@@ -195,6 +196,12 @@ void __attribute__((weak,noreturn,optimize("omit-frame-pointer"))) _start(void)
 		"lea 4(%ebx,%eax,4),%ecx\n" // then a NULL then envp (third arg, %ecx)
 		"mov %ecx, environ\n"       // save environ
 		"xor %ebp, %ebp\n"          // zero the stack frame
+		"mov %ecx, %edx\n"          // search for auxv (follows NULL after last env)
+		"0:\n"
+		"add $4, %edx\n"            // search for auxv using edx, it follows the
+		"cmp -4(%edx), %ebp\n"      // ... NULL after last env (ebp is zero here)
+		"jnz 0b\n"
+		"mov %edx, _auxv\n"         // save it into _auxv
 		"and $-16, %esp\n"          // x86 ABI : esp must be 16-byte aligned before
 		"sub $4, %esp\n"            // the call instruction (args are aligned)
 		"push %ecx\n"               // push all registers on the stack so that we
-- 
2.17.5