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Subject[PATCH 13/22] tools/nolibc: add auxiliary vector retrieval for i386
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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@1wt.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
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