[PATCH v2 14/22] tools/nolibc: add auxiliary vector retrieval for x86_64

[Willy Tarreau]

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@xxxxxx>
---
 tools/include/nolibc/arch-x86_64.h | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-x86_64.h b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-x86_64.h
index 683702a16a61..17f6751208e7 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-x86_64.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-x86_64.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 8(%rsi,%rdi,8),%rdx\n" // then a NULL then envp (third arg, %rdx)
 		"mov %rdx, environ\n"       // save environ
 		"xor %ebp, %ebp\n"          // zero the stack frame
+		"mov %rdx, %rax\n"          // search for auxv (follows NULL after last env)
+		"0:\n"
+		"add $8, %rax\n"            // search for auxv using rax, it follows the
+		"cmp -8(%rax), %rbp\n"      // ... NULL after last env (rbp is zero here)
+		"jnz 0b\n"
+		"mov %rax, _auxv\n"         // save it into _auxv
 		"and $-16, %rsp\n"          // x86 ABI : esp must be 16-byte aligned before call
 		"call main\n"               // main() returns the status code, we'll exit with it.
 		"mov %eax, %edi\n"          // retrieve exit code (32 bit)
-- 
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