1 /* Startup code compliant to the ELF i386 ABI.
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38 /* This is the canonical entry point, usually the first thing in the text
39 segment. The SVR4/i386 ABI (pages 3-31, 3-32) says that when the entry
40 point runs, most registers' values are unspecified, except for:
42 %edx Contains a function pointer to be registered with `atexit'.
43 This is how the dynamic linker arranges to have DT_FINI
44 functions called for shared libraries that have been loaded
45 before this code runs.
47 %esp The stack contains the arguments and environment:
52 (4*(argc+1))(%esp) envp[0]
61 .type _start,@function
63 /* Clear the frame pointer. The ABI suggests this be done, to mark
64 the outermost frame obviously. */
67 /* Extract the arguments as encoded on the stack and set up
68 the arguments for `main': argc, argv. envp will be determined
69 later in __libc_start_main. */
70 popl %esi /* Pop the argument count. */
71 movl %esp, %ecx /* argv starts just at the current stack top.*/
73 /* Before pushing the arguments align the stack to a 16-byte
74 (SSE needs 16-byte alignment) boundary to avoid penalties from
75 misaligned accesses. Thanks to Edward Seidl <seidl@janed.com>
76 for pointing this out. */
77 andl $0xfffffff0, %esp
78 pushl %eax /* Push garbage because we allocate
81 /* Provide the highest stack address to the user code (for stacks
82 which grow downwards). */
85 pushl %edx /* Push address of the shared library
86 termination function. */
89 /* Load PIC register. */
91 addl $_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_, %ebx
93 /* Push address of our own entry points to .fini and .init. */
94 leal __libc_csu_fini@GOTOFF(%ebx), %eax
96 leal __libc_csu_init@GOTOFF(%ebx), %eax
99 pushl %ecx /* Push second argument: argv. */
100 pushl %esi /* Push first argument: argc. */
102 pushl BP_SYM (main)@GOT(%ebx)
104 /* Call the user's main function, and exit with its value.
105 But let the libc call main. */
106 call BP_SYM (__libc_start_main)@PLT
108 /* Push address of our own entry points to .fini and .init. */
109 pushl $__libc_csu_fini
110 pushl $__libc_csu_init
112 pushl %ecx /* Push second argument: argv. */
113 pushl %esi /* Push first argument: argc. */
117 /* Call the user's main function, and exit with its value.
118 But let the libc call main. */
119 call BP_SYM (__libc_start_main)
122 hlt /* Crash if somehow `exit' does return. */
129 /* To fulfill the System V/i386 ABI we need this symbol. Yuck, it's so
130 meaningless since we don't support machines < 80386. */
137 /* Define a symbol for the first piece of initialized data. */
143 data_start = __data_start