# # This file is part of the Free Pascal run time library. # Copyright (c) 2002 by Florian Klaempfl # members of the Free Pascal development team. # # See the file COPYING.FPC, included in this distribution, # for details about the copyright. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. # #**********************************************************************} # # Linux ELF startup code for Free Pascal # /* This is the canonical entry point, usually the first thing in the text segment. The document "System V Application Binary Interface AMD64 Architecture Processor Supplement Version 0.99.5" pg. 30 defines that the entry point runs, most registers' values are unspecified, except for: %rdx Contains a function pointer to be registered with `atexit'. This is how the dynamic linker arranges to have DT_FINI functions called for shared libraries that have been loaded before this code runs. %rsp The stack contains the arguments and environment: 0(%rsp) argc 8(%rsp) argv[0] ... (8*argc)(%rsp) NULL (8*(argc+1))(%rsp) envp[0] ... NULL */ .text .globl _dynamic_start .type _dynamic_start,@function _dynamic_start: movq __dl_fini@GOTPCREL(%rip),%rax movq %rdx,(%rax) jmp _start .text .globl _start .type _start,@function _start: popq %rsi /* Pop the argument count. */ movq operatingsystem_parameter_argc@GOTPCREL(%rip),%rax movq %rsi,(%rax) movq operatingsystem_parameter_argv@GOTPCREL(%rip),%rax movq %rsp,(%rax) /* argv starts just at the current stack top. */ leaq 8(,%rsi,8),%rax addq %rsp,%rax movq operatingsystem_parameter_envp@GOTPCREL(%rip),%rcx movq %rax,(%rcx) andq $~15,%rsp /* Align the stack to a 16 byte boundary to follow the ABI. */ /* Save initial stackpointer */ movq __stkptr@GOTPCREL(%rip),%rax movq %rsp,(%rax) xorq %rbp, %rbp call PASCALMAIN jmp _haltproc .globl _haltproc .type _haltproc,@function _haltproc: movq __dl_fini@GOTPCREL(%rip),%rax movq (%rax),%rax testq %rax,%rax jz .LNoDlFiniCall call *%rax .LNoDlFiniCall: movq operatingsystem_result@GOTPCREL(%rip),%rax movzwl (%rax),%edi movl $231,%eax /* exit_group call */ syscall jmp _haltproc /* Define a symbol for the first piece of initialized data. */ .data .globl __data_start __data_start: .long 0 .weak data_start data_start = __data_start .bss .comm __stkptr,8 .comm __dl_fini,8 .comm operatingsystem_parameter_envp,8 .comm operatingsystem_parameter_argc,8 .comm operatingsystem_parameter_argv,8 /* We need this stuff to make gdb behave itself, otherwise gdb will chokes with SIGILL when trying to debug apps. */ .section ".note.ABI-tag", "a" .align 4 .long 1f - 0f .long 3f - 2f .long 1 0: .asciz "GNU" 1: .align 4 2: .long 0 .long 2,4,0 3: .align 4 .section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits