1/* Startup code for ARM & ELF
2 Copyright (C) 1995-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4
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26
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31
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33 License along with the GNU C Library. If not, see
34 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
35
36/* This is the canonical entry point, usually the first thing in the text
37 segment.
38
39 Note that the code in the .init section has already been run.
40 This includes _init and _libc_init
41
42
43 At this entry point, most registers' values are unspecified, except:
44
45 a1 Contains a function pointer to be registered with `atexit'.
46 This is how the dynamic linker arranges to have DT_FINI
47 functions called for shared libraries that have been loaded
48 before this code runs.
49
50 sp The stack contains the arguments and environment:
51 0(sp) argc
52 4(sp) argv[0]
53 ...
54 (4*argc)(sp) NULL
55 (4*(argc+1))(sp) envp[0]
56 ...
57 NULL
58*/
59
60/* Tag_ABI_align8_preserved: This code preserves 8-byte
61 alignment in any callee. */
62 .eabi_attribute 25, 1
63/* Tag_ABI_align8_needed: This code may require 8-byte alignment from
64 the caller. */
65 .eabi_attribute 24, 1
66
67#if defined(__thumb2__)
68 .thumb
69 .syntax unified
70#endif
71
72 .text
73 .globl _start
74 .type _start,#function
75_start:
76 /* Protect against unhandled exceptions. */
77 .fnstart
78 /* Clear the frame pointer and link register since this is the outermost frame. */
79 mov fp, #0
80 mov lr, #0
81
82 /* Pop argc off the stack and save a pointer to argv */
83 pop { a2 }
84 mov a3, sp
85
86 /* Push stack limit */
87 push { a3 }
88
89 /* Push rtld_fini */
90 push { a1 }
91
92#ifdef PIC
93 ldr sl, .L_GOT
94 adr a4, .L_GOT
95 add sl, sl, a4
96
97 mov a4, #0 /* Used to be init. */
98 push { a4 } /* Used to be fini. */
99
100 ldr a1, .L_GOT+4 /* main */
101 ldr a1, [sl, a1]
102
103 /* __libc_start_main (main, argc, argv, init, fini, rtld_fini, stack_end) */
104 /* Let the libc call main and exit with its return code. */
105 bl __libc_start_main(PLT)
106#else
107
108 mov a4, #0 /* Used to init. */
109 push { a4 } /* Used to fini. */
110 ldr a1, =main
111
112 /* __libc_start_main (main, argc, argv, init, fini, rtld_fini, stack_end) */
113 /* Let the libc call main and exit with its return code. */
114 bl __libc_start_main
115#endif
116
117 /* should never get here....*/
118 bl abort
119
120#ifdef PIC
121 .align 2
122.L_GOT:
123 .word _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ - .L_GOT
124 .word main(GOT)
125#endif
126
127 .cantunwind
128 .fnend
129
130/* Define a symbol for the first piece of initialized data. */
131 .data
132 .globl __data_start
133__data_start:
134 .long 0
135 .weak data_start
136 data_start = __data_start
137

source code of glibc/sysdeps/arm/start.S