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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S b/sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S
index c5796e8db9..53e324b91b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S
+++ b/sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
/* Startup code compliant to the ELF i386 ABI.
-Copyright (C) 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+ Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
-published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
-License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
-The GNU C Library 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. See the GNU
-Library General Public License for more details.
+ The GNU C Library 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. See the GNU
+ Library General Public License for more details.
-You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
-License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
-not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
-Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
+ write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
/* This is the canonical entry point, usually the first thing in the text
segment. The SVR4/i386 ABI (pages 3-31, 3-32) says that when the entry
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
NULL
*/
- .text
+ .text
.globl _start
_start:
/* Clear the frame pointer. The ABI suggests this be done, to mark
the outermost frame obviously. */
- movl $0, %ebp
+ xorl %ebp, %ebp
/* %edx contains the address of the shared library termination
function, which we will register with `atexit' to be called by
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ _start:
jz nofini
pushl %edx
call atexit
- addl $4, %esp
+ popl %eax /* Pop value to unused register to remove
+ argument from stack. */
nofini:
/* Do essential libc initialization. In statically linked
@@ -66,9 +67,15 @@ nofini:
popl %esi /* Pop the argument count. */
leal 4(%esp,%esi,4), %eax /* envp = &argv[argc + 1] */
movl %eax, _environ /* Store it in the global variable. */
+ movl %esp, %edx /* argv starts just at the current stack top.*/
+
+ /* Before pushing the arguments align the stack to a double word
+ boundary to avoid penalties from misaligned accesses. Thanks
+ to Edward Seidl <seidl@janed.com> for pointing this out. */
+ andl $0xfffffff8, %esp
+
pushl %eax /* Push third argument: envp. */
- leal 4(%esp), %eax /* argv starts just above that word. */
- pushl %eax /* Push second argument: argv. */
+ pushl %edx /* Push second argument: argv. */
pushl %esi /* Push first argument: argc. */
/* Call `_init', which is the entry point to our own `.init'
@@ -77,13 +84,13 @@ nofini:
call _init
pushl $_fini
call atexit
- addl $4, %esp
+ popl %eax
/* Call the user's main function, and exit with its value. */
call main
pushl %eax
- call exit /* This should never return. */
- hlt /* Crash if somehow it does return. */
+ call exit
+ hlt /* Crash if somehow `exit' does return. */
/* Define a symbol for the first piece of initialized data. */
.data