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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h b/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
index 3430667b0d24..96b6d56acb57 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
@@ -399,14 +399,20 @@ struct stat {
})
/* startup code */
+/*
+ * x86-64 System V ABI mandates:
+ * 1) %rsp must be 16-byte aligned right before the function call.
+ * 2) The deepest stack frame should be zero (the %rbp).
+ *
+ */
asm(".section .text\n"
".global _start\n"
"_start:\n"
"pop %rdi\n" // argc (first arg, %rdi)
"mov %rsp, %rsi\n" // argv[] (second arg, %rsi)
"lea 8(%rsi,%rdi,8),%rdx\n" // then a NULL then envp (third arg, %rdx)
- "and $-16, %rsp\n" // x86 ABI : esp must be 16-byte aligned when
- "sub $8, %rsp\n" // entering the callee
+ "xor %ebp, %ebp\n" // zero the stack frame
+ "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.
"movzb %al, %rdi\n" // retrieve exit code from 8 lower bits
"mov $60, %rax\n" // NR_exit == 60