/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 OR MIT */ /* nolibc.h * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> */ /* * This file is designed to be used as a libc alternative for minimal programs * with very limited requirements. It consists of a small number of syscall and * type definitions, and the minimal startup code needed to call main(). * All syscalls are declared as static functions so that they can be optimized * away by the compiler when not used. * * Syscalls are split into 3 levels: * - The lower level is the arch-specific syscall() definition, consisting in * assembly code in compound expressions. These are called my_syscall0() to * my_syscall6() depending on the number of arguments. All input arguments * are castto a long stored in a register. These expressions always return * the syscall's return value as a signed long value which is often either * a pointer or the negated errno value. * * - The second level is mostly architecture-independent. It is made of * static functions called sys_<name>() which rely on my_syscallN() * depending on the syscall definition. These functions are responsible * for exposing the appropriate types for the syscall arguments (int, * pointers, etc) and for setting the appropriate return type (often int). * A few of them are architecture-specific because the syscalls are not all * mapped exactly the same among architectures. For example, some archs do * not implement select() and need pselect6() instead, so the sys_select() * function will have to abstract this. * * - The third level is the libc call definition. It exposes the lower raw * sys_<name>() calls in a way that looks like what a libc usually does, * takes care of specific input values, and of setting errno upon error. * There can be minor variations compared to standard libc calls. For * example the open() call always takes 3 args here. * * The errno variable is declared static and unused. This way it can be * optimized away if not used. However this means that a program made of * multiple C files may observe different errno values (one per C file). For * the type of programs this project targets it usually is not a problem. The * resulting program may even be reduced by defining the NOLIBC_IGNORE_ERRNO * macro, in which case the errno value will never be assigned. * * Some stdint-like integer types are defined. These are valid on all currently * supported architectures, because signs are enforced, ints are assumed to be * 32 bits, longs the size of a pointer and long long 64 bits. If more * architectures have to be supported, this may need to be adapted. * * Some macro definitions like the O_* values passed to open(), and some * structures like the sys_stat struct depend on the architecture. * * The definitions start with the architecture-specific parts, which are picked * based on what the compiler knows about the target architecture, and are * completed with the generic code. Since it is the compiler which sets the * target architecture, cross-compiling normally works out of the box without * having to specify anything. * * Finally some very common libc-level functions are provided. It is the case * for a few functions usually found in string.h, ctype.h, or stdlib.h. * * The nolibc.h file is only a convenient entry point which includes all other * files. It also defines the NOLIBC macro, so that it is possible for a * program to check this macro to know if it is being built against and decide * to disable some features or simply not to include some standard libc files. * * A simple static executable may be built this way : * $ gcc -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-ident -s -Os -nostdlib \ * -static -include nolibc.h -o hello hello.c -lgcc * * Simple programs meant to be reasonably portable to various libc and using * only a few common includes, may also be built by simply making the include * path point to the nolibc directory: * $ gcc -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-ident -s -Os -nostdlib \ * -I../nolibc -o hello hello.c -lgcc * * The available standard (but limited) include files are: * ctype.h, errno.h, signal.h, stdio.h, stdlib.h, string.h, time.h * * In addition, the following ones are expected to be provided by the compiler: * float.h, stdarg.h, stddef.h * * The following ones which are part to the C standard are not provided: * assert.h, locale.h, math.h, setjmp.h, limits.h * * A very useful calling convention table may be found here : * http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/syscall.2.html * * This doc is quite convenient though not necessarily up to date : * https://w3challs.com/syscalls/ * */ #ifndef _NOLIBC_H #define _NOLIBC_H #include "std.h" #include "arch.h" #include "types.h" #include "sys.h" #include "ctype.h" #include "signal.h" #include "unistd.h" #include "stdio.h" #include "stdlib.h" #include "string.h" #include "time.h" #include "stackprotector.h" /* Used by programs to avoid std includes */ #define NOLIBC #endif /* _NOLIBC_H */