2 * arch/um/kernel/elf_aux.c
4 * Scan the Elf auxiliary vector provided by the host to extract
5 * information about vsyscall-page, etc.
7 * Copyright (C) 2004 Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH
8 * Author: Bodo Stroesser (bodo.stroesser@fujitsu-siemens.com)
15 #include <kern_constants.h>
17 /* Use the one from the kernel - the host may miss it, if having old headers. */
18 #if UM_ELF_CLASS == UM_ELFCLASS32
19 typedef Elf32_auxv_t elf_auxv_t
;
21 typedef Elf64_auxv_t elf_auxv_t
;
24 /* These are initialized very early in boot and never changed */
25 char * elf_aux_platform
;
27 unsigned long vsyscall_ehdr
;
28 unsigned long vsyscall_end
;
29 unsigned long __kernel_vsyscall
;
31 __init
void scan_elf_aux( char **envp
)
36 while ( *envp
++ != NULL
) ;
38 for ( auxv
= (elf_auxv_t
*)envp
; auxv
->a_type
!= AT_NULL
; auxv
++) {
39 switch ( auxv
->a_type
) {
41 __kernel_vsyscall
= auxv
->a_un
.a_val
;
42 /* See if the page is under TASK_SIZE */
43 if (__kernel_vsyscall
< (unsigned long) envp
)
44 __kernel_vsyscall
= 0;
47 vsyscall_ehdr
= auxv
->a_un
.a_val
;
48 /* See if the page is under TASK_SIZE */
49 if (vsyscall_ehdr
< (unsigned long) envp
)
53 elf_aux_hwcap
= auxv
->a_un
.a_val
;
56 /* elf.h removed the pointer elements from
57 * a_un, so we have to use a_val, which is
61 (char *) (long) auxv
->a_un
.a_val
;
64 page_size
= auxv
->a_un
.a_val
;
68 if ( ! __kernel_vsyscall
|| ! vsyscall_ehdr
||
69 ! elf_aux_hwcap
|| ! elf_aux_platform
||
70 ! page_size
|| (vsyscall_ehdr
% page_size
) ) {
71 __kernel_vsyscall
= 0;
74 elf_aux_platform
= "i586";
77 vsyscall_end
= vsyscall_ehdr
+ page_size
;