[PATCH nolibc 17/19] tools/nolibc: add support for constructors and destructors

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Thu Oct 12 2023 - 15:33:46 EST


From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

With the startup code moved to C, implementing support for
constructors and deconstructors is fairly easy to implement.

Examples for code size impact:

text data bss dec hex filename
21837 104 88 22029 560d nolibc-test.before
22135 120 88 22343 5747 nolibc-test.after
21970 104 88 22162 5692 nolibc-test.after-only-crt.h-changes

The sections are defined by [0].

[0] https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/elf/gabi4+/ch5.dynamic.html

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231007-nolibc-constructors-v2-1-ef84693efbc1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
---
tools/include/nolibc/crt.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++-
tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c | 17 +++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/crt.h b/tools/include/nolibc/crt.h
index a05655b4ce1d..43b551468c2a 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/crt.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/crt.h
@@ -13,12 +13,23 @@ const unsigned long *_auxv __attribute__((weak));
static void __stack_chk_init(void);
static void exit(int);

+extern void (*const __preinit_array_start[])(void) __attribute__((weak));
+extern void (*const __preinit_array_end[])(void) __attribute__((weak));
+
+extern void (*const __init_array_start[])(void) __attribute__((weak));
+extern void (*const __init_array_end[])(void) __attribute__((weak));
+
+extern void (*const __fini_array_start[])(void) __attribute__((weak));
+extern void (*const __fini_array_end[])(void) __attribute__((weak));
+
__attribute__((weak))
void _start_c(long *sp)
{
long argc;
char **argv;
char **envp;
+ int exitcode;
+ void (* const *func)(void);
const unsigned long *auxv;
/* silence potential warning: conflicting types for 'main' */
int _nolibc_main(int, char **, char **) __asm__ ("main");
@@ -55,8 +66,18 @@ void _start_c(long *sp)
;
_auxv = auxv;

+ for (func = __preinit_array_start; func < __preinit_array_end; func++)
+ (*func)();
+ for (func = __init_array_start; func < __init_array_end; func++)
+ (*func)();
+
/* go to application */
- exit(_nolibc_main(argc, argv, envp));
+ exitcode = _nolibc_main(argc, argv, envp);
+
+ for (func = __fini_array_end; func > __fini_array_start;)
+ (*--func)();
+
+ exit(exitcode);
}

#endif /* _NOLIBC_CRT_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
index 7e3936c182dc..8da7f15d010e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ static int test_argc;
/* will be used by some test cases as readable file, please don't write it */
static const char *argv0;

+/* will be used by constructor tests */
+static int constructor_test_value;
+
/* definition of a series of tests */
struct test {
const char *name; /* test name */
@@ -594,6 +597,19 @@ int expect_strne(const char *expr, int llen, const char *cmp)
#define CASE_TEST(name) \
case __LINE__: llen += printf("%d %s", test, #name);

+/* constructors validate that they are executed in definition order */
+__attribute__((constructor))
+static void constructor1(void)
+{
+ constructor_test_value = 1;
+}
+
+__attribute__((constructor))
+static void constructor2(void)
+{
+ constructor_test_value *= 2;
+}
+
int run_startup(int min, int max)
{
int test;
@@ -630,6 +646,7 @@ int run_startup(int min, int max)
CASE_TEST(environ_HOME); EXPECT_PTRNZ(1, getenv("HOME")); break;
CASE_TEST(auxv_addr); EXPECT_PTRGT(test_auxv != (void *)-1, test_auxv, brk); break;
CASE_TEST(auxv_AT_UID); EXPECT_EQ(1, getauxval(AT_UID), getuid()); break;
+ CASE_TEST(constructor); EXPECT_EQ(1, constructor_test_value, 2); break;
case __LINE__:
return ret; /* must be last */
/* note: do not set any defaults so as to permit holes above */
--
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