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0001 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 OR MIT */
0002 /* nolibc.h
0003  * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
0004  */
0005 
0006 /*
0007  * This file is designed to be used as a libc alternative for minimal programs
0008  * with very limited requirements. It consists of a small number of syscall and
0009  * type definitions, and the minimal startup code needed to call main().
0010  * All syscalls are declared as static functions so that they can be optimized
0011  * away by the compiler when not used.
0012  *
0013  * Syscalls are split into 3 levels:
0014  *   - The lower level is the arch-specific syscall() definition, consisting in
0015  *     assembly code in compound expressions. These are called my_syscall0() to
0016  *     my_syscall6() depending on the number of arguments. The MIPS
0017  *     implementation is limited to 5 arguments. All input arguments are cast
0018  *     to a long stored in a register. These expressions always return the
0019  *     syscall's return value as a signed long value which is often either a
0020  *     pointer or the negated errno value.
0021  *
0022  *   - The second level is mostly architecture-independent. It is made of
0023  *     static functions called sys_<name>() which rely on my_syscallN()
0024  *     depending on the syscall definition. These functions are responsible
0025  *     for exposing the appropriate types for the syscall arguments (int,
0026  *     pointers, etc) and for setting the appropriate return type (often int).
0027  *     A few of them are architecture-specific because the syscalls are not all
0028  *     mapped exactly the same among architectures. For example, some archs do
0029  *     not implement select() and need pselect6() instead, so the sys_select()
0030  *     function will have to abstract this.
0031  *
0032  *   - The third level is the libc call definition. It exposes the lower raw
0033  *     sys_<name>() calls in a way that looks like what a libc usually does,
0034  *     takes care of specific input values, and of setting errno upon error.
0035  *     There can be minor variations compared to standard libc calls. For
0036  *     example the open() call always takes 3 args here.
0037  *
0038  * The errno variable is declared static and unused. This way it can be
0039  * optimized away if not used. However this means that a program made of
0040  * multiple C files may observe different errno values (one per C file). For
0041  * the type of programs this project targets it usually is not a problem. The
0042  * resulting program may even be reduced by defining the NOLIBC_IGNORE_ERRNO
0043  * macro, in which case the errno value will never be assigned.
0044  *
0045  * Some stdint-like integer types are defined. These are valid on all currently
0046  * supported architectures, because signs are enforced, ints are assumed to be
0047  * 32 bits, longs the size of a pointer and long long 64 bits. If more
0048  * architectures have to be supported, this may need to be adapted.
0049  *
0050  * Some macro definitions like the O_* values passed to open(), and some
0051  * structures like the sys_stat struct depend on the architecture.
0052  *
0053  * The definitions start with the architecture-specific parts, which are picked
0054  * based on what the compiler knows about the target architecture, and are
0055  * completed with the generic code. Since it is the compiler which sets the
0056  * target architecture, cross-compiling normally works out of the box without
0057  * having to specify anything.
0058  *
0059  * Finally some very common libc-level functions are provided. It is the case
0060  * for a few functions usually found in string.h, ctype.h, or stdlib.h.
0061  *
0062  * The nolibc.h file is only a convenient entry point which includes all other
0063  * files. It also defines the NOLIBC macro, so that it is possible for a
0064  * program to check this macro to know if it is being built against and decide
0065  * to disable some features or simply not to include some standard libc files.
0066  *
0067  * A simple static executable may be built this way :
0068  *      $ gcc -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-ident -s -Os -nostdlib \
0069  *            -static -include nolibc.h -o hello hello.c -lgcc
0070  *
0071  * Simple programs meant to be reasonably portable to various libc and using
0072  * only a few common includes, may also be built by simply making the include
0073  * path point to the nolibc directory:
0074  *      $ gcc -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-ident -s -Os -nostdlib \
0075  *            -I../nolibc -o hello hello.c -lgcc
0076  *
0077  * The available standard (but limited) include files are:
0078  *   ctype.h, errno.h, signal.h, stdio.h, stdlib.h, string.h, time.h
0079  *
0080  * In addition, the following ones are expected to be provided by the compiler:
0081  *   float.h, stdarg.h, stddef.h
0082  *
0083  * The following ones which are part to the C standard are not provided:
0084  *   assert.h, locale.h, math.h, setjmp.h, limits.h
0085  *
0086  * A very useful calling convention table may be found here :
0087  *      http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/syscall.2.html
0088  *
0089  * This doc is quite convenient though not necessarily up to date :
0090  *      https://w3challs.com/syscalls/
0091  *
0092  */
0093 #ifndef _NOLIBC_H
0094 #define _NOLIBC_H
0095 
0096 #include "std.h"
0097 #include "arch.h"
0098 #include "types.h"
0099 #include "sys.h"
0100 #include "ctype.h"
0101 #include "signal.h"
0102 #include "stdio.h"
0103 #include "stdlib.h"
0104 #include "string.h"
0105 #include "time.h"
0106 #include "unistd.h"
0107 
0108 /* Used by programs to avoid std includes */
0109 #define NOLIBC
0110 
0111 #endif /* _NOLIBC_H */