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
16 typedef Elf32_auxv_t elf_auxv_t;
18 /* These are initialized very early in boot and never changed */
19 char * elf_aux_platform;
20 extern long elf_aux_hwcap;
21 unsigned long vsyscall_ehdr;
22 unsigned long vsyscall_end;
23 unsigned long __kernel_vsyscall;
25 __init void scan_elf_aux( char **envp)
30 while ( *envp++ != NULL) ;
32 for ( auxv = (elf_auxv_t *)envp; auxv->a_type != AT_NULL; auxv++) {
33 switch ( auxv->a_type ) {
35 __kernel_vsyscall = auxv->a_un.a_val;
36 /* See if the page is under TASK_SIZE */
37 if (__kernel_vsyscall < (unsigned long) envp)
38 __kernel_vsyscall = 0;
41 vsyscall_ehdr = auxv->a_un.a_val;
42 /* See if the page is under TASK_SIZE */
43 if (vsyscall_ehdr < (unsigned long) envp)
47 elf_aux_hwcap = auxv->a_un.a_val;
50 /* elf.h removed the pointer elements from
51 * a_un, so we have to use a_val, which is
55 (char *) (long) auxv->a_un.a_val;
58 page_size = auxv->a_un.a_val;
62 if ( ! __kernel_vsyscall || ! vsyscall_ehdr ||
63 ! elf_aux_hwcap || ! elf_aux_platform ||
64 ! page_size || (vsyscall_ehdr % page_size) ) {
65 __kernel_vsyscall = 0;
68 elf_aux_platform = "i586";
71 vsyscall_end = vsyscall_ehdr + page_size;