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)
16 #if ELF_CLASS == ELFCLASS32
17 typedef Elf32_auxv_t elf_auxv_t;
19 typedef Elf64_auxv_t elf_auxv_t;
22 char * elf_aux_platform;
25 unsigned long vsyscall_ehdr;
26 unsigned long vsyscall_end;
28 unsigned long __kernel_vsyscall;
30 __init void scan_elf_aux( char **envp)
35 while ( *envp++ != NULL) ;
37 for ( auxv = (elf_auxv_t *)envp; auxv->a_type != AT_NULL; auxv++) {
38 switch ( auxv->a_type ) {
40 __kernel_vsyscall = auxv->a_un.a_val;
43 vsyscall_ehdr = auxv->a_un.a_val;
44 /* See if the page is under TASK_SIZE */
45 if (vsyscall_ehdr < (unsigned long) envp)
49 elf_aux_hwcap = auxv->a_un.a_val;
52 /* elf.h removed the pointer elements from
53 * a_un, so we have to use a_val, which is
56 elf_aux_platform = (char *) auxv->a_un.a_val;
59 page_size = auxv->a_un.a_val;
63 if ( ! __kernel_vsyscall || ! vsyscall_ehdr ||
64 ! elf_aux_hwcap || ! elf_aux_platform ||
65 ! page_size || (vsyscall_ehdr % page_size) ) {
66 __kernel_vsyscall = 0;
69 elf_aux_platform = "i586";
72 vsyscall_end = vsyscall_ehdr + page_size;