Commit 6b64a650f0b2 ("kselftest: Minimise dependency of get_size on C
library interfaces") replaced direct C library calls with syscall() to
avoid accessing uninitialized TLS on x86_64 when built with
-nostartfiles.
However, on 32-bit x86 (i386), the C library's syscall() wrapper itself
relies on CRT startup initialization to dispatch system calls via the
vDSO entry point:
- In glibc (libc.a), syscall() executes "call *%gs:0x10", reading the
__kernel_vsyscall pointer from the Thread Control Block (TCB).
- In Android Bionic (libc.a), syscall() calls __kernel_syscall(), which
returns the global __libc_sysinfo pointer in .bss.
Because get_size is compiled with -static -ffreestanding -nostartfiles
and defines its own _start, CRT and TLS initialization never run. As a
result, calling libc's syscall() on 32-bit x86 dereferences an
uninitialized %gs selector or jumps to NULL (0x0), crashing immediately
with SIGSEGV.
Provide a local syscall() implementation on __i386__ that invokes
"int $0x80" directly, avoiding the C library's syscall() wrapper and
its CRT initialization dependency.
Fixes: 6b64a650f0b2 ("kselftest: Minimise dependency of get_size on C library
interfaces")
Signed-off-by: Wake Liu <[email protected]>
---
tools/testing/selftests/size/get_size.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/size/get_size.c
b/tools/testing/selftests/size/get_size.c
index 2980b1a63366..352c90d5c770 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/size/get_size.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/size/get_size.c
@@ -32,6 +32,35 @@
#define STDOUT_FILENO 1
+#ifdef __i386__
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+/*
+ * On 32-bit x86, libc's syscall() wrapper invokes the vDSO entry point
+ * stored in TLS (%gs:0x10 in glibc) or a global variable (__libc_sysinfo
+ * in Bionic) initialized by CRT startup routines. Because this binary is
+ * built with -nostartfiles, those pointers remain uninitialized and
+ * calling libc's syscall() crashes with SIGSEGV. Use int $0x80 directly.
+ */
+long syscall(long num, ...)
+{
+ va_list ap;
+ long a1, a2, a3, ret;
+
+ va_start(ap, num);
+ a1 = va_arg(ap, long);
+ a2 = va_arg(ap, long);
+ a3 = va_arg(ap, long);
+ va_end(ap);
+
+ __asm__ volatile("int $0x80"
+ : "=a"(ret)
+ : "a"(num), "b"(a1), "c"(a2), "d"(a3)
+ : "memory", "cc");
+ return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
static int print(const char *s)
{
size_t len = 0;
--
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