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commit 22e5bbd0deadcbd767864bd714e890b70e1fe1df inlined the i386 syscall mechanism, but wrongly assumed memory operands to the 5- and 6-argument syscall asm would be esp-based. however, nothing in the constraints prevented them from being ebx- or ebp-based, and in those cases, ebx and ebp could be clobbered before use of the memory operand was complete. in the 6-argument case, this prevented restoration of the original register values before the end of the asm block, breaking the asm contract since ebx and ebp are not marked as clobbered. (they can't be, because lots of compilers don't accept these registers in constraints or clobbers if PIC or frame pointer is enabled). doing this right is complicated by the fact that, after a single push, no operands which might be memory operands are usable. if they are esp-based, the value of esp has changed, rendering them invalid. introduce some new dances to load the registers. for the 5-arg case, push the operand that may be a memory operand first, and after that, it doesn't matter if the operand is invalid, since we'll just use the newly pushed value. for the 6-arg case, we need to put both operands in memory to begin with, like the old non-inline code prior to commit 22e5bbd0deadcbd767864bd714e890b70e1fe1df accepted, so that there's only one potentially memory-based operand to the asm. this can then be saved with a single push, and after that the values can be read off into the registers they're needed in. there's some size overhead, but still a lot less execution overhead than the old out-of-line code. doing it better depends on a modern compiler that lets you use ebx and ebp in asm constraints without restriction. the failure modes on compilers where this doesn't work are inconsistent and dangerous (on at least some gcc versions 4.x and earlier, wrong codegen!), so this is a delicate matter. it can be addressed later if needed.
musl libc
musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed
implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall
API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl
offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code
and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct
usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and
safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best
achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain.
The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces
defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of
non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality.
For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file.
Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system
bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on
the project website:
http://www.musl-libc.org/