/* When we enter this piece of code, the program stack looks like this: argc argument counter (integer) argv[0] program name (pointer) argv[1...N] program args (pointers) argv[argc-1] end of args (integer) NULL env[0...N] environment variables (pointers) NULL When we are done here, we want a1=argc a2=argv[0] a3=argv[argc+1] ARM register quick reference: Name Number APCS Role a1 0 argument 1 / integer result / scratch register / argc a2 1 argument 2 / scratch register / argv a3 2 argument 3 / scratch register / envp a4 3 argument 4 / scratch register v1 4 register variable v2 5 register variable v3 6 register variable v4 7 register variable v5 8 register variable sb/v6 9 static base / register variable sl/v7 10 stack limit / stack chunk handle / reg. variable fp 11 frame pointer ip 12 scratch register / new-sb in inter-link-unit calls sp 13 lower end of current stack frame lr 14 link address / scratch register pc 15 program counter */ .text .align 2 .global __environ .global _start .global exit .global main .type _start,%function .type exit,%function .type main,%function @ r0 = argc @ r1 = argv @ r2 = envp @ sl = data segment #define BASEREG r9 .text _start: @ adjust the data segment base pointer ldr r3,=__data_start sub sl,sl,r3 mov BASEREG,sl ldr r3, .L3 str r2,[BASEREG,r3] /* pull argc, argv and envp off the stack */ ldr r0,[sp, #0] ldr r1,[sp, #4] ldr r2,[sp, #8] bl main /* ldr r0,=0 */ bl exit .align 2 .L3: .word __environ .data .align 2 .global __environ __environ: .long 0 .weak environ environ = __environ